Quotes about Budget

When you're dressing on a budget, simplicity is key. Votes: 5

A low budget is uncomfortable. Votes: 4

Bush has never sent over a balanced budget. Votes: 4

You never have to change a book for budget. Votes: 4

How many people out there really set a budget? Votes: 4

My name can raise money on a small-budget film. Votes: 4

We could have a budget that brings Americans together. Votes: 4

Manage your spending by creating and sticking to a budget. Votes: 4

When you're in front of the camera, for a small budget or a big budget movie, there's no difference. Votes: 4

When you cut a half-a-trillion dollars from the defense budget, it affects almost every area in the defense budget. Votes: 4

The only difference between working on a huge-budget film and a lesser-budget film, is the quality of lunch and dinner. Votes: 4

You know, the Democrats want to balance the budget by raising spending and raising taxes. The Soviet Union had a balanced budget. Votes: 4

My budget is similar to the Penny Plan, which cuts 1 percent a year for five or six years and balances the budget. Votes: 4

You can have a million dollar, 20 million dollar budget or 60 million dollar budget, and if you don't have a good script, it doesn't mean a thing. Votes: 4

Reducing the budget for Amtrak makes no sense unless the Administration is prepared to implement a reform strategy which can be supported by the budget request. Votes: 4

I respect the view of a rating agency, but I do not make a budget for the rating agency. I make a budget for the people of India. Votes: 4

...balance the budget ? Tax religion. Votes: 3

My buildings are all on budget. Votes: 3

Ambiguity depletes as your budget rises. Votes: 3

This middle-budget drama movies are just gone. Votes: 3

I like working on big budget films. Votes: 3

Freedom is not having a big budget. Votes: 3

Got a budget for the lawyer though. Votes: 3

Low budget movies make lots of money. Votes: 3

Every year, virtually every governor balances the budget. Votes: 3

The president's budget proposals have neglected water infrastructure. Votes: 3

A budget takes the fun out of money. Votes: 3

The budget was unlimited, but I exceeded it. Votes: 3

Help me find more money in my budget! Votes: 3

I'm not usually attracted to big-budget American films. Votes: 3

The vast majority of the CGI budget is labor. Votes: 3

We absolutely need to reform the Congressional budget-writing process. Votes: 3

The bigger the budget, the more trouble there is. Votes: 3

To make a low-budget independent is not easy work. Votes: 3

Every budget I have ever prepared has been balanced. Votes: 3

I'm very budget-minded myself, and it serves me well. Votes: 3

I still, by and large, make low-budget Australian films. Votes: 3

Every line in the government's budget has its own constituency. Votes: 3

The word "budget" is the idea-killer. It slaughters any idea. Votes: 3

Creativity starts when you cut a zero from your budget. Votes: 3

I love films that are made with almost no budget. Votes: 3

What is a budget review? A personal review with numbers Votes: 3

I hope to always be doing some low budget things. Votes: 3

On a low-budget film, you don't have all the luxuries. Votes: 3

The success of the film should depend on its budget. Votes: 3

The movie of my life must be really low budget. Votes: 3

Everyone has a budget, I don't care who you are. Votes: 3

Cheops' Law: Nothing ever gets built on schedule or within budget. Votes: 3

Approach every film with the same enthusiasm, regardless of its budget. Votes: 3

There is always room in our budget for a little experimentation. Votes: 3

In every romance you have to budget for the occasional dust-up. Votes: 3

Doing a budget means learning an ancient and powerful word: NO. Votes: 3

Cutting budget deficits can never be just an exercise in economics. Votes: 3

Generally, the bigger the budget, the less interesting the characters become. Votes: 3

There is no budget for travel for a Shadow Foreign Secretary. Votes: 3

I grew up working in Canada so everything was low budget. Votes: 3

President Clinton was able to achieve budget surpluses despite a divided government. Votes: 3

Having a trade deficit and a budget deficit, it's two different things. Votes: 3

While our budget shortfall is temporary, ruining pristine national lands is permanent. Votes: 3

Scope movies shown on TV letter-boxed are always the big budget movies. Votes: 3

The Pentagon budget, like all government spending, is an expression of priorities. Votes: 3

Every episode of 'True Blood' is like shooting a low budget feature. Votes: 3

I guess short films have a bright future... The advantage is budget. Votes: 3

The budget evolved from a management tool into an obstacle to management. Votes: 3

The cold harsh reality is that we have to balance the budget. Votes: 3

When Bill Clinton was in town, he sent over a balanced budget. Votes: 3

It's clearly a budget. It's got a lot of numbers in it. Votes: 3

Your child’s future was the first to go with budget cuts. Votes: 3

Even when you have a big budget, you can't just shoot everything. Votes: 3

Being a defense hawk and a budget hawk are not mutually exclusive. Votes: 3

My heart is on a budget. It keeps me on the brink. Votes: 3

When you do a low budget movie, you get a little over-ambitious. Votes: 3

In my political career, I'd like to see a constitutional balanced budget amendment. Votes: 3

You can't have euro bonds without more interconnection among the national budget policies. Votes: 3

Сount dollars, not pennies. Look at the big-ticket items, in your budget. Votes: 3

We are committed to achieving the fiscal deficit target announced in the budget. Votes: 3

We've unveiled the most comprehensive reform budget people have seen in a generation. Votes: 3

I don't think we should label budgets even before the budget is presented. Votes: 3

Guns don't kill people. Video games, the media and Obama's budget kill people. Votes: 3

I'm always looking for a low-budget script with an interesting character to play. Votes: 3

You start a business, and you really don't have much of a budget. Votes: 3

The big-budget blockbuster is becoming one of the most dependable forms of filmmaking. Votes: 3

The education cuts in the President's budget are both irresponsible and morally unjustifiable. Votes: 3

The national budget is not a safe-deposit box. It is a spray can. Votes: 3

Be judicious with your budget and buy things that are going to last. Votes: 3

I was as equally influenced by Bergman as I was [low-budget sexploitation filmmaker]. Votes: 3

A feature film is an expansion of budget, stress, story, hours, time, workload, everything. Votes: 3

Balanced budget requirements seem more likely to produce accounting ingenuity than genuinely balanced budgets. Votes: 3

Everything big-budget or stereotypical I was offered after 'Slumdog Millionaire' was a huge no-no. Votes: 3

The two-war strategy is just a marketing device to justify a high [military] budget. Votes: 3

When completed, the budget must provide the services we have promised to our constituents. Votes: 3

It is reasonable not to make any budget adjustments in the first quarter of 2015 Votes: 3

Sundance is a really special place. They're very protective of movies, especially lower-budget movies. Votes: 3

There is no excuse for waste, fraud, and abuse in the Defense Department budget. Votes: 3

The budget should be balanced not by more taxes, but by reduction of follies. Votes: 3

