Quotes about Savings

Savings is an important tool because it can help the poor deal with the ups and downs of irregular earnings and help them build reserves for a rainy day. Votes: 4

Savings is no longer about the markets, they're about playing the product game. Votes: 3

Savings will not make you rich. Only canny investments do that. The role of savings is to keep you from becoming poor. Votes: 3

Savings give you a lot of strength, flexibility and control. They are what give you the most powerful Answer In The World. Votes: 3

My plan includes Dependent Care Savings Accounts to encourage savings and help families meet their needs for caring for both children and elders. Votes: 3

One way to make health care more affordable is a Flexible Savings Account that allows families to save tax free money to pay for medical bills. Votes: 3

My legislation, the Simple Savings Tax Relief Act of 2005, simply eliminates the taxation of interest earned in savings accounts, such as passbook savings accounts or bank certificates of deposit. Votes: 3

We need to increase access to health insurance through Health Savings Accounts and high deductible policies, so individuals and families can purchase the insurance that's best for them and meets their specific needs. Votes: 3

We designed both our state employee health plans and the one we created for low-income Hoosiers as Health Savings Accounts, and now in the tens of thousands these citizens are proving that they are fully capable of making smart, consumerist choices about their own health care. Votes: 3

The way to build your savings is by spending less each month. Votes: 2

Wealth can only be accumulated by the earnings of industry and the savings of frugality. Votes: 2

Experiences are savings which a miser puts aside. Wisdom is an inheritance which a wastrel cannot exhaust. Votes: 2

Good health is not something we can buy. However, it can be an extremely valuable savings account. Votes: 2

I'm thankful for the three ounce Ziploc bag, so that I have somewhere to put my savings. Votes: 2

How many millionaires do you know who have become wealthy by investing in savings accounts? I rest my case. Votes: 2

If we as a society are willing to have a preference for organic food, the farmer can pass on the savings. Votes: 2

Don't forget it's daylight savings time. You spring forward, then you fall back. It's like Robert Downey Jr. getting out of bed. Votes: 2

All my money is in a savings account. My dad has explained the stock market to me maybe 75 times. I still don't understand it. Votes: 2

In the absence of the gold standard, there is no way to protect savings from confiscation through inflation. There is no safe store of value. Votes: 2

People clinging to job security, savings, retirement plans, and other relics will be the ones financially-ravaged from 2010-2020, the most volatile world-changing decade in history. Votes: 2

Find your own style. Don't spend your savings trying to be someone else. You're not more important, smarter, or prettier because you wear a designer dress. Votes: 2

Don't gamble; take all your savings and buy some good stock and hold it till it goes up, then sell it. If it don't go up, don't buy it. Votes: 2

Economics is all about consumption. People either spend money now or they use financial instruments - like bonds, stocks and savings accounts - so they can spend more later. Votes: 2

The president has been a true friend of the ag industry, because he continues to invest large amounts of money at a time when savings is really the goal of the federal government to deal with the deficit. Votes: 2

During the Enron debacle, it was workers who took the pounding, not bankers. Not only did Enron employees lose their jobs, many lost their retirement savings. That's because they were at the bottom of the investing food chain. Votes: 2

Once the brokerage house, rather than the bank, became the locus for American savings, that money would find its way into the stock market, because the broker was someone with a much higher tolerance for risk than the banker. Votes: 2

I have committed my life to helping the poor, and I believe that if more companies followed Wal-Mart's lead in providing opportunity and savings to those who need it most, more Americans battling poverty would realize the American dream. Votes: 2

I've been to enough other countries in the world to know what happens when you have socialized single-payer health care. It works. People don't get sick as much. They don't lose their life savings with a catastrophic illness like cancer or AIDS. Votes: 2

Yes, your kids should go to school. No, you shouldn't bankroll their degree whatever the cost. You've spent your life creating a sound financial plan; don't upend it by suspending your retirement savings or taking out a home equity line of credit to pay for a pricey college. Votes: 2

