Quotes About Thrift

The relationship between ethics and thrift can be summed up in one sentence. It is wrong to save money at the expense of others. Period.

Jim purchased a brand-new book called How to Fix Damn Near Anything. In horror I discovered a $15.95 price tag on the inside of the jacket. Upon interrogation he confessed that he purchased it at the thrift shop for $.25.

So how do we sort it all out? The relationship between ethics and thrift can be summed up in just one sentence. It is wrong to save money at the expense of others. Period.

Save it!" Jeremy cried, suddenly afraid. "Boy, you don't ever throw away food, don't you know that? You save it for later—you don't never know when you're going to have to go without!

What I learned growing up on the farm was a way of life that was centered on hard work, and on faith and on thrift. Those values have stuck with me my whole life.

Perfect economy, then, does not mean hoarding your resources. That is not economy but stinginess—deadly in war. Perfect economy means finding a golden mean, a level at which your blows count but do not wear you out.

Thrift of time will repay you in after-life with a thousandfold of profit beyond your most sanguine dreams.

My game is the Goodwill and Big Lots!, but the compulsion is the same; I have often used thrift shopping as a distraction from life. I could easily have frittered our family's fortune away $20 at a time.

Fashion is such a weird thing. Growing up, I just made do with whatever I had access to - a lot of hand-me-downs and thrift store shopping.

Whatever you have, spend less.

I shop at thrift stores and consignment shoppes. I wear my clothes as is, and maybe get them dry cleaned whenever possible.

I always feel with a vintage shop they've picked the best bits to show you whereas with charity shops you can find a real gem. My mum is amazing at it, she has hawk eyes, so I go with her and follow her lead!

I always go thrift shopping wherever I am.

I don't believe in paying full price for clothing.

Their costumes look purchased from the Goodwill store on Tatoine.

Following his father's example, he recorded every expense in his little book

Waste not, want not, make do and mend, don't make an exhibition of yourself.

Waste not, want not, make do and mend, don't make an exhibition

I've saved every dime I've made in my life.

She's nowt spesh, didn't even have any ornaments. All her walls were painted white, no wallpaper, just black and white photos in black frames, big things they were. There was no carpet on the floor, bare floorboards and she could only afford to have one flower in a vase. Who buys just one flower Lil? Bit of a cheapskate if you ask me. All top show and no knickers, I reckon.

Shopping second hand has always just made me feel good.

Some people call themselves fiscal conservatives; my wife says I'm just cheap.

The whole thing of clothes is insane. You can spend a dollar on a jacket in a thrift store. And you can spend a thousand dollars on a jacket in a shop. And if you saw those two jackets walking down the street, you probably wouldn't know which was which.

In fact, I love all repose and all that reposes, all thrift and moderation, and am in my inmost self, unfriendly toward any haste and agitation.