If we can't find cuts in the defense budget, we're not looking carefully enough. Votes: 3

I don't buy into this, 'Oh, poor us. We've got tough budget problems.' Votes: 3

A budget should reflect the values and priorities of our nation and its people. Votes: 3

A budget should reflect the values and priorities of our nation and its people Votes: 3

That's why you call it a budget. You set it and you don't budge. Votes: 3

The federal budget deficit is the biggest single impediment to revitalizing the American economy. Votes: 3

Someone even called me Veto Corleone. Because I vetoed 2,500 separate line-items in the budget. Votes: 3

I know what I'm talking about and I've never been over budget, in 70 films. Votes: 3

We didn't actually overspend our budget. The allocation simply fell short of our expenditure. Votes: 3

What's the point of creating a budget if it's not possible to follow through? Votes: 3

Build into each budget the cost of hiring and don't lump yourself with capital investment. Votes: 3

This nation's 23 million small businesses need a budget that reflects their value to the economy. Votes: 3

States, virtually all of them, have a constitutional requirement to operate on a balanced budget. Votes: 3

Talking to other people who make low-budget movies, everyone kind of has the same struggle. Votes: 3

... everything written is at least in part fantasy. Except maybe the national budget. That's horror. Votes: 3

Bigger budget features are the juice. Delicious juice you want to spill all over yourself. Votes: 3

It's like low-budget filmmaking - a focus on dialogue and relationships over plot. Quirky. Improv. Votes: 3

The nominal budget is a poor indicator of the impact of government outlays and revenues. Votes: 3

There is a difficult leap between talking about balancing the budget and actually doing it. Votes: 3

Those who analogize the federal budget to a family's budget must know nothing about either. Votes: 3

The only way to learn on a zero dollar budget is to talk to people Votes: 3

NASA's annual budget for space exploration could fund NOAA's budget for ocean exploration for 1600 years. Votes: 3

A budget is telling your money where to go instead of wondering where it went. Votes: 3

Reviewing a government budget is much like going through the attic in an old home. Votes: 3

The Federal Government is the people and the budget is a reflection of their need. Votes: 3

The tow pillars of democratic government are the primacy of the law and the budget. Votes: 3

At 50$ per barrel of oil we shall lose about three trillion rubles of budget income Votes: 3

The [budget] deficit isn`t the immediate problem for most people, the weak economy is. Votes: 3

The lowest budget U.S. films are ten times times better than shooting in Tibet. Votes: 3

Movie logistics never really allow you to do anything but shoot the way the budget dictates. Votes: 3

Well, I think what we need to remember is that budget deficits can impede economic activity. Votes: 3

A budget tells us what we can't afford, but it doesn't keep us from buying it. Votes: 3

Well, I think what we need to remember is that budget deficits can impede economic activity. Votes: 3

Beyond budget fights, the Obama second-term agenda was supposed to be about passing comprehensive immigration reform. Votes: 3

A nation is not a budget, no matter how much ideologues want it to be so. Votes: 3

The Word of God has a supernatural edge with which a million-dollar budget can never compete. Votes: 3

When I have a low budget I always try to make it a lesson in economy. Votes: 3

Most budget airlines anywhere in the world are going to leave you dissatisfied after using them. Votes: 3

It is time we passed a balanced budget amendment and return this government to limited spending. Votes: 3

Due to budget cutbacks, the light at the end of the tunnel has been turned off. Votes: 3

I'm not cheap, you understand, I'm just a cut price person in a low budget land. Votes: 3

In an ideal world, I'd bounce between big projects and no-budget TV dramas with fantastic scripts. Votes: 3

The Ryan plan isn't a budget. It's the last will and testament of the Republican party. Votes: 3

If you learn to budget your time correctly, you will have time for all your needs. Votes: 3

We didn't actually overspend our budget. The health Commission allocation simply fell short of our expenditure. Votes: 3

The Ryan budget gets rid of Medicare in 10 years and turns it into a voucher program, Votes: 3

My taste in watching things runs from dramas and low-budget films to high-end fantasy/science fiction. Votes: 3

I've had weird, weird acting jobs. Low-budget filmmaking where you find yourself in really bizarre places. Votes: 3

We can't have deficit spending in Texas. You have to balance your budget every two years. Votes: 3

Balancing your budget is like protecting your virtue. You have to learn when to say no. Votes: 3

I love low-budget projects with great acting and great stories you can really get your teeth into. Votes: 3

It's a bit ridiculous to have people who have two years of experience handling an $83 billion budget. Votes: 3

The size of the federal budget is not an appropriate barometer of social conscience or charitable concern. Votes: 3

Deficits do not in themselves produce inflation, nor does a balanced budget assure a stable price level. Votes: 3

The budget is not just a collection of numbers, but an expression of our values and aspirations. Votes: 3

I think everybody's contemplating TV now, because mid-level and high-budget independent films are not being made now. Votes: 3

If you're opposed to the budget I submitted to the General Assembly, you're for a tax increase. Votes: 3

Well, you can't improvise story, which is a fact. If you could, the budget would be insane. Votes: 3

We need to balance the budget and force Washington to stop spending more than it takes in. Votes: 3

If I was down to the last dollar of my marketing budget I'd spend it on PR! Votes: 3

If the time is available for a budget, I will no doubt make use of that time. Votes: 3

Don't tell me what you value, show me your budget, and I'll tell you what you value. Votes: 3

I always like to keep the budget as small as possible just to have the most freedom. Votes: 3

The best way to look stylish on a budget is to try second-hand, bargain hunting, and vintage. Votes: 3

When a project has an ample budget, I am interested now in using bigger units of materials. Votes: 3

It's a combination of yes - making a movie about the characters - and then, also, budget. Votes: 3

Mid-range to low-budget movies have to have a name in the lead to get financing for it. Votes: 3

When it's low-budget, and you have one other person on the set, you have to make rules. Votes: 3

The trouble with a budget is that it's hard to fill up one hole without digging another Votes: 3

If he slices the budget like he slices a golf ball, the nation has nothing to worry about. Votes: 3

It's discouraging how hard it is for a President to slice away large chunks of a $305 billion budget. Votes: 3

We need a defense budget that's big enough to sustain an increase in the size of the Army. Votes: 3

Our priority must be to build a path towards balancing the budget, and we cannot tolerate growing deficits. Votes: 3

I won't support any budget, whether it's a Republican or a Democrat budget, that doesn't lead to balance. Votes: 3

If you want creativity, take a zero off your budget. If you want sustainability, take off two zeros. Votes: 3

Never base your budget requests on realistic assumptions, as this could lead to a decrease in your funding. Votes: 3

You balance the budget by restraining the growth of government and encouraging the growth of the private sector. Votes: 3

