Alexa Von Tobel Quotes

As problems like identity theft become more prevalent, now more than ever, Americans need to take their financial health seriously - and this information is of the utmost importance.

Web banking lets you monitor your spending, tweak your budget, schedule payments, and more, particularly if you marry your online bank with the personal-finance management tools available online.

Show people tend to treat their finances like their dentistry. They assume the people who handle it know what they are doing.

I wanted to build a tool for my generation: people 20 to 40 who don't want to spend time balancing a checkbook or checking multiple financial institutions' websites. Mint does just that, giving comprehensive, quick insights into a user's finances from their computer, mobile phone and/or tablet.

I believe entertainers should know what's going on and do their own banking.

I have kids in high school that don't know how to balance a checkbook. We need to have that fundamental understanding of economics as we move forward to develop the next generation of young people.

Too many of us are vulnerable, and I look forward to working with AARP to advise people about the safest ways to conduct their financial transactions and manage social media.

One of the most important aspects of an athlete's financial life is that he needs to be personally responsible for his own finances.

Money brings a lot of responsibility as to what you're going to do with it, and I've given quite a bit of thought to that.

I say all the time I think there should be some courses in the regular schooling system that isn't, even like about credit, things that matter later in life. I learned the harder way: 'Look, I got a $500 credit card in the mail, let's go shopping!'

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

People used to ask me for advice, and I'd say, 'Please, don't ask me!' Yes, I did economics at Oxford, but that's not the same as having a broad knowledge of personal finance.

I'm very careful. I think about everything. Some people go, 'Oh, I went out and bought something and didn't realise how much it was,' but there's no such thing with me. I always think about the future because I never want to go backwards.

I find money some way or other goes very fast. But I think I can reflect it has been spent with satisfaction and to my own honour.

I never saved my money. Whenever I worked in the past, I would spend it on my family or my husbands.

You have got to be the masters of your own financial future.

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

If you don't educate yourself, you'll never get out of the starting block because you'll spend all your money making foolish decisions.

Every year of my working life, I have been fortunate enough to earn more money than I have spent.

The first rule of personal finance is that it's not personal and it's not financial. It's about your ability to make ten changes and not get too depressed over it.

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

You should be able to do anything you can afford as an adult.

You must acquire the habits and skills of managing a small amount of money before you can have a large amount. Remember, we are creatures of habit and, therefore, the habit of managing your money is more important than the amount.

Luckily I have a brother who looks after my administration and my money, because I'm a total spendthrift.

To understand someone, find out how he spends his money.