Michelle Singletary

You need to know everything. You both need to be comfortable with sharing everything. If you can't you are NOT ready to…

— Michelle Singletary

We all fall - even me.

— Michelle Singletary

I love teaching people how to handle their money and I've built a brand on that skill.

— Michelle Singletary

You made a decision given your life circumstances and you have to be ok with that. Regrets that can't be change is…

— Michelle Singletary

You'll feel better when you get all that debt off your back.

— Michelle Singletary

The number of those 19 to 25 with private insurance increased from 51 to 55.8 percent, and the percentage of uninsured fell…

— Michelle Singletary

Money may not be able to buy you love, but conflicts about it can certainly bankrupt your relationship.

— Michelle Singletary

We all only have a certain amount of money and that means yes, we have to make choices and sometimes those choices…

— Michelle Singletary

Having kids doesn't mean they would have taken care o you.

— Michelle Singletary

I'm driving my old car until I'm on a first name basis with the low tow truck drivers!

— Michelle Singletary

When you give people who are being financially responsible money, you are enabling them to continue a bad habit. So you are…

— Michelle Singletary

Sometimes your gut is right. And sometimes not.

— Michelle Singletary

I understand why many are still poor or struggling to make just a middle-income lifestyle. I'm a fiscal conservative, but I also…

— Michelle Singletary

I like the idea of having a paperless society.But to be paperless means you have to be so careful with your identity.

— Michelle Singletary

If we aren't careful, our children will come down with 'affluenza,' a disease that causes them to confuse wants and needs. We…

— Michelle Singletary

My writing is definitely influenced by and speaks to African-Americans because that is who I am. I'm black. I'm a black woman.…

— Michelle Singletary

Save what you can toward the emergency and life happens fund. But don't worry yourself sick at the slow growth. The point…

— Michelle Singletary

I've found that when you can quickly knock out debt you get motivated because you see progress. Then you attack the other…

— Michelle Singletary

Priorities lead to prosperity.

— Michelle Singletary

I'm keenly aware of how important it is to set a good example. You may not think that your kids are paying…

— Michelle Singletary

I'm not a fan of debt consolidation. In my experience, many people "clear" credit cards and other debt to get the one…

— Michelle Singletary

We have to protect ourselves by doing our own homework.

— Michelle Singletary

I think you can save and spend to live for however long you live. You just have to be flexible if things…

— Michelle Singletary

Light has a way of keeping people honest.

— Michelle Singletary

My grandmother was extremely smart when it came to money, but she also worried a lot about not having enough. So it's…

— Michelle Singletary