Cash - in savings accounts, short-term CDs or money market deposits - is great for an emergency fund. But to fulfill a long-term investment goal like funding your retirement, consider buying stocks. The more distant your financial target, the longer inflation will gnaw at the purchasing power of your money. Votes: 2

It's almost embarrassing how much support I have. I mean, I always tell people I feel like I'm perfectly set up to have cancer. I have great health insurance, I have a savings account. I have work lined up. I have friends and family. I have the best doctors I can get. Votes: 2

Mint's business model became, 'We'll go for free, and then we'll find these savings opportunities for you.' You know, better interest rate on your credit cards, when should you consolidate your student loans, when does it mathematically make sense to refinance your mortgage, and Mint figures all that stuff out for you. Votes: 2

The summer of 1991, I took $2,000 of my savings and a desktop program, and I asked my friends to write 800 words about something they cared about. I got eight or nine articles and put them together. It was no frills, black and white, no graphics. I printed them out and just dumped piles around D.C. Votes: 2

If you wait to see how much money you have left at the end of the month to put toward savings, the answer may be zero. So, set up an automated monthly transfer from your checking to savings account. Once you lock into that commitment, you'll be forced to scale back spending to make ends meet. Votes: 2

Youth should be a savings bank. Votes: 0

[On retirement savings:] Gone today, here tomorrow. Votes: 0

Find $50 a month for savings. No excuses! Votes: 0

Inflation is the crabgrass in your savings. Votes: 0

The Sabbath-day is the savings-bank of humanity. Votes: 0

Time and consistency in savings multiplies money. Votes: 0

Never invest emergency savings in the stock market. Votes: 0

It is never too early to encourage long-term savings. Votes: 0

Most savings rates are based on underlying interest rates. Votes: 0

The savings bank of human existence is the weekly Sabbath. Votes: 0

Riches are the savings of many in the hands of one. Votes: 0

If it took multiple debt ceiling hikes, I'd rather achieve the savings. Votes: 0

Thirty-seven percent of gamblers dip into their savings to fulfill their habit Votes: 0

We really think health savings accounts were kind of invented in Indiana. Votes: 0

It was shocking to realize how many low-income Americans don't have savings accounts. Votes: 0

If you want to be rich, think of the savings and get them. Votes: 0

We work hard to ensure an increase in investment, income, profit, savings, etc. Votes: 0

If social security depresses savings rates, it is only because it is unfunded. Votes: 0

Businesses are no longer receiving the cost savings from outsourcing that they once did. Votes: 0

Do not leave yourself or your family unprotected against financial storms... Build up savings. Votes: 0

Economy is a savings-bank, into which men drop pennies, and get dollars in return. Votes: 0

We need a tax code that promotes savings, investment, achievement, innovation, and hard work. Votes: 0

Only in very recent times has the average man been a source of savings. Votes: 0

I'm 36, but I still feel like a punk kid with $200 in my savings account. Votes: 0

If I could take my entire savings in place of something, I'd chose time. Votes: 0

Im 36, but I still feel like a punk kid with $200 in my savings account. Votes: 0

Children, we should simplify our life's needs and use the resulting savings for charity. Votes: 0

Financial security and independence are like a three-legged stool resting on savings, insurance and investments Votes: 0

America today has insufficient savings to finance both crucial investment and its consumption of imports. Votes: 0

Gamblers spend 10 percent less on food; 25 percent less on clothing and 35 percent less on savings Votes: 0

The sun got confused about daylight savings time. It rose twice. Everything had two shadows. Votes: 0

Influence is like a savings account. The less you use it, the more you've got. Votes: 0

Why is no one talking about all the potential savings from a complete economic collapse? Votes: 0

Influence is like a savings account, the less you use it, the more you've got Votes: 0

Put all of your savings on autopilot, and you won't likely notice the missing cash. Votes: 0