The first thing you need to run for President is a budget of around $20 million dollars a day. Votes: 3

Throughout the 40 years I've been in Washington, I've always worked hard, particularly with regards to the budget issues. Votes: 3

I need three million dollars to make a low-budget, intellectual, artistic, exciting, erotic movie with a great soundtrack. Votes: 3

Bush may be a strong leader in the war on terrorism, but on budget deficits he is missing-in-action. Votes: 3

Arizona faces many challenges ahead. None is more important or more pressing than passing a new state budget. Votes: 3

On Bill Clinton: I have a simple question: Who's the last President to give you a balanced budget? Votes: 3

Obama is not only obstructing budget reform; it's almost as if he is trying to make matters worse. Votes: 3

The first thing you need to run for President is a budget of around $20 million dollars a day. Votes: 3

If I hear one more Republican tell me about balancing the budget, I am going to strangle them. Votes: 3

Once you have a very, very large budget, you actually look for expensive things to spend it on. Votes: 3

Because my movies are not successful, they are not shown. So I make a living from the budget. Votes: 3

I make work a bit like how you mix cocktails - with ingredients like budget, history and location. Votes: 3

I'm always attracted to lower budget, not because it's lower budget, but because they tend to be better scripts. Votes: 3

I will fight for budget honesty and eliminating the deficit to reduce the transfer of debt to younger generations. Votes: 3

White House is ranting up its rhetoric for Republicans, using wild words to attack them over the budget standoff. Votes: 3

It's not that I'm opposed to doing a big-budget action movie. But it has to be the right project. Votes: 3

Most of the time, you find that the smaller the budget, the more the project is about something substantive. Votes: 3

A big budget studio film is slower, theyve got so much to create around you. Everything is more complicated. Votes: 3

We have a person that wants to balance the budget by charging $1,000 to every family who spanks their child. Votes: 3

One of the most important tasks of the United States House of Representatives is to pass a budget resolution. Votes: 3

Fact and fiction carry the same intrinsic weight in the marketplace of ideas. Fortunately, reality has no advertising budget. Votes: 3

A big budget studio film is slower, they've got so much to create around you. Everything is more complicated. Votes: 3

If you think your organization needs a bigger marketing budget, maybe you just need to be less average instead. Votes: 3

I was able to promote a strong defense budget when it could have been cut a lot more severely. Votes: 3

Given a limited budget, the most effective expenditure of funds to improve a street would probably be on trees. Votes: 3

I think that in big-budget movies there's a lot of other stuff going on besides acting, like special effects. Votes: 3

Remarkably, there are leaders in Washington who don't understand why it's so important for us to have a budget. Votes: 3

I will work to restore fiscal responsibility to our country's budget and to provide for a more robust economy. Votes: 3

The reason prescription drugs are so important at the state level is because they're eating up the Medicaid budget. Votes: 3

Balancing a nominal budget will solve nothing, and attempting to achieve such a spurious balance will produce much mischief. Votes: 3

The only way you can do that [decrease taxes, balance the budget, and increase military spending] is with mirrors.... Votes: 3

When you create a basic budget and stick to it, it will suddenly seem like you have more money. Votes: 3

Well, let's be clear I'm the only one on the stage who actually has a five-year budget that balances. Votes: 3

Invariably, what I'm trying to do is more ambitious than the budget, but we manage to do it somehow. Votes: 3

By cutting critical domestic programs such as education, health, environmental protection, and veterans' services, this budget reveals misplaced priorities. Votes: 3

I tend to make low-budget movies but, yeah, I make more money than I ever thought I would make. Votes: 3

The budget acknowledges the importance of maintaining our ports and waterways to encourage commercial deep-draft navigation and economic competitiveness. Votes: 3

In Wisconsin, I led the Assembly to a balanced budget in face of fierce opposition from the status quo. Votes: 3

Even with not having a balanced budget at this time, I support tax cuts. That will help limit spending. Votes: 3

It's always a challenge to make an independent film. It's always a challenge to make a low budget film. Votes: 3

If we didn't propose these reforms, we would not have proposed a budget that got the debt under control. Votes: 3

You're a monster. Thanks. Does this mean I get a raise? No, just a medal. The budget isn't inexhaustable. Votes: 3

I don't want to be on the phone talking numbers and budget. I want to be creating a world. Votes: 3

I think sometimes big budget means explosions! CGI! CGI, the possibilities are so limitless that it begins to be impractical. Votes: 3

We act in a pragmatic and careful manner. We reduce spending on budget items that do not constitute a priority. Votes: 3

I want to have the illegitimate child of independent film making and the budget to make it. That's my aspiration. Votes: 3

A theatrical on a tight budget really only becomes about generating critical reviews for you and your film, not revenue. Votes: 3

You couldn't make a cheap drama. That would be too low-budget. Drama has to have good photography and well-known actors. Votes: 3

Now that judges embrace forcibly starving someone to death, Congress should use its appropriation power to starve the judicial budget. Votes: 3

The American way is the way most law-abiding Americans live - in debt. Does this make a balanced budget un-American? Votes: 3

The budget doesn't have much control over the government. Then again, the government doesn't have much control over the budget. Votes: 3

That was the appealing thing about comics: There literally is no budget in comics. You're only limited by your imagination. Votes: 3

I get offers to do huge-budget music videos with big production companies all the time, but I have no interest. Votes: 3

I'd love to be some sort of villain in a big-budget action movie. Or a superhero franchise. That'd be rad. Votes: 3

When you're doing a big-budget movie and you're four on the call sheet, you've got a lot of free time. Votes: 3

If I read something and I love it, I'll do it and I don't even ask what the budget is. Votes: 3

There's tons of waste on every film. It really doesn't matter the budget, as long as it hits a bull's-eye. Votes: 3

I am not about to let the people who so mismanaged the state budget now try to manage local government. Votes: 3

I was in the world of business for 25 years. If you didn't balance your budget, you went out of business. Votes: 3

A budget is more than just a series of numbers on a page; it is an embodiment of our values. Votes: 3

You can fool all the people all the time if the advertising is right and the budget is big enough. Votes: 3

What we do want to see is reforms that are going to have a permanent effect on the budget deficit. Votes: 3

You wanna blow money? Put it in a 'blow' category in your budget. But at least admit it on paper! Votes: 3

I like the idea of making big budget films with a heart. I like graphic novels more than comic books. Votes: 3

I want to do weird things and big budget things and no budget things. I don't have a five-year plan. Votes: 3

Any director will tell you, no matter how big his budget, that it's always the budget and the day count. Votes: 3

The reason we have such a reform budget is because we've been thinking about these things for a long time. Votes: 3

Get out and make films. There are so many cameras now to suit any budget, so there are no excuses. Votes: 3

