"A boat is a hole in the water into which one pours money"
Have no idea where I read that.
Whoever coined that phrase evidently bought beyond their needs and means….not saying there aren't plenty which make it true however.
Bill Jorden's old admonishment that when in a gun fight to "take your time fast"
Having experienced that 'other' dimension in time where one gets the benefit of clarity and sluggishness of time passage within brief moments, perhaps I know what he was talking about. Or perhaps I don't.