Fully repeal Obamacare and replace it with health savings accounts. And we can do that. Votes: 0

A certain way to have financial security in life is not enough savings, but enough ability. Votes: 0

Enrolling in the Medicare Prescription Drug Program will be a great savings for most senior citizens. Votes: 0

I went to jail. I looked like one of those savings-and-loan guys leaving the jail house. Votes: 0

Most unfortunately, Enron's plunge into bankruptcy court also cost many of its rank-and-file employees their savings. Votes: 0

Well British pension funds have not been investing the savings of British people in British infrastructure. Votes: 0

When parents have college savings accounts for their kids, their kids show higher social and cognitive performance. Votes: 0

The reforms we seek would bring greater competition, choice, savings and inefficiencies to our health care system. Votes: 0

Invest your money in Dada! Dada is the only savings bank that pays interest in the hereafter! Votes: 0

If you want to save, put money into superannuation, you will never find a better savings vehicle. Votes: 0

In the 1970s we saw a massive shift of household savings from the banks to the brokerage firms. Votes: 0

It's not just that families can't buy a home or start a business without some savings tucked away. Votes: 0

Families across America are feeling the pinch as they watch debts mount, bills pile up and savings disappear. Votes: 0

By electrifying our lives, we reduce our energy costs by 39 percent, which is a huge savings in itself. Votes: 0

Anything that we can do to raise personal savings is very much in the interest of this country. Votes: 0

You'd be safe to hold 5% of your assets and savings in gold and silver. Insurance for the future. Votes: 0

Retirement security is often compared to a three-legged stool supported by Social Security, employer-provided pension funds, and private savings. Votes: 0

Voluntary personal savings accounts would enable future retirees to harness the power of the marketplace when saving for their retirements. Votes: 0

It may take you months or even a few years to build up an adequate emergency savings fund. That's okay. Votes: 0

More people are working, lending is up and savings are up. These are all positive signs for a strengthening economy. Votes: 0

You will never find anybody who can give you a clear and compelling reason why we observe daylight savings time. Votes: 0

Who's going to manage (health savings accounts)?. It's not going to be your local accountant, it's going to be Fidelity. Votes: 0

What do you think, that a dollar in a savings account is freedom? Maybe you have understood nothing I have said. Votes: 0

We should count our blessings more than our happenings, as much as we should count our savings more than our earnings. Votes: 0

Spending only what the country can afford, rewarding savings, encouraging independence, supporting marriage: people know that these things are common sense. Votes: 0

Hyperinflation can take virtually your entire life's savings, without the government having to bother raising the official tax rate at all. Votes: 0

The best way to help the poor is to slash taxes and allow savings, investment, and creation of jobs to proceed unhampered. Votes: 0

I've been working since I was 14, and my father, being very conservative, has always been strict about my having a savings account. Votes: 0

Beginning in June, Alabama seniors previously without prescription drug coverage should begin to see savings of between 10 and 25 percent on their medications. Votes: 0

Cars are necessary, but take a more humble one. Think of how many children die of hunger and dedicate the savings to them. Votes: 0

With our national savings rate well below one-percent, it is imperative that the government embrace innovative and cost-effective means of boosting personal savings. Votes: 0

My parents lost everything, all their savings, because we had to run from the Nigerian side to the Biafran side. We were Igbos. Votes: 0

In America, we tax work, investment, employment, savings, and production, while we subsidize non-work, consumption, and debt. It's time we reverse this trend. Votes: 0

The individual serves the industrial system not by supplying it with savings and the resulting capital; he serves it by consuming its products. Votes: 0

A public option is essential to creating the cost-savings necessary to offset the cost of providing all Americans access to affordable health care. Votes: 0

Though Congress continues to explore possible solutions to ensure social security solvency, everyone must take personal responsibility to prepare their own retirement savings accordingly. Votes: 0

The San Francisco Stock Exchange was the place that continuously pumped up the savings of the lower classes into the pockets of the millionaires. Votes: 0