I had fun doing a lot of low-budget movies and web series. And I got back into stand-up where I started. Votes: 3

We just did the best we could with quite a limited budget, to be honest, and had a lot of success. Votes: 3

At the end of the day, you're trying to make a certain film within a certain budget. Those rules never change. Votes: 3

We have creative freedom because of budgets. Ever since I have been doing low budget movies, we've really had creative freedom. Votes: 3

You contribute much to your marriage by the wise, thrifty, diligent management and oversight of your part of the household budget. Votes: 3

The budget is tight, and that is exactly where we want it to be and where we need it to be. Votes: 3

Our balanced budget has an important psychological function. It is a signal that we can't continue to constantly take on debt. Votes: 3

Yes! The average person with no budget, and with little or no initial online presence, can produce a viral marketing miracle! Votes: 3

So-called defense now absorbs sixty per cent of the national budget, and about twelve per cent of the Gross National Product. Votes: 3

Some of my favorite movies are just movies that are just good stories, and aren't necessarily big budget movies or anything. Votes: 3

Open source isn't about saving money, it's about doing more stuff, and getting incremental innovation with the finite budget you have. Votes: 3

But, you know, all I can do is submit my budget and then make the case to the Legislature to act. Votes: 3

The defense budget is more than a piggy bank for people who want to get busy beating swords into pork barrels. Votes: 3

To me, it doesn't make any sense to pick your work based on the size of the budget of the movie. Votes: 3

Servers make very little in regular wages and largely rely on tips to pay the bills and budget for weeks ahead. Votes: 3

To try to blackmail a president into giving them some concessions on issues that have nothing to do with the budget. Votes: 3

I don't think people understand when you say you are making a micro-budget film that you are getting paid no money, Votes: 3

The problem with the cable networks is the lack of money, not from personal income but as far as show budget. Votes: 3

I am concerned that a film without an large advertising [budget] can not establish a connection with contemporary audiences, of course. Votes: 3

First of all, you needed a budget to do the video. The record companies would pick and choose who got videos. Votes: 3

Look, I've done some low-budget movies and I've done some big-budget movies, and the big-budget movies were always kind of disorganized. Votes: 3

The defense budget is more than a piggy bank for people who want to get busy beating swords into pork barrels Votes: 3

We're on the verge of a financial collapse unless we balance the budget, and that means some really, really tough decisions. Votes: 3

The average family exists only on paper and its average budget is a fiction, invented by statisticians for the convenience of statisticians. Votes: 3

The Bush Administration claims there is a Social Security crisis only to distract Americans from its serious mismanagement of the federal budget. Votes: 3

There's nothing like being on a massive-budget film where you don't know anything, and there's a million people, and no one's communicating. Votes: 3

A Syriza government will respect Greece's obligation as a eurozone member to maintain a balanced budget and will commit to quantitative targets. Votes: 3

I'm used to very low-budget situations. In 'The Exploding Girl,' we were literally changing in Starbucks because we didn't have trailers. Votes: 3

The budget targets imposed by the Bretton Woods institutions, combined with the effects of the devaluation, trigger the collapse of public investment. Votes: 3

The Cannes film festival is about big-budget films but also remarkable films made in different political regimes by film-makers with little resources. Votes: 3

At the enterprise level, businesses have the talent and budget to create and enforce policies that prevent staffers from installing things themselves. Votes: 3

What the American family does not want is to pay an increasing fraction of their budget, their precious dollars, for energy costs. Votes: 3

We couldn't afford test screenings. This is a relatively low-budget movie [Don Jon]. But what we did have was the festival circuit. Votes: 3

The bigger the budget, the less an audience is trusted, and that's the difference between a big-budget film and a small-budget film. Votes: 3

I pledge to you today that as president, in my first budget, I will introduce the largest increase in special education ever. Votes: 3

If one regards inflation as an evil, then one has to stop inflating. One has to balance the budget of the government. Votes: 3

I really am passionate about making low-budget movies. You can try new stuff and unusual stuff, and you can break the rules. Votes: 3

I believe Nebraskans appreciate the fiscal discipline I've brought to state government, balancing the budget without raising taxes and prioritizing education funding. Votes: 3

It's like you work with people, and based on the size of the budget, you sometimes can't pay them what they deserve. Votes: 3

I absolutely think that hand-drawn animation is valid and I actually hope to do one in the future with a large budget. Votes: 3

So, what is creative freedom? We can make what we want, how we want. The only constraint is: not for any budget. Votes: 3

When jobs come up, like a low-budget film like The Last Exorcism, you say yes and you see where it takes you. Votes: 3

You know, a low budget, you have to work harder. You have to plan well; you don't have much time to rehearse. Votes: 3

Every video I do is over budget by the time I walk on set. I am massively extravagant in my personal habits. Votes: 3

My philosophy is to make movies with the biggest possible budget that will allow it to be made in an independent fashion. Votes: 3

Sometimes losing a series regular, if you're going to replace them with another series regular, that will put added pressure on your budget. Votes: 3

We need to replace hyperbole with a reasonable, informed discussion about how to reinvent the federal budget with more transparency and better accountability. Votes: 3

Making your bed every morning is correlated with better productivity, a greater sense of well-being, and stronger skills at sticking with a budget. Votes: 3

The Trump International is way under budget and way ahead of schedule. And we should be able to do that for our country. Votes: 3

Money power means budget power and it is folly to imagine that the citizen can control government unless he can control its budget. Votes: 3

I feel like I'm long overdue for a "one for me" movie, so I've got two low-budget indy personal things I'm working on. Votes: 3

Just because you have star power and a huge marketing budget, you can see from some professional web series, it doesn't equal views. Votes: 3

It's always money no matter kind of budget you have, though, it forces you to be creative and not take anything for granted. Votes: 3

It's not as if you can act bigger to fit the surroundings or the budget more. Whatever, it just doesn't work that way. Votes: 3

We are the biggest donor to the United Nations, contributing 22 percent of the regular operating budget and nearly 27 percent of the peacekeeping budget. Votes: 3

It's all right to agree or disagree on the balanced budget amendment. It's all right to talk about how we're going to appropriate. Votes: 3

On lower budget things you're still working collaboratively, but the investment and your level of creative importance is higher on something like this. Votes: 3

We're for the balanced budget amendment and yet the budget we're going to introduce, that we're going to repeal Obamacare with never balances. Votes: 3

The insane pursuit of the holy grail of a balanced budget in the end is going to drive the economy into a depression. Votes: 3

The biggest problem with the independent film sector in Toronto is that they find themselves having to make that budget show on screen. Votes: 3

It amazes me that we spend 20% of the US budget on defense and far-off wars, and not on fighting cancer, disease, and aging. Votes: 3

Because we were a poor area, the school had a small budget and was unable to teach the second half of the alphabet. Votes: 3

