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.
Time and time again I was told that I would never make the film on time and never make it on budget. That kind of criticism tends to turn me into a great big motor of efficiency.
The Republican Party is terrific at determining how a program will impact the federal budget, but we're not nearly as good as the Democrats in explaining to people how our agenda will directly benefit them and their families.
We need more transparency and accountability in government so that people know how their money is being spent. That means putting budgets online, putting legislation online.
Don't tell me what you value, show me your budget, and I'll tell you what you value.
We know that appropriators will fight these cutbacks. But by eliminating earmarks, we can stop the horse trading that grows agency budgets.
In Wisconsin, I led the Assembly to a balanced budget in face of fierce opposition from the status quo.
Arizona faces many challenges ahead. None is more important or more pressing than passing a new state budget.
The reason prescription drugs are so important at the state level is because they're eating up the Medicaid budget.
If you want creativity, take a zero off your budget. If you want sustainability, take off two zeros.
Because television doesn't offer the kind of budget that a movie offers, you've got to be a little more careful where you spend the money to put the fiction in science.
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.
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.
I get offers to do huge-budget music videos with big production companies all the time, but I have no interest.
There are a lot of parallels between doing a sequel and doing low budget movies, which is they give creative parameters. As a creative person myself, I work better with parameters as opposed to anything goes.
The fact is that it is reasonable for us to say that there is going to be an emergency that happens in this country that we cannot budget for. Katrina is an example.
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.
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.
The contest of world's tallest skyscraper is a childish thing. Whereas with similar budget, they could construct flying building.
Not only did I not get it done, but I’m over budget too. I’m like a politician.
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!