It is true that a population which is growing older needs to save, but the question is in what form the savings are made. Votes: 0

Bailing out people who made ill-advised mortgages makes no more sense that bailing out people who lost their life savings in Las Vegas casinos. Votes: 0

It is more dangerous to be a great prophet or poet than to promote twenty companies for swindling simple folk out of their savings. Votes: 0

I went to the bank and reviewed my savings, I found out I have all the money I'll ever need. If I die tomorrow. Votes: 0

Resolution Trust Company was set up to liquidate a bunch of assets that the government had inherited because the savings and loans went broke. Votes: 0

We need to end permanently the tax that punishes American values of savings and investment and of building small businesses and family farms and ranches. Votes: 0

We need to end permanently the tax that punishes American values of savings and investment and of building small businesses and family farms and ranches. Votes: 0

Finance went from being a small business, effectively, to being a big business. In part, that's the growth of the world's wealth. That's called savings. Votes: 0

In the absence of the gold standard, there is no way to protect savings from confiscation through inflation. There is no safe store of valu Votes: 0

We promote domestic savings by also things like the personal accounts associated with the president's Social Security initiative, which over time would generate more savings. Votes: 0

Those carrying a credit card balance should scale back to making the minimum payment each month so they have more money to put into savings. Votes: 0

As part of Social Security reform, I believe that private savings accounts are a part of it -- along the lines that President Bush proposed. Votes: 0

Although they arrived in New York penniless, my parents scraped together enough savings to establish the first of several small businesses just after I was born. Votes: 0

Real estate is the best investment for small savings. More money is made from the rise in real estate values than from all other causes combined. Votes: 0

It's time to stop the raid on the Social Security trust fund and start allowing Americans to invest their Social Security taxes in personal savings accounts Votes: 0

It's time to stop the raid on the Social Security trust fund and start allowing Americans to invest their Social Security taxes in personal savings accounts. Votes: 0

I will promote savings and investment by maintaining the 15% rate on capital gains and dividends. I will eliminate the tax entirely for those with annual income below $200,000. Votes: 0

Rainy day savings are incredibly important, because from time to time, bad things happen. And if you're not prepared for that, it's going to be really terrible. Votes: 0

At the beginning of the cask and the end take thy fill but be saving in the middle; for at the bottom the savings comes too late. Votes: 0

Life really went backwards. My parents lost everything, all their savings, because we had to run from the Nigerian side to the Biafran side. We were Igbos, Votes: 0

Property is my major investment. My accountant has put money into various long-term savings arrangements. To be honest, I am a bit vague about all that stuff. Votes: 0

Your goal should be to pay off your credit card bills in full at the end of each month and set aside money toward your emergency savings. Votes: 0

Don't hold against me that I don't own - that I don't own a single stock or bond. Don't hold it - I have no savings accounts. Votes: 0

My grandmother always said, 'when you receive a paycheck, you always have to put a certain amount to your savings, and 10 percent right away to charity.' Votes: 0

When you get a checking account, you should have a savings account, and the number for the savings account should be one off of your checking account. Votes: 0

The results speak for themselves: Businesses that competitively sourced service contracts saved an average of about 22 percent. Even more impressive - nearly every e-auction delivered cost savings. Votes: 0

Today, over half of American workers have less than $10,000 in savings and have no idea how they will be able to retire with any shred of dignity. Votes: 0

We tried to have diplomas without learning, we tried to have jobs without work, we tried to have houses without savings, we tried to have government without responsibility. Votes: 0

In economic panics throughout history, the wiping out of the savings accounts of lower earners and the middle class has often led to social revolution, sometimes violent upheavals. Votes: 0

People rightly want our political leaders - on all sides - to concentrate on minimising the damage to jobs, living standards and our savings from the banking crisis. Votes: 0

If you look at payments to labor as a proportion of national income or gross domestic product, you find profits going way up, investment and savings going up. Votes: 0