I just like to do work that inspires me, and I don't pay any attention to whether it's a high- or low-budget movie. Votes: 3

The only difference from one $100 million budget film to another is which of the 12 box stars are getting $20 million to be in it. Votes: 3

I haven't met one parent or one teacher in Missouri who thinks we should balance the budget by taking money from kids' classrooms. Votes: 3

My goal in creating Geek & Sundry was to create a community based around web video, and we've accomplished that, especially on our budget. Votes: 3

What I say is, national defense is the most important thing we do in Washington, but there's still waste in the military budget. Votes: 3

You realize that everything is a moving budget, and sometimes you've got to borrow from Peter to pay Paul, to make it happen. Votes: 3

Pakistan is not about to crack down on terror groups or cut its military budget in order to build roads, schools and hospitals. Votes: 3

We are men on a budget. I mean, why go all the way to Amsterdam when you can just go to Harry Hines? Votes: 3

There's a very apt saying in show business: "If you don't go over budget in Paris, you're either very rich or very sick. " Votes: 3

Using these new funds, I will ask my secretary of defense to propose a new defense budget to meet the following longtime goals. Votes: 3

On the last couple of movies I made - big-budget Hollywood movies - I really missed being able to create my own material. Votes: 3

Both candidates for president talk about balancing the budget ten years from now. Even if they win, they won't be in office then. Votes: 3

Putting the budget ahead of the policy is the wrong way to do it. It's too often the way it's done in Washington. Votes: 3

I opposed Clinton's budget deal in 1997 because he brought in $115 billion cut in Medicare that created greater pressure for providers not to participate. Votes: 3

Three years after starting, by physically doing everything from raising the finance to special effects, we'd finally cobbled together our low budget film. Votes: 3

You see a lot of so-called architecture that part of the ego trip overpowers the functionality and the budget and all that stuff. Votes: 3

This budget is like an Enron budget -- smoke the numbers, cook the books, hide the truth and hope no one finds out Votes: 3

Alternate between short films, long form films, with or without stars, small budget or big budget films. Basically a filmmaker needs to be flexible. Votes: 3

The federal government cannot maintain a budget surplus any more than an alcoholic can leave a fresh bottle of whiskey untouched in the cupboard. Votes: 3

On the lower budget pictures, you go overtime more, you're sort of scrambling for the shots and cobbling together more ideas at the end. Votes: 3

I also have experience working with American producer Roger Corman who knows a lot of secrets in making movies look bigger than their budget. Votes: 3

Mr. Speaker, I once again find myself compelled to vote against the annual budget resolution for a very simple reason: it makes government bigger. Votes: 3

Hillary Clinton is going to find common ground with the Republicans on foreign and military affairs. They both want to enhance the military budget. Votes: 3

If you compare NASA's annual budget to explore the heavens, that one year budget would fund NOAA's budget to explore the oceans for 1,600 years. Votes: 3

I spent years working in low-budget horror films. When you've done 'Cannibal Women in the Avocado Jungle of Death,' you can handle anything! Votes: 3

Cutting PBS support (0.012% of budget) to help balance the Federal budget is like deleting text files to make room on your 500Gig hard drive Votes: 3

People gravitate occasionally to the brilliantly made art low budget films, which is maybe one out of every five hundred low budget films made. Votes: 3

the poor have been sent to the front lines of a federal budget deficit reduction war that few other groups were drafted to fight ... Votes: 3

When a church is spending more of its budget on media than shepherding, something is out of whack. We have gotten things twisted around. Votes: 3

Actors want to work. Give them characters they want to play, or a story they want to tell, and hopefully the budget will follow. Votes: 3

Scheduling is always tough, no matter what the budget size is, and we had our own run-ins with that on Fading of the Cries. Votes: 3

In my district, the budget scales back and eliminates several long-term shore protection projects important to the safety and economic security of Long Island. Votes: 3

Every year the State will be the dog that chases its own tail... engaging in a futile attempt to close a perpetual budget gap. Votes: 3

Every year the State will be the dog that chases its own tail... engaging in a futile attempt to close a perpetual budget gap. Votes: 3

Comedy fans are the best fans. They embrace and support you doing low-budget work and will follow you to the end of the earth! Votes: 3

The budget is like a mythical bean bag. Congress votes mythical beans into it, then reaches in and tries to pull real ones out. Votes: 3

The problem with doing a schlocky or big budget studio film is that it wouldn't actually be fun for me. It wouldn't be exciting. Votes: 3

I'm a small filmmaker, making my small, low-budget movies, but I'm super lucky to know that everybody reacts differently to my movies. That's interesting. Votes: 3

Rent Control is not a terrible movie, certainly not for the budget they had. And, again, it's such an '80s kind of thing. Votes: 3

The cost of taxpayer compliance with [the tax code] is over $80 billion per year, more than eight times the cost of the IRS budget Votes: 3

I think Governor Romney has a two-part budget plan that very much levels with voters far more so than any candidate in my lifetime. Votes: 3

The down-side of these huge-budget movies is that so many people have a hand in them, sometimes they come out a little more vanilla. Votes: 3

Most of my movies are indies. The best scripts I can find are independent films. But I love big-budget movies, I love craft services! Votes: 3

I support responsible spending, and balancing the budget, but this tax cut and the budget cuts of last month accomplish neither of these goals. Votes: 3

The American people deserve a budget that invests in the future, protects the most vulnerable among us and helps to create jobs and economic security. Votes: 3

A hundred welfare programs, spending more and more billions, lead to chronic budget deficits, which lead to increased paper-money issues, which lead to higher prices. Votes: 3

We plan to spend 20 billion lari ($12 billion) from the budget in the next four years on implementation of all tasks presented in our new programme. Votes: 3

The American people deserve a budget that invests in the future, protects the most vulnerable among us and helps to create jobs and economic security Votes: 3

We're facing a natural disaster in the middle of an economic disaster. The federal government has to balance its budget the way our families do. Votes: 3

There's no big budget Canadian movie. Whatever movies are big budget in Canada come from the States. Or also have States financing. Everything's pretty small. Votes: 3

Small businesses drive this economy and it is unacceptable that the President's budget proposal does not give them the tools they need to be successful. Votes: 3

The budget should be balanced, the treasury should be refilled, the public debt should be reduced and the arrogance of public officials should be controlled. Votes: 3

An architect is given a program, budget, place, and schedule. Sometimes the end product rises to art - or at least people call it that. Votes: 3

I found that when I was putting my own music out, with my Twitter feed as the pure marketing budget, I'm preaching to the choir. Votes: 3

No one in the modern history of this country, no president, has done more to move toward a balanced budget than has President Bill Clinton. Votes: 3

Due to budget crunches, Bush has had to scale some of the programs. He has a new program, 'Leave A Couple of Kids Behind.' Votes: 3

