Quotes About Frugality

Beware of little expenses, a small leak will sink a great ship.

The regard one shows economy, is like that we show an old aunt who is to leave us something at last.

I'm a relatively cheap person who, to me, it's not cool to overspend; it's cool to get a great deal.

I tend to hoard, and hate to shop unless it's a blow out sale, or a sample sale.

I don't spend on expensive brands. I don't need foreign holidays.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

I grew up in an era when money was not readily available. We were into the post-Depression years and World War II.

I'd worn the same Carhartts and hoodies for years, and only bought clothes when the ones I had tore too many holes.

Because of what I've saved, I don't really have a lot of worries about money.

There is nothing worse than being ashamed of parsimony or poverty.

The one thing I am very strict about is that I don't like spending a lot of money on movies because the more money you spend, I think the worse that they get.

My accountant worships me because I'm so cautious with my money.

My mother never threw anything out. If there was a sliver of a tomato, it was in the refridge. I would come in with my friends, and Mom would say, 'Want something to eat?' In 20 minutes, there was four, five dishes to eat.

I don't go on set with an army of people because the most expensive elements of a movie production are the plane tickets, the hotel rooms, food and gasoline. If you're willing to discover new colleagues in the place that you are, you can save a ton of money.

I believe in making movies very inexpensively; I think that way too much money is spent on making movies. Enough movies are being made, but not enough experimental ones.

I look at my annual budgets for everything and anything, and I look to see where I can save the most money on those items. Saving 30% to 50% buying in bulk - replenishable items from toothpaste to soup, or whatever I use a lot of - is the best guaranteed return on investment you can get anywhere.

The cheapest gadget - and you don't even have to spend a dime - is chopsticks from a Chinese restaurant. I use them for everything: to toss salads, to turn a piece of meat in the pan, to flip croquettes in the Fryolator, to whisk eggs for omelets, to stir eggs into fried rice when I make that for my daughters.

Thrift comes too late when you find it at the bottom of your purse.

A 10-pound sack of potatoes lasts a long time.

A simple fact that is hard to learn is that the time to save money is when you have some.

You're broke, eh?" I been shaking two nickels together for a month, trying to get them to mate.

Get what you get honestly. Use what you get frugally. That's the way to live comfortably And die honorably.

Until Oklahoma! they were, despite the money he made, always very hand-to-mouth, a situation my mother managed with great agility, a nose for bargains, and a flair for double-entry bookkeeping. I used to brag about that last one, having no idea what it meant.

Still, KGB staff in Dresden had to scrimp and save to ensure that at the end of their posting they would have something to show for it.