Spending Quotes

1530 Spending quotes by 1101 unique authors

Contrary to Piketty’s rentier hypothesis, I don’t see anyone on the [Forbes 400 list of the wealthiest Americans] whose ancestors bought a great parcel of… — Bill Gates
If you never miss a plane, you’re spending too much time at the airport. — George Stigler
We have a choice. We can live in the past and be miserable and unhappy, or we can pick ourselves up and move ahead in… — John Templeton
It is my view that what is important is cutting government spending, however spending is financed. A so-called deficit is a disguised and hidden form… — Milton Friedman
You cannot just keep borrowing more and more and keep spending more and more without eventually having a day of reckoning. — Wilbur Ross
If you want to do something to destroy consumer spending, just eat away at the middle class because the other problem we have is the… — Wilbur Ross
Current levels of Pentagon spending may not be able to support current defense strategy. The answer to this problem is right before our eyes: cut… — William Hartung
Such prosperity as we have known it up to the present is the consequence of rapidly spending the planet's irreplaceable capital. — Aldous Huxley
One of the most serious [challenges] is increased military spending and the cost of maintaining and developing nuclear arsenals. Enormous resources are being consumed for… — Pope Benedict XVI
If one person “wastes” away his day by spending hours connecting with God, and the other person believes he is too busy or has better… — Francis Chan
This world is filled with things that will never make sense. Trying to make so much sense of them will only result in one thing:… — Matthew Good
I'm old enough, by a long shot, to remember going to the library and spending days researching. If I was looking for a line from… — Charlie Kaufman
I will veto any effort to get rid of those automatic spending cuts to domestic and defense spending. There will be no easy off ramps… — Barack Obama
Elect me to office. I will protect and defend the U.S. Constitution. Because there's no constitutional authority for Congress spending on the objects of benevolence,… — Walter E. Williams
Earmarks are supposed to be bad. But they don't increase spending. — Todd Tiahrt
As more ad spending shifts online, the ability to have expertise and to innovate quickly will become critical. — Kara Swisher
The anti-tax-cut, soft-on-defense, big-spending Democrats will take the Democratic Party to the edge and maybe over. — Joe Lieberman
RIE emphasizes the benefits of infants spending peaceful, uninterrupted time following their biological rhythms of falling asleep when sleepy and eating when hungry, rather than… — Magda Gerber
I would spend more time with my children. I would make my money before spending it. I would learn the joys of wine instead of… — John Huston
I swore I'd be in Chicago tomorrow, and made sure of that, taking a bus to Chicago, spending most of my money, and didn't give… — Jack Kerouac
The discussion in Washington has changed dramatically. I mean, it's no longer a question of should we address entitlements - it's no longer a question… — Mark Zandi
Past experience with fiscal austerity at home and overseas strongly suggests that it is best for the economy's long-run performance to restrain government spending rather… — Mark Zandi
If the Nation is living within its income, its credit is good. If, in some crises, it lives beyond its income for a year or… — Franklin D. Roosevelt
Keeping accounts, sir, is of no use when a man is spending his own money, and has nobody to whom he is to account. You… — Samuel Johnson
As quickly as you start spending federal money in large amounts, it looks like free money. — Dwight D. Eisenhower

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