We plan to lift the veil of secrecy surrounding the preparation of the budget. We also plan to open up the process of government appointments. Votes: 3

The goal of a church is not to have a bigger building or budget but to see the word of God increase and disciples multiply Votes: 3

The work I prefer to do are the smaller budget pictures, television can be great but it ties you up for quite a long time. Votes: 3

Real Texans want their kids to have the best education possible, not the one politicians looking to brag about budget cuts have left us with. Votes: 3

One year of the world's military spending equals 700 years of the U.N. budget and equals 2,928 years of the U.N. budget allocated for women. Votes: 3

The Beltway is waking up to the realities of Prsident Obam's budget plan, which taxes, spends, and borrows as far as the eye can see. Votes: 3

I found that when I was putting my own music out, with my Twitter feed as the pure marketing budget, Im preaching to the choir. Votes: 3

In just one year, the expenditure of of the U.S.'s military budget is equivalent to the entire 50-year running budget of NASA combined. Votes: 3

Scheduling is always tough, no matter what the budget size is, and we had our own run-ins with that on 'Fading of the Cries.' Votes: 3

I've been lucky enough to work with some great directors, and I don't want to throw that away by doing one big horrible big budget film. Votes: 3

What will growth policy have to look like in a fiscally compacted Europe? Clearly any illusion of budget stimulated growth policy will have to go away. Votes: 3

The people in the US Drug Enforcement Department are encouraging drug trade so that they could show performance and get millions of dollars worth of budget. Votes: 3

I learned that lack of budget can be overcome by fan passion if you can get your content to the people who like what you do. Votes: 3

You rarely get money out of labels, except for when they open up a budget for a project. Other than that, it's a do-or-die type thing. Votes: 3

What if we found ourselves building something that nobody wanted? In that case what did it matter if we did it on time and on budget? Votes: 3

There's a stability and growth pact which was agreed for the eleven countries which tries to limit the size of budget deficits among the eleven countries. Votes: 3

In this time of budget cuts, we cannot forget that basic science is a building block for scientific innovation and economic growth in the information age. Votes: 3

Who says that big-budget films are safer than mid-range films? In terms of return on investment, I'd rather have 'Sling Blade' and 'Shine' than 'Volcano.' Votes: 3

When I did 'Ferris Bueller's Day Off', I had the idea on Monday and the following Tuesday it was in budget at Paramount. I couldn't walk. Votes: 3

Balancing the budget is like going to heaven. Everybody wants to do it, but nobody wants to do what you have to do to get there. Votes: 3

Reducing the budget for Amtrak makes no sense unless the Administration is prepared to implement a reform strategy which can be supported by the budget request. Votes: 3

Despite a decade of criticism and budget cuts, the specialised UN agencies have far more expertise and hands-on experience than any other organisations in the world. Votes: 3

The only way we will ever reduce the debt and balance the budget is if America beats Washington and tea party activists take over this process. Votes: 3

Certain actors wanna get paid, they think working in a low-budget movie is being ripped off. But for others it's like, 'Yes, let's do it.' Votes: 3

We recorded our first CD, Sixteen Stone, with a small budget and never dreamed that we would enjoy such a high success. It was simply fantastic. Votes: 3

When you're shooting a movie that's not necessarily a huge budget, you have to think about what you can leave out and still make it interesting. Votes: 3

When newspapers started to publish the box office scores of movies, I was horrified. Those results are totally fake because they never include the promotion budget. Votes: 3

Work is good when people are responsible, and in low-budget movies a lot of the actors don't want to be there. They're there to build a resume. Votes: 3

But you have to have a vision of what kind of military you are trying to build in order to get the [budget] cuts to make sense. Votes: 3

In my view, wholesome pleasure, sport, and recreation are as vital to this nation as productive work and should have a large share in the national budget. Votes: 3

It [1991 Federal budget] contains almost 190,000 accounts. At a rate of one per minute, eight hours a day, it would take over a year to reflect upon these! Votes: 3

Any sensible family has a budget that lays out how much will be spent for household and other purposes. Without such planning, things would quickly go awry. Votes: 3

There's no way you can shoot low-budget stuff on lots of locations. It's just a practicality thing because every time you move, it costs time and money. Votes: 3

The balancing of the budget will not in itself place a teaspoonful of milk in a hungry baby's stomach, or remove the rags from its mother's back. Votes: 3

But you know, there's always a danger nowadays that films are gonna be brought up to Canada for budget reasons. And that's something that really concerns me. Votes: 3

I want to stop directing so many of resources to the military budget and focus them here at home. I believe government should invest in public infrastructure. Votes: 3

My dad was a low budget film director. I grew up as a kid making movies, based on the love of seeing what my dad was doing. Votes: 3

Newlyweds shooting budget: 5k for actors, 2k insurance, 2k food and drink. 9k in the can. We only shot 12 days. That's how to make an independent film. Votes: 3

I love shopping on a budget. I believe that more fashion mistakes are made by people with deep pockets than by those who shop on a budget. Votes: 3

What's amazing to me? General Electric has a bigger budget for - special interest budget than all of the oil companies combined, and yet nobody says anything. Votes: 3

Our land of new promise will be a nation that meets its obligations, a nation that balances its budget, but never loses the balance of its values. Votes: 3

Only those who are ideologically opposed to military programs think of the defense budget as the first and best place to get resources for social welfare needs. Votes: 3

There shouldn't be budget problems. There is so much money that goes untapped. If every athlete gave 5% of what they earned, there wouldn't be any budget problems. Votes: 3

Doing the big budget films really makes you appreciate doing movies like Shelter. It's because this is like doing theater, you just have to hit the ground running Votes: 3

When I tell my American counterparts that my budget was $200,000 per episode, they burst out laughing. To us that's a big production, to them it's a guerrilla shoot. Votes: 3

Whereas, if you just say all right, let's try to bring in some recurring people, maybe that will alleviate some of the burdens on the budget moving forward. Votes: 3

In a budget, how important is art versus music versus athletics versus computer programming? At the end of the day, some of those trade-offs will be made politically. Votes: 3

... new EU embassies lack the expertise in the field of culture and given the budget cuts in all Member States it is important to confront this challenge together. Votes: 3

Once a bureau is created, its staff becomes a tenacious political interest group, well placed to defend its budget and to make a case for expanding its activities. Votes: 3

The largest portion of our state budget is Health and Human Services. It will grow by approximately $500 million. A half a billion dollars is a very big number. Votes: 3

One could make money and get a career going with a low-budget horror film about killers attacking on holidays. It is always flattering to have somebody copy you. Votes: 3

To cut the federal budget without cutting entitlements is like giving up chocolate-chip cookies and then deciding it's OK to eat the ones that don't have any nuts. Votes: 3

