Ed Begley Jr. Quotes

In my house, it is always a scramble from paycheck to paycheck.

I live like most of the people in my district: paycheck to paycheck.

We have hardly enough money to last till the end of March.

I come from a family that doesn't have a whole lot of money.

Perhaps the original layaway angel knew from experience, or simply deduced, that people resorting to the old-fashioned installment method of layaway may be struggling financially.

My mom didn't have a lot of money.

I have way more experience being poor than I do having money.

I didn't have money growing up.

I never felt poor. Our family euphemism was that we were broke, which I think psychologically gave you a different feeling. There were people far worse than we were.

The trouble with being poor is that it takes up all your time.

Poverty of course is no disgrace, but it is damned annoying.

I am definitely not rich.

After we were married, we were broke. Flat broke. Not only did we not have health insurance, we could barely keep a roof over our heads, let alone have the kind of coin to throw around on onesies and Pampers.

For the first few years we paid all the bills first and divided what was left as salary. Sometimes that was $50 a week.

You have to pretend that your life is a financial pleasure even when your autographs are bouncing.

Let me tell you something: I have members in my charter who, after paying their rent and house bills and taking care of their families, don't even have enough money left over to pay the fifteen dollars a week dues.

It's real difficult to save when you don't have any money.

I was a lower middle-class kid. My family had no money. There was no room in our small house where there were already four kids, including myself, living.

I don't make any money.

I didn't have any extra money. But I can't say that I had a hard early career.

They were written in the early '90s when I was strapped for cash.

My parents didn't have any money.

I've always found it very sanitary to be broke.

Truman didn't have enough money to make a radio speech.

I am still writing my own checks for more or less substantial amounts every week in order to squeeze by the weekend.