Budgeting Buff Prints

-"I finished the project on time and on budget!" -"Right, next project you get less time and less money!"

Cutting corners can cost money.

-"Why bother to budget?" -"So we can worry BEFORE we spend our money as well as AFTER we spend our money."

'It was hard enough making ends meet when it was just the two of us. Now we have a baby and suddenly there's four more stomachs to feed.'

'That's not in addition to your pension, that IS your pension.'

'I'm afraid at times like this with overstretched budgets we all have to make sacrifices...'

'Ooops! My mistake! That was the yearly budget estimate, not the monthly budget estimate.'

'I see we went with the lowest bidder for an aerial photo contract.'

Office of Management and Budget and Mandatory Cuts

"And finally doctor, can you think of any areas where spending could be cut without damaging patiet care?"

"What comes after zillion?"

'I've calculated that we've enough money for 2013 if we cancel February.'

'I'm having trouble supporting a wife and a government on the same salary.'

"We can probably just about afford to run the pilot-light."

"I think this new financial controller is going to be trouble..."

'With 5% spent on talent, 5% on production, and 90% on marketing...I smell WINNER!'

'And finally, a steady decline in earnings has forced us to trim the presentations budget.'

'Granted, our net worth is zero but look at how easy the bookkeeping is.'

"You can live high, or you can live mighty. You can't afford to live high and mighty."

'My cash flow? It flows right out of my hands to my creditors.'

Another victim of the coronavirus

'Since this luncheon meeting is about preventing waste, we're having leftovers.'

Because of our tightening budget, I had to turn off the lights at the end of the tunnel.

'Nuts, every pen in the house is our of ink.' 'Well, we're out of money too. Maybe it's divine providence to keep us from being overdrawn.' 'Or it could just be lousy pens.'

"Care to sign a petition to have a 'balanced budget' as the eleventh commandment?"

'How did your meeting with your insurance company go?'

How did it all go wrong?

'Now what we have to remember is this is a game of four quarters.'

'I may be 40 years old, but I have the student debt of a 20 year old.'

"No, sorry, folks ??" you still can't afford to start a family."

I already checked, sir. There's no accountant under your bed.

'Cutting prices by shrinking pack sizes. Hey! It's not that bad after all!'

'We're so heavily in debt, our goal is to get back to broke.'

"We could go out to eat every night and cut our grocery bill to nothing."

"Okay - here's your rebate check. Go shop."