I read in the press, and therefore it must be true, that no secretary of defense had ever been quoted as arguing for a bigger budget for State. Votes: 3

A budget must be more than a ledger sheet. It should have a heart and serve as a blueprint for a better quality of life for all residents. Votes: 3

Ed Balls has made it crystal clear that, left to its own devices, a Labour government would simply carry on with the same budget policies as the Tories. Votes: 3

I understand all the problems for the Ministry of Defence, of course I do; working within a budget and trying to do so many things is not easy. Votes: 3

None of what we [as country] have done is credited. None of the good works. Our foreign affairs budget, foreign aid budget, none of it is ever thanked. Votes: 3

To be in a movie directed by Wolfgang Petersen, and a movie that had a large budget... I got a taste of what really good filmmaking could be. Votes: 3

It's hard to say who's a greater threat to the world, an ambitious CEO with a big ad budget or a crafty cleric with an obsolete Bible verse. Votes: 3

What if we gave fifty percent of our discretionary budget to the world’s poor and then counted on the moral power of that action to protect us? Votes: 3

I knew it, I just knew it! The person who had the job of writing my life's dialogue used to work on a very low budget soap opera. Votes: 3

None of what we [as country] have done is credited. None of the good works. Our foreign affairs budget, foreign aid budget, none of it is ever thanked. Votes: 3

Folks trying to plan their personal fiscal '15 are at a loss. They can't do a budget because they don't know what their health insurance costs will be. Votes: 3

Never plan a picnic' Father said. 'Plan a dinner, yes, or a house, or a budget, or an appointment with the dentist, but never, never plan a picnic. Votes: 3

A nation's budget is full of moral implications; it tells what a society cares about and what it does not care about; it tells what its values are. Votes: 3

That's one of the benefits of working on big budget films. You work with people who have a lot of experience and you get to learn a lot. Votes: 3

In a movie, you have to be mindful that no budget is going to be able to deal with running around the globe at every whim of the writer. Votes: 3

I am in favor of reducing all budget items. But the item I don't want to reduce is the pension expenditure because it affects the weakest part of society. Votes: 3

When you're just writing, you can do anything with it. But with TV, you've gotta work within certain budget constraints, so you've got to pick and choose your battles. Votes: 3

The more complicated the movie, the more complex the budget, the more lonely it gets. There's a point where ... who do you go to, other than prayer and friends? Votes: 3

As a Member of the CBC, I will fight tooth and nail to increase funding for programs, such as Ryan White, that were flat funded in the President's budget. Votes: 3

I have a feeling that there is a gap in the food retail market - a niche below some of the current budget operators such as Aldi and Lidl. Votes: 3

When the country's indebtedness is so colossal and where the budget deficit is so huge, there is a moral obligation on people to pay their fair and reasonable dues. Votes: 3

The further you go on the show, the larger the budget gets. But in the beginning they were just like, "Here's a hundred bucks in L.A. Good luck." Votes: 3

There is no real justification for a requirement that a budget of any sort should be balanced, except as a rallying point for those who seek to hamstring government. Votes: 3

I started making little films with a 16 mm camera as an undergraduate at Yale. My first job out of college was 'assistant editor' on a forgettable low budget feature. Votes: 3

I don't really want to be doing high budget, where they've got cranes and everything. That just sounds boring, having to do the same thing over and over again. Votes: 3

The whole reason one wants to do lower budget films is because the lower the budget, the bigger the ideas, the bigger the themes, the more interesting the art. Votes: 3

Today is the day for the complaining to end and for statesmanship to begin. Today I am taking action to cut state spending and balance the budget this year. Votes: 3

When you only have a million dollar annual budget and a Super Bowl ad costs $4 million, you have to do something very creative to get onto the Super Bowl. Votes: 3

No matter what happens in the future, whether it is a Labor government or a Coalition government, whoever is in government is going to have to fix the budget. Votes: 3

Unfortunately, every time there's a budget crunch in New York, the Parks Department is usually the first to be cut. So they need all the help they can get. Votes: 3

When you're setting up a budget, a general rule is to start with your fixed expenses - your housing and insurance payments, and car payment, if you own one. Votes: 3

For the fifth year in a row, the Bush budget cuts city core services to pay for wealthy tax breaks. And once again, the mayor's requests were not funded. Votes: 3

If I had an unlimited budget, I would really be probing that question of life because we know what the questions are, and we know what the destinations are. Votes: 3

The United States prides itself on being the richest country in the world. Yet we can't balance the budget, pay for education, or take care of the aged and infirm. Votes: 3

If American women would increase their voting turnout by ten percent, I think we would see an end to all of the budget cuts in programs benefiting women and children. Votes: 3

I don't have many litmus tests, but this is one: Any candidate who doesn't understand that we need to balance the budget should not be president of the United States. Votes: 3

One of the worst things you can do is have a limited budget and try to do some big looking film. That's when you end up with very bad work. Votes: 3

The next time someone tells you we can trim the budget by cutting aid, I hope you will ask whether it will come at the cost of more people dying. Votes: 3

Get your friends involved. Let your shopping buddies know that you're on a tight budget, and they can help you out when your willpower starts to weaken at the mall. Votes: 3

Everyone is a little bit more close-knit and you rely on people a little bit more. The bigger the budget gets, the more everyone toes the line in their department. Votes: 3

Can there be a more lamentable picture than that of a Chancellor of the Exchequer seated on an empty chest by a pool of bottomless deficiency fishing for a budget? Votes: 3

As attorney general, I can either look into it or I can ignore it because they're a bunch of powerful legislators... and I'm afraid they're going to cut my budget. Votes: 3

When you put a big budget into a film, it doesn't necessarily mean it will be a better picture, but it does help in creating new images on the screen. Votes: 3

In other words, if you - the cost of promoting movies, the advertising and promotion of a movie, the budget is almost as large as the cost of the movie. Votes: 3

In the state of Michigan, where I served in the state Legislature, there was a lot of shuffling of money between one year and the other to balance the budget. Votes: 3

I've worked on really big budget movies as a designer - 'Vanilla Sky,' 'Three Kings;' I've been in that world, and you can just see people get nervous. Votes: 3

I feel a lot of films that are shot digitally, even low-budget independent films, they look super slick now. Because the technology is so good that they look too good. Votes: 3

You don't need to waste money on a fancy program or app to do a basic budget. I've been using a simple Excel spreadsheet since 2005 to track my monthly budget. Votes: 3

I think that 'Family Guy' is hysterical. It's edgy and hip - and they can do whatever they want to do because it's animated and they're not limited by budget. Votes: 3

I'd like to enter in and out of that big budget world, rather than staying in it. It's not the case that the bigger the film, the better it is. Votes: 3

