Tony Robinson Quotes

My parents taught me the value of money and working hard. And I kind of got that in me intuitively.

There was no way we'd ever get spoiled. Daddy made sure to instill in us a work ethic.

I've worked since it was basically legal to work. I was a waitress on and off for eight years. I worked at Sears; I worked at Abercrombie folding clothes. My dad really instilled good money management habits, and I've saved 10 percent of my paycheck, every paycheck, since I was 15.

I'm very careful with money - both my parents were very sensible with it and I grew up to become an obsessive saver.

I'm a good businessman. I pay my bills. Growing up in a situation where everything counted helps.

My mother, she had a very good attitude toward money. I'm very grateful for the fact that we had to learn to save. I used to get like 50 pence a week, and I'd save it for like five months. And then I'd spend it on Christmas presents. I'd save up like eight pounds. It's nothing, but we did that.

I'm not a trust-fund child. I think my father's got a healthy work ethic, and therefore, I think it just came with the part. You've got to look after yourself.

My dad was a baggage handler at Heathrow and careful with money. He worked hard and had three jobs when I was young. I wish I'd inherited his care for money. Sadly, I've grown up to be rather scatty when it comes to finances.

My Mum brought me up to believe that if you look after the pennies then the pounds look after themselves, and I could never do it.

I'm very serious; I don't waste my earnings.

I never really had an itch for gambling. I work hard for my money, so I don't like going out and giving it away like that.

My parents had job jars because my father would say, 'Kids today have too much time, too much money and no responsibility. You're going to have no time, no money and a lot of responsibility.'

I believe that thrift is essential to well-ordered living.

My parents encourage me to save, but I do buy the odd thing that I wouldn't tell them about.

My mum and dad were always careful with money.

If I could only have cash, I know that I would spend very little.

I started out from a pretty modest background, so I always had a pretty good sense of money. I always had to work for my money, save my own money, I always bought my own stuff with my money... trying not to waste money unnecessarily.

For the vast majority of Americans who work hard and play by the rules, paying the bills may be hard some months, but it's something we always do.

The writer has to force himself to work. He has to make his own hours and if he doesn't go to his desk at all there is nobody to scold him.

I started doing a paper round when I was about 10. I started earning 10 pounds a week and then I was obsessed with earning money until I was about 15.

You can't get spoiled if you do your own ironing.

I received my money from the treasury, I used to very early to go the clubs, but when the burden of looking after my children came upon me I tried to live a quite life, and save as much as I could.

People value and spend their money more wisely when they acquire it by their own efforts - also known as work.

I have a rigid self-accountability. You have to work hard.

Anything that gets people to think harder about their financial security and take some responsibility is a good thing.