Financial Challenges Quotes

I have made no money. I am as poor now as ever I was in my life - except in hope, which is by no means bankable.

As Secretary of Defense my job would be much easier if I didn't have to put up with [budget] cuts.

I'm poor, not homeless.

Making a million legally has always been difficult. Making a million illegally has always been a little easier. Keeping a million when you have made it is perhaps the most difficult of all.

Sometimes if you have financial restraints, it's a benefit. It forces you to come up with a more creative way.

I think being poor has been good for me. I saw how my mom and dad struggled, and how they could stretch a dollar farther than you could begin to imagine.

Now, although my life is still pleasant, the days of easy money are over.

Instead of more talk about salmon and high-speed rails, more criticism of the Supreme Court or more praise for the Soviet's Sputnik mission - President Obama should use his State of the Union Address to tell the American people the truth about the fundamental financial challenges our country faces.

Money is the driving force of Hand to Mouth, the lack of money, and all those true stories about strange things in The Red Notebook, coincidences and unlikely events, surprise, the unexpected.

Mini-tour life isn't a glamorous, professional golf life. If you're not on the PGA Tour, it is very tough financially.

Arizona faces many challenges ahead. None is more important or more pressing than passing a new state budget.

A lack of money is never, ever, ever a problem. A lack of money is merely a symptom of what is going on underneath.

Being broke is against my religion.

Money is a never-ending problem.

Managing and navigating through a financial crisis is no fun at all.

At a certain point, if you still have your marbles and are not faced with serious financial challenges, you have a chance to put your house in order. It's a cliche, but it's underestimated as an analgesic on all levels. Putting your house in order, if you can do it, is one of the most comforting activities, and the benefits of it are incalculable.

I get income, but I don't have a big swath of money to invest in things.

When you make a lotta money, you got a lotta people shooting at you. Anywhere you go, the tab goes up. People borrow stuff from you, you don't see it again - they figure, Hell, Moses ain't gonna miss it, why do I have to return it?

Marriage to a very rich woman posed problems.

Growth will be slower, no one denies that. But the question is: Where are the chances and opportunities now? I see some positive and some negative trends.

The problems you have as a novelist tend to have to do with making a living and trying to find ways to supplement the income you get from writing novels. For a lot of writers, that involves teaching. In my case, so far, I've been able to get by working in Hollywood with this TV stuff I've been doing. And it's very important, because my wife is a writer, too, and we don't have health insurance through any employer.

Every business will face tough times.

It's actually shocking to me how hard it's been to get back into the movie business.

Detroit's financial challenges - the decline of the American auto industry, the impact of the global economic recession, declining population, and an erosion of the municipal tax base - are key to understanding what led this great city to an inability to provide basic city services or to carry out the normal functions of a municipality.

When your back is against the wall financially, creative juices flow.