I never carry more than I can afford to lose.
5 seconds sound clip from the Psycho (1960) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:08:58 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
[...]
- Come on, Tom. My office is air conditioned.
- Do you know what I do about unhappiness? I buy it off.
- I'm buying this house for my baby's wedding present. 40000 dollars cash.
- Now that's not buying happiness. That's just buying off unhappiness.
- I never carry more than I can afford to lose.
- I don't. That's how I get to keep it.
- Tom, a cash transaction of this size is most irregular.
- So what? It's my private money. Now it's yours.
[...]