The people have an incentive to spend wisely. So the health care savings accounts are such a good thing. It's such a good idea. And it's time for it. Votes: 0

Well-functioning financial systems are important in achieving sustained economic growth. They play a crucial role in channeling household savings into the corporate sector and allocating investment funds among firms. Votes: 0

The potential savings in the national budgets from the elimination of police, criminal courts, standing armies, pollution control agencies, drug enforcement, and many poverty programs is almost beyond calculation. Votes: 0

Social security, bank account, and credit card numbers aren't just data. In the wrong hands they can wipe out someone's life savings, wreck their credit and cause financial ruin. Votes: 0

Focus on all four of your net worth factors: increasing your income, increasing your savings, increasing your investment returns, and decreasing your cost of living by simplifying your lifestyle. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

It is common for rural hospitals and nursing homes to operate as a single unit in order to take advantage of savings related to cost-sharing of some services and staff. Votes: 0

If you've been frugal during your life and tried to save, you're penalised by the tax system. You pay tax on your wages, your savings and even your private pension. Votes: 0

College is expensive; I always knew that, and I wanted to make money, partially to spend a little of it here and there, but primarily for a college savings fund. Votes: 0

Two conditions of self-sustaining growth are that a country has acquired a cadre of domestic entrepreneurs and administrators and, secondly, that it has attained to adequate savings and taxable capacity. Votes: 0

People should take every opportunity they can to save money because it really adds up, and the best way I know to do that is to make your savings automatic. Votes: 0

In response to the drop in wealth suffered as a consequence of the 2008 financial crisis, homeowners and firms did attempt to increase savings in financial assets by reducing expenditure on durables. Votes: 0

Upon the sacredness of property civilization itself depends-the right of the laborer to his hundred dollars in the savings bank, and equally the legal right of the millionaire to his millions. Votes: 0

The 1993 Social Security tax penalizes seniors who have planned for their retirement through savings, investment and hard work. That's wrong, and that's why the double tax on Social Security must end. Votes: 0

Here in Indiana, we run a nationally-recognized program called the Healthy Indiana Plan. The Healthy Indiana Plan offers the uninsured an affordable health care plan with savings accounts that they control. Votes: 0

Scaling back the U.S. fleet of 14 nuclear-armed submarines to eight would maintain a robust deterrent at sea while generating billions in savings and easing pressure on the Navy's shipbuilding budget. Votes: 0

Under a Labour government, there's virtually nowhere you can put your savings where they would be safe from the state. ... If you put money in a sock they'd probably nationalize socks. Votes: 0

The savings rate in Italy is high, but the markets do not trust Italy even though it's the third largest economy in the European Union and the eighth in the world. Votes: 0

Health care is a far more serious, immediate and destructive problem than social security. . . . The upfront investment needed to fund system wide [health care] reform . . . would be far offset by the savings. Votes: 0

The promise of energy savings, reduced carbon emissions and affordable lighting was there from the inception. The proliferation of the technology into areas such as displays, automotive, medicine and horticulture was unexpected. Votes: 0

We want to develop innovative ways to promote savings so more Americans can save for their future, but first we need to reject privatization schemes and work together to strengthen Social Security. Votes: 0

It turns out we get so much healthier when we convert to a green energy economy that our health savings alone are enough to pay for the cost of the energy transition. Votes: 0

By requiring that any surplus in Social Security taxes be returned to the American people in personal savings accounts, the plan ensures that Social Security taxes will be used for Social Security. Votes: 0

In the movie 'Wall Street' I play Gordon Gekko, a greedy corporate executive who cheated to profit while innocent investors lost their savings. The movie was fiction, but the problem is real. Votes: 0

Too often, we make budget cuts - then blow the savings. Instead, think about your financial picture. Do you have high-interest rate debt? Paying it off faster will save you a bundle. Votes: 0

