Latest Michelle Singletary Quotes from Interviews

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• I will just say, no matter where you buy the car, do your homework. When I purchase a car I come in with a folder an inch thick. In fact, one time the auto sales person asked if he could copy my research!

  Michelle Singletary

  Car, Homework

  Source: live.washingtonpost.com

• You know me and I have a pension. It provides some comfort but only some. It's still not enough to live off completely but it sure will help. But I'll say this. I try to forget about it and save like a maniac because I want the assurance of having other pots of money.

  Michelle Singletary

  Trying, Comfort, Helping

  Source: live.washingtonpost.com

• Not all Trump supporters are bigots. They believe he had something to offer. I may disagree. You may disagree but we need to be civil to each other. Use the facts to make your point. I had read that the clothes made by some of the brands use sweatshops. Facts folks not feelings. We all have to live with each other and our choices.

  Michelle Singletary

  Believe, Choices, Feelings

  Source: live.washingtonpost.com

• No matter who is in the White House, I just keep doing what my grandmother taught me. Hate debt. Save. The best any of us can do really.

  Michelle Singletary

  Hate, Grandmother, House

  Source: live.washingtonpost.com

• It's why this election was HORRIBLE. It was either Hilary is the devil and Trump a saint. Or Trump the devil and Hilary a saint. Can't we all have a decent, civil conversation without throwing "shade?"

  Michelle Singletary

  Devil, Saint, Election

  Source: live.washingtonpost.com

• I understand and respect people who say they want to boycott the Trump brand. I also respect your right to buy his products. But what you miss is that no one in public office, Hilary or Trump should use that platform to profit themselves. In Trump's case there are serious concerns about the conflict of interest in his brand and business ownership. Do we really want a president who had products he can push while working for the American people?

  Michelle Singletary

  People, Office, Missing

  Source: live.washingtonpost.com

• My rule is when in doubt hire a professional. You could do it just this year and then you have direction to resume doing it yourself after the consultation. What you don't want is to do it wrong and be hit by a huge tax bill. Remember the old saying, "Don't be pennywise and pound foolish."

  Michelle Singletary

  Doubt, Remember, Foolish

  Source: live.washingtonpost.com

• You need to know everything. You both need to be comfortable with sharing everything. If you can't you are NOT ready to get married.

  Michelle Singletary

  Needs, Married, Ready

  Source: live.washingtonpost.com

• I'm keenly aware of how important it is to set a good example. You may not think that your kids are paying attention to you, especially with something like money, but they probably are.

  Michelle Singletary

  Kids, Thinking, Important

  Source: live.washingtonpost.com

• Policy changes like what you desire come from our politicians. So let them know what you think.

  Michelle Singletary

  Thinking, Desire, Politician

  Source: live.washingtonpost.com

• Light has a way of keeping people honest.

  Michelle Singletary

  Light, People, Way

  Source: live.washingtonpost.com

• Having fun time is a good use of your money.

  Michelle Singletary

  Fun, Having Fun, Use

  Source: live.washingtonpost.com

• You can't time the market.

  Michelle Singletary

  Source: live.washingtonpost.com

• I also admire my pastor, John K. Jenkins Sr. (First Baptist Church of Glenarden). My pastor taught me the importance of tithing and giving back, that it has to be at the top of my budget. And he is one of the most generous folks I know.

  Michelle Singletary

  Giving, Church, Baptists

  Source: www.sfgate.com

• So many people joke that life with me - a professed lifelong penny pincher - must be tough. But [my husband] is a great money manager. And he helps me let go of my fear of spending while still being frugal.

  Michelle Singletary

  Letting Go, Husband, People

  Source: www.sfgate.com

• [My grandmother] managed her money better than some financial professionals I know. I give credit always to her because she is the reason I have my column and national recognition.

  Michelle Singletary

  Grandmother, Giving, Credit

  Source: www.sfgate.com

• My Big Mama is my No. 1 financial role model. Much of my advice stems from what she taught me. She never made more than $13,000 a year, yet she paid off her home before she retired. She saved money from every paycheck. She taught me to be skeptical. It makes me cry to think that I'm a nationally syndicated personal finance columnist for one of the world's best newspapers and my core advice comes from my black grandmother who was a nurse's aide with just a high school education.

  Michelle Singletary

  Home, School, Grandmother

  Source: www.sfgate.com

• My grandmother's grandparents were slaves. My grandmother Big Mama would tell me about the stories she heard as a child growing up in the shadows of a North Carolina plantation. It's only been in my lifetime that blacks have had the right to vote, live in certain areas or hold certain jobs. It is with this black history that I write about the financial challenges African-Americans still have.

  Michelle Singletary

  Jobs, Children, Growing Up

  Source: www.sfgate.com

• I understand why many are still poor or struggling to make just a middle-income lifestyle. I'm a fiscal conservative, but I also have compassion for people who make financial mistakes.

  Michelle Singletary

  Mistake, Struggle, Compassion

  Source: www.sfgate.com

• I write for people who are good money managers and want to know how to be even better stewards over their money.

  Michelle Singletary

  Writing, People, Want

  Source: www.sfgate.com

• My writing is definitely influenced by and speaks to African-Americans because that is who I am. I'm black. I'm a black woman. I'm a black mother, wife, churchgoer, etc. I am the legacy of slavery.

  Michelle Singletary

  Mother, Writing, Who I Am

  Source: www.sfgate.com

• My experience may be different than theirs, readers can identify with trying to save for retirement or their own kid's college fund. In truth, the name of the column, "The Color of Money," has less to do with my race than the fact that the color of money is green and it's green we all need to live a good life.

  Michelle Singletary

  Retirement, Good Life, Kids

  Source: www.sfgate.com

• I write for anybody struggling to manage their money.

  Michelle Singletary

  Struggle, Writing, Manage

  Source: www.sfgate.com

• There are some dark days when I do receive some racist mail or emails. But overall the response to me has been very positive. Readers relate to me not just as an African-American, but as an American trying to make sense of her personal finance, just like them.

  Michelle Singletary

  Dark, African American, Trying

  Source: www.sfgate.com

• I knew I had found my life's passion after writing my first column for The Washington Post. The response was like nothing we had seen in the business section. Everyday people were writing that finally someone was speaking to them in a way that was understandable. I think we were all shocked at how many readers wrote in to say that they too had a Big Mama who taught them about money.

  Michelle Singletary

  Passion, Writing, Thinking

  Source: www.sfgate.com