Donald Faison Quotes

I used to buy nice clothes and drive a nice car when I couldn't afford it. But I spent all my money doing it, and now I don't have to. I like nice things. I like to travel in a certain style. I like to live in a nice place.

There is an attitude that we should be able to have everything. No, you shouldn't be able to have anything. I'd like a helicopter, but I can't afford a helicopter, so I don't buy one. People are buying stuff they can't afford on credit. I bought my Ford hybrid with cash.

In my experience, those who make the biggest fuss about not spending much at Christmas are generally the ones who buy what they want and eat where they want 12 months a year.

You know when you first get rich, and you, like, just buy everything that you see? I did that for several years. And I have sheds full of things, maybe sometimes nine copies of the same thing.

My dad is often horrified by what I've spent my money on.

I'm a bit of a shopaholic. I've been working in the Bollywood film industry since I was 17, and I have always been financially independent, but I think I would be useless looking after my own money.

I used up every cent I earned as an actress.

I think about how I'm spending my money, and I like to spend on my family.

I spent my entire first pay cheque from 'Cracker,' a TV show on ABC, on an Audi because my other car broke down and I needed to get to work.

I live a fairly simple life, and that didn't change much after I sold TechCrunch in 2010. I didn't buy a new house or even a new car. The one thing I did splurge on was a boat. Nothing too fancy or large.

We can tell our values by looking at our checkbook stubs.

Part of the budget should be used to purchase the items that you really need, such as a new coat or boots. Part of the budget should then be set aside to buy things you fall in love with and can't live without.

As soon as I get it, I spend it. I need to start saving it.

I buy whatever I see, but I tend to not spend money just to spend it.

Everybody blows their first money.

I must have gone through $10 million during my career. Part of the loot went for gambling, part for horses and part for women. The rest I spent foolishly.

I hope I haven't spent more than $1,000 on mugs.

I could have never had any kind of creative freedom on TV, so then I did movies! Now, I am able to do all kinds of entertainment... and that, I feel, is the biggest blessing!

When I booked 'This Is Us,' I had 81 cents in my bank account.

I'm really sensible with my money. So I would like to own my own house rather than rent.

I am not the sort of person who will wake up and go and buy myself a Ferrari.

I don't overspend. I believe in always living within my means.

When people say to me, 'You're so prolific!' it's, like, no, I'm just hopeless with money.

We live in a culture built on debt, so we are encouraged to have no self control.

Somebody said, 'Roger doesn't know how to spend money.' And I thought, 'I don't spend money because I don't have it!' If I had it, I could spend money! That's about the only time I was told that!