You can't get to a balanced budget and begin to pay down debt and thus create jobs in this country if you don't have specific plans to make it work. Votes: 3

I do love directing. I'm only comfortable working in the independent film arena for a very small budget where I have creative control and I can put my stamp on it. Votes: 3

When we look at the budget, the budget is bad to a large extent because we have people that have no idea as to what to do and how to buy. Votes: 3

After I script the movie, I have to storyboard it out, I have to budget it, and I have to understand if I can afford all those visual effects or not. Votes: 3

To find a good story, you're generally going to find it in independent or lower budget movies... I wouldn't mind doing a big budget movie if it had a great story. Votes: 3

For me, I feel like, if the right movie comes along, I'd do it again. It's not about the budget. It's about whether it's something that I'm excited to work on. Votes: 3

I, for one, believe that revenue has to increase. I think every American would pay more if they thought spending was going to be cut and the budget brought to balance. Votes: 3

It is great to be a part of big-budget movies, but it is harder to feel like you are contributing, in the sense that it has such big machinery behind it. Votes: 3

I, for one, believe that revenue has to increase. I think every American would pay more if they thought spending was going to be cut and the budget brought to balance. Votes: 3

There's the concept that if I do this big budget project, then that will help me do the things I really want to do and bring more money to those films. Votes: 3

The White House has now put together a website for kids. It's a website to teach kids how to manage a budget responsibly. The website is called ' Irony.gov. ' Votes: 3

It is time we had a defense budget that lives within its means, accounts for what is truly required in Iraq and provides the best possible support for all our troops. Votes: 3

The film, even when we were making it in that budget range, which was really a coup - we got it made because we pitched it to the studio head, Joe Roth. Votes: 3

I did a record with a producer, and the good producers eat up the budget, so I didn't have any budget left to produce this record. I had to produce it myself. Votes: 3

I think my husband did a pretty good job in the 1990s.I think a lot about what worked and how we can make it work again, million new jobs, a balanced budget. Votes: 3

And, we have no such thing as a budget anymore. Our manager freaks when we show him the bill. We're lavish to the bone, but all our money goes back into the product. Votes: 3

I'm from the creative side of Hollywood. I'm up for anyone that wants to support my work. If you have eyeballs and give me a budget and are nice to me, I'm in. Votes: 3

Just as we should never balance the budget on the backs of the poor, so it is an economic delusion to think you can balance it only on the wallets of the rich. Votes: 3

I just want to make films that have enough of a budget to pull off high-level imagery but also have a budget that is low enough that I can do what I want. Votes: 3

Films were never in my budget. Didn't occur to me till much later. I hoped for a long, good life, which I've had and I'm having as an actor. I didn't expect the rest. Votes: 3

Every family in America knows they have to do a budget. Every small business in America knows they have to do a budget. Every local government, every state, knows they have to do a budget. Votes: 3

The Budget Act of 1974 established a timetable for the annual budget process. Under Title III of the Act, Congress is to complete action on the concurrent resolution on the budget by April 15. Votes: 2

Just trying to get a film made which is always difficult no matter what kind of a budget you have. Not having a budget makes it even more difficult. Having nineteen days and no budget makes it extremely difficult. Votes: 2

What you don't do, if you're an adult, is decide that you're going to budget things through a sequester. What does that word have to do with budgeting? It's like if you have a family budget and go, 'We really don't know what to take out economically from the budget, so we're going to whack out protein for this week.' Votes: 2

We might come closer to balancing the Budget if all of us lived closer to the Commandments and the Golden Rule. Votes: 1

Eurobonds are absolutely wrong. In order to bring about common interest rates, you need similar competitiveness levels, similar budget situations. You don't get them by collectivizing debts. Votes: 1

Our farmers and ranchers have never faced as many problems as they do today with drought, range fires, high gas prices and an ever tightening budget on agriculture subsidies. Votes: 1

The opponents of my budget propose taking $200 million out of our classrooms and instead spending it on a larger school employee pay raise. Our focus should be on making sure our children come first. Votes: 1

In Congress, while the House's proposed defense budget calls for significant increases, it also cuts 11 billion dollars from veterans spending - including healthcare and disability pay. Be clear: we can't equate spending on veterans with spending on defense. Votes: 1

Our budget works to reduce and eliminate the risk of attacks at our ports, rails, in the skies, our food supply and roads by allowing for increases in many of the programs and agencies to help protect these important areas of commerce and travel. Votes: 1

What we're discussing privately and publicly, is a budget which is a blueprint for the future which creates jobs, which educates our children, which provides healthcare for all Americans, which takes our deficit down, which gives a tax cut for 95% of the American people. Votes: 1

The movie business is not about the money. Of course, you need money to make the movie. If you have a small budget, adapt yourself. Having $200 million dollars doesn't ensure that you're definitely going to make a good movie. There's so many examples that prove that. Votes: 1

We can't equate spending on veterans with spending on defense. Our strength is not just in the size of our defense budget, but in the size of our hearts, in the size of our gratitude for their sacrifice. And that's not just measured in words or gestures. Votes: 1

To reduce deficit spending and our enormous debt, you reign in spending. You cut the budget. You don't take more from the private sector and grow government with it. And that's exactly what Obama has in mind with this expiration of Bush tax cuts proposal of his. Votes: 1

Pick up a camera. Shoot something. No matter how small, no matter how cheesy, no matter whether your friends and your sister star in it. Put your name on it as director. Now you're a director. Everything after that you're just negotiating your budget and your fee. Votes: 1

Obama has demonstrated no desire to make tough choices. Americans demand a more efficient, effective government, but his budget calls for more taxes and more spending. It employs deceptive accounting gimmicks but does nothing to tackle long-term entitlement problems, nothing to save Medicare or fix Social Security. Votes: 1

I definitely want to continue working in independent films - and big budget stuff as well - but there's a freedom you have when you're not getting paid. It's easier to say no and there's no pressure to please the powers that be. Also I don't have to hear 'flirt and smile more.' Votes: 1

Obama has been perhaps the most partisan President since Truman. He hasn't learned to be civil - note his insulting speech to Paul Ryan, who did us the courtesy of scoring a budget. The president has to talk to Republicans when it comes to the debt ceiling. He has reached the debt ceiling before anyone expected. Votes: 1

If our nation goes over a financial Niagara, we won't have much strength and, eventually, we won't have peace. We are currently borrowing the entire defense budget from foreign investors. Within a few years, we will be spending more on interest payments than on national security. That is not, as our military friends say, a 'robust strategy.' Votes: 1

It's tough for me to get rid of clothes. I grew up in a household with a limited budget and we really had to make our nice clothes last, and so now I'll get free pairs of shoes and this, that and the other and I'll be like, 'Oh great!'; even though it stresses me out that I don't have enough room to put them, I can't throw them away. Votes: 1