Well, I think that California has had a history of always spending more money than it takes in.

Rule No.1: Never lose money. Rule No.2: Never forget rule No.1.

The California crunch really is the result of not enough power-generating plants and then not enough power to power the power of generating plants.

Capital as such is not evil; it is its wrong use that is evil. Capital in some form or other will always be needed.

I always try to be smart. I try to treat all the money I’m making like it’s the last time I’m going to make it.

Money without brains is always dangerous.

California is not just the Golden State. We are also the Internet State.

Remember that credit is money.

Money can’t buy life.

Watch your finances like a hawk.

First grade is very cheap. It’s the later grades where you have to spend a lot of money if you don’t do it right.

The biggest problem that we have is that California is being run now by special interests. All of the politicians are not anymore making the moves for the people, but for special interests and we have to stop that.

Every dollar I made from DJing, I put into my videos, promotion – everything.

If you make any money, the government shoves you in the creek once a year with it in your pockets, and all that don’t get wet you can keep.

A man in debt is so far a slave.

I’d say it’s been my biggest problem all my life… it’s money. It takes a lot of money to make these dreams come true.

Money often costs too much.

If we could do high-speed rail in California just half a notch above what they’ve done on the Shanghai line in China, and if we had a straight path from L.A. to San Francisco, as well as the milk run, at least that would be progress.

Creditors have better memories than debtors.

You cannot spend money in luxury without doing good to the poor. Nay, you do more good to them by spending it in luxury, than by giving it; for by spending it in luxury, you make them exert industry, whereas by giving it, you keep them idle.

Nobody can ever make enough money for as many poor relatives as I’ve got. Somebody’s got a sick kid, or somebody needs an operation, somebody ain’t got this, somebody ain’t got that. Or to give the kids all a car when they graduate.

I was born in Africa. I came to California because it’s really where new technologies can be brought to fruition, and I don’t see a viable competitor.

He does not possess wealth; it possesses him.

I believe in that old adage that ‚as goes California, so goes the country.‘

Hussein has chosen to spend his money on building weapons of mass destruction and palaces for his cronies.

Bottom line is, I didn’t return to Apple to make a fortune. I’ve been very lucky in my life and already have one. When I was 25, my net worth was $100 million or so. I decided then that I wasn’t going to let it ruin my life. There’s no way you could ever spend it all, and I don’t view wealth as something that validates my intelligence.

It is not how much one makes but to what purpose one spends.

With the amount of money I have, it’s difficult raising children the way I was raised.

I think Pebble Beach is kind of a unique place on the planet.

A man is usually more careful of his money than he is of his principles.

The rich continue to get rich the same way they always have – by understanding how money works and making their money work for them.

My philosophy is that if I have any money I invest it in new ventures and not have it sitting around.

I made lots of mistakes – the number one mistake being trusting other people with my money.

When I first starting making money, when I first made my first six-digits, I was – my big thing was I went to put super unleaded in my truck for the first time.

Government always finds a need for whatever money it gets.

Riches don’t make a man rich, they only make him busier.

Our diplomacy and development budget is not just about reducing spending and finding efficiencies. We need a frank conversation about what we stand for as that ‚shining city on a hill.‘ And that conversation begins by acknowledging that we can’t do it on the cheap.

The time to save is now. When a dog gets a bone, he doesn’t go out and make a down payment on a bigger bone. He buries the one he’s got.

If a man is proud of his wealth, he should not be praised until it is known how he employs it.

Compton got such a legacy in hip-hop.

I speak directly to the people, and I know that the people of California want to have better leadership. They want to have great leadership. They want to have somebody that will represent them. And it doesn’t matter if you’re a Democrat or a Republican, young or old.

The fashion of the world is to avoid cost, and you encounter it.

You know people talk about federal money as if it falls from heaven. You know we thank heaven for it, but it came out of people’s pockets – and I’ve driven all over Washington, D.C., I cannot find the money tree.

At age nine, I got a paper route. Sixty-six papers had to be delivered to sixty-six families every day. I also had to collect thirty cents a week from each customer. I owed the paper twenty cents per customer per week, and got to keep the rest. When I didn’t collect, the balance came out of my profit. My average income was six dollars a week.

If a person gets his attitude toward money straight, it will help straighten out almost every other area in his life.

I find the difference, for me, between having no money and having quite a bit is that the bills get bigger. And that’s it. The lifestyle doesn’t change.

I cap myself when I shop; I don’t like to spend extravagant amounts on clothes. But, I do get lent clothes for events, it’s scary to wear something so expensive, but I feel really pampered.

The most impactful dollars that Australia can spend are actually what goes to help the poorest.

Growing up, my grandmother did not want worldly music in the house. Then when I went out to California, I started listening to Spanish music, mostly Mexican music. But were I in Egypt, I would listen to the music of the people, or if I was in Italy, I’d listen to Italian music.

California has a special relationship with the Internet. Many of the core technologies that power the Internet were invented here. Many of the most successful online entrepreneurs and content creators – in business, the arts, and countless other endeavors – got their start here.

What do you think a stimulus is? It’s spending – that’s the whole point! Seriously.

I try to treat all the money I’m making like it’s the last time I’m going to make it.

Remember that before ‚Roe v. Wade‘ was decided, there were four states that allowed abortion in the first trimester if that’s what the woman sought: New York, Hawaii, California, Alaska. Other states were shifting. And people were fighting over this issue in state legislatures.

I can promise you that when I go to Sacramento, I will pump up Sacramento.

I’m a bit like the Queen in that I don’t carry much cash.

I have a problem with too much money. I can’t reinvest it fast enough, and because I reinvest it, more money comes in. Yes, the rich do get richer.

It’s clearly a budget. It’s got a lot of numbers in it.

It’s time to start thinking differently about money and debt and start the healing process – and the process toward wealth and freedom. ‚Freedom from Bad Debt‘ can get you started.

Women are the engine driving the growth in California’s economy. Women make California’s economy unique.

I love California, I practically grew up in Phoenix.

Whatever starts in California unfortunately has an inclination to spread.