Quotes About Frugality

I've been pinching our pennies so tightly that Abraham Lincoln's face is imprinted on my fingers.

There was a time in L.A. when I drove to 7-Eleven to go grocery shopping, and I locked my keys in my car, which wasn't insured. My wallet was in there, and I couldn't call AAA, because I only had $7 in my bank account. It was one of those moments where I was like, 'O.K., I literally have nothing right now.'

People were so cheap there... they ate beans to save on bubble bath.

Live no one else today, so you can live like no else tomorrow

Millionaires use coupons. Ninety-three percent of millionaires in the National Study of Millionaires shop with coupon discounts.

If you will live like no one else, later you can "live" like no one else.

You see, if you will live like no one else, later you can live like no one else.

If you will live like no one else, later you can live like no one else.

typical millionaire lives in a middle-class home, drives a two-year-old or older paid-for car, and buys blue jeans at Wal-Mart.

A latte a day keeps retirement away

A latte spurned is a fortune earned.

Ockham's disposable razors

La impresión espartana que transmitía correspondería a su naturaleza o a su bolsillo.

Think of it—all ours, to do as we like with, for as Harold Skimpole so rightly observes, £60 saved is £60 gained, and I'd reckoned on spending it all.

I cautiously parked in front of the craft store, went inside and found the glue gun, which, back home, would cost $12.99. There in Arizona it was $1.29, which is to say, it was basically free, and at that price they should have just gone out to the freeway and hurled glue guns at passing cars.

The least outlay is not always the greatest gain.

It's frightening, you know, how soon money goes if you're not clever about it.

By sowing frugality we reap liberty, a golden harvest.

I learned what looked good on my petite frame, and to this day, I'm a great bargain shopper.

It's easy to just go out and buy a $200 piece of clothing. The real challenge is finding it for half that.

Riding a bicycle is about getting back to basics. It's good for the waistline and it's good for the wallet, is what I'm saying.

Even clingfilm - if it's gone over a salad bowl, take it off, use it again. I wash out carrier bags; I save brown paper from parcels. I save string; I save ribbons. I separate all my bits and pieces.

I wash my face with soap and water. I use whatever I have. I will even wash my hair with the hotel shampoo, so I don't use anything special. I try to keep it simple.

Historically Indians have been frugal in terms of living, using only as much is required. Now convenience has taken over our simple and sustainable ways of living. We used to wash clothes with our hands, we used buckets and a mug for bath, there was emphasis on ventilation - but all that is lost to the fast pace of living.