There's a second component of a good savings plan, which is something that a colleague of mine called Schlomo Benartzi and I developed many years ago, that we call "save more tomorrow." Votes: 0

Maybe if you and ten of your friends could pool your savings and borrow some money and actually buy some obscure station in Sonoma, and then take some chances and have some fun. Votes: 0

Retirement savings is probably behavioral economists' greatest success story. It is a prototypical behavioral-economics problem because saving for retirement is cognitively hard - figuring out how much to save - and requires self-control. Votes: 0

For Pocketbook Environmentalists, financial savings are the primary motivator. However Pocketbook Environmentalists are changing the face of the market and the planet for the better by demanding that going green saves you money. Votes: 0

For a long time, I kept working at part-time jobs... my goal was to build up enough savings so I wouldn't be kicked out on the streets if I didn't sell enough paintings. Votes: 0

When capital owners are few, the private-property conduits of necessity create vast savings reservoirs for those few. If there were many owners, the same conduits would broadly irrigate the economy with purchasing power. Votes: 0

What we have now - a world without [marine] reserves - is like a debit account where we withdraw all the time and we never make any deposit. Reserves are like savings accounts. Votes: 0

President Roosevelt, the author of Social Security, was the first to suggest that, in order to provide for the country's retirement needs, Social Security would need to be supplemented by personal savings accounts. Votes: 0

Maybe if you and ten of your friends could pool your savings and borrow some money and actually buy some obscure station in Sonoma, and then take some chances and have some fun. Votes: 0

I get so frustrated when people tell me it's unrealistic to create an eight-month emergency savings fund, or have money saved for a home down payment, or pay off their $5,000 credit card balance. Votes: 0

Make the most of online banking to make your life easier and keep your finances organized. Online banking is great because it offers quick, easy, 24-hour access to your checking and savings accounts. Votes: 0

Corporations never actually mention 'money'; that would be vulgar. They prefer such words as 'turnover,' 'profit,' 'salary,' 'revenue,' 'budget,' 'premium,' and 'savings,' all much more refined. Votes: 0

Obviously, people with low or even moderate incomes could not afford such savings rates, and even diligent savings from their low wages would not be enough to pay for either retirement or healthcare. Votes: 0

We can all agree that no American should lose their life savings or their home because of illness or injury and that the rising cost of health care severely burdens individuals, families and businesses. Votes: 0

Alan: Conning people out of their savings. Forgery. Blackmail. Selling real estate on Mars. We could have it all. You with me, Bambi?" Sin: "Clive, I was with you from 'I'm a social worker. Votes: 0

A system of capitalism presumes sound money, not fiat money manipulated by a central bank. Capitalism cherishes voluntary contracts and interest rates that are determined by savings, not credit creation by a central bank. Votes: 0

I will ask every government department to draw up a plan for civil service relocation outside London. And a Labour Treasury will set an objective for savings over the course of the next decade, Votes: 0

In the Iowa senate, I helped pass the largest tax cut in state history - returning over four billion dollars in savings and putting more money back in the pockets of hard-working Iowa families. Votes: 0

Inappropriate macro economic policies in some economies, characterised by [a] low savings rate and high consumption [and] failure of financial supervision and regulation to keep up with innovation which allowed financial derivatives to spread. Votes: 0

Financial service providers act as the lubricating oil in the economy. They link consumers who want to invest their savings for a good return with companies who want to borrow on best terms for expansion. Votes: 0

She squared her shoulders against his charmsIt depends on who kisses me. I highly suspect a kiss from you would instantly void sixteen years of savings.""What good are savings if you never spend them?" Votes: 0

The reason that I proposed health savings accounts for everybody starting at birth, is because you very quickly accumulate an amount of money that you can use for your interactions with those health care providers. Votes: 0

Sam Walton's values are: treat the customer right, take care of your people, be honest in your dealings, pass savings along to the customer, keep things simple, think small, control costs and continuously improve operations. Votes: 0