Scott Nearing Quotes

A penny saved is not a penny earned if at the end of the day you still owe a quarter.

It is incumbent upon each of us to improve spending and savings practices to ensure our own individual financial security and preserve the collective economic well-being of our great society.

The best way for the Government to maintain its credit is to pay as it goes—not by resorting to loans, but by keeping out of debt.

More generally, I strongly believe in the importance of fiscal responsibility.

You cannot have a society where you spend more than you earn. I mean, it's just fundamentally not viable in the long run.

I'm more of a debit card person, and I live in the 'now'. I don't like credit cards anymore. I try to live with whatever I can afford and don't try to put myself in an awkward position. I've done that before.

I am one of those artists who knows where their money is. I pay my bills; I take care of my mama. I handle my business. I am a businessman. I go to meetings and take care of things, so it's a lot more than just partying and turning up.

If you can't pay for a thing, don't buy it. If you can't get paid for it, don't sell it. Do this, and you will have calm and drowsy nights, with all of the good business you have now and none of the bad. If you have time, don't wait for time.

If you don't get spending under control, eventually you're going to have a big tax increase.

A man is usually more careful of his money than of his principles.

Let every man, every corporation, and especially let every village, town, and city, every county and State, get out of debt and keep out of debt. It is the debtor that is ruined by hard times.

This time, instead of moving oceans and healing planets, let's get our bills in order and pay down the debt so we control our own future.

Stay on top of your finances. Don't leave that up to others.

The answer to too much debt is not more debt; it is less debt.

You wait till the money is there before you give it back.

It hath been observed in the nature of Arithmetick, that like other parts of the Mathematicks, it doth not only improve the Rational Faculties, but inclines those that are expert in it to thrifiness and good Husbandry, and prevents both Husbands and Wives in some measure from running out of their Estates, when they have it always ready in their Heads what their expences do amount to, and how soon by that course their ruine must overtake them.

Back home in Maine people tend to think that there should be a balance between money coming in and money going out in their own lives, in their businesses and the Federal government.

I am not frugal - I'm quite a big spender - but not on credit.

I run a campaign where we do not take on debt.

I spend a lot of money on the little things that make me happy, like 3 falafels from M&S to eat on the train on the way up to Edinburgh, but I do keep a close eye on the bigger picture. I don't flash the cash ridiculously on expensive things.

I was never stupid with my money, because I grew up without it. So when I started to make some, I was like, 'Okay, first rule of thumb, I'm not buying it unless I've got the money to buy it,' so I have no debt.

By no means run in debt: take thine own measure, Who cannot live on twenty pound a year, Cannot on forty.

Never run into debt, not if you can find anything else to run into.

People know that you can't spend more than you have.

Automating some of your finances can be incredibly convenient and is a great way to save time, but automating everything makes it too easy to go on autopilot and forget to pay attention to your personal finances.