Quotes About Frugality

We try not to spend money on things that don't matter to customers. Frugality breeds resourcefulness, self-sufficiency and invention. There are no extra points for headcount, budget size or fixed expense.

She lived frugally, but her meals were the only things on which she deliberately spent her money. She never compromised on the quality of her groceries, and drank only good-quality wines.

The smallness of the soap

Money can make money if you're intelligent about it and don't waste it the wrong way.

I suppose there's a particular kind of efficiency about coming from a theatre tradition. You don't make a fuss, and you're cheap.

I'm terrified of being poor, I always have been. It's growing up as a Methodist. I'll spend that bit of extra money to get a better seat on a train sometimes, because it's quieter and calmer, but I refuse to spend money on clothes.

Even the snow melts, let alone the frugal regards of a soul confident in its own eternity.

While he dropped fortunes at roulette and insisted on his guests having the best view and every delicacy in restaurants, he himself would often walk home or take the Underground rather than choose the comfort of a cab.

always living on less than you have and more lightly than you need to.

While most of us are trying to be more frugal, the loss of a job, a divorce, or a medical emergency can quickly sink us deeply into debt.

You know Bad News, 'The Young Ones?' I learned not to spend a buttload of money on a sixth member.

I've never met a budget that I couldn't coax a few extra dollars from - and I'll bet that you can do the same. For instance, you're probably buying more minutes and more cable channels than you use. Oh, and how many black skinny jeans do I count in your closet? You have enough money, just the wrong priorities.

I'm pretty skinny, and I can sleep at the drop of a hat. So, take that middle seat in economy and save the money for other things you can do.

The least practical of us have some petty thrift dear to our hearts, some one direction in which we love to scrimp.

I love films that are made with almost no budget.

I cut coupons, love specials and believe in buying toilet paper and toothpaste in bulk. It's just who I am.

Scrimp and pinch to make ends meet, thought Ramona, liking the sound of the words.

I also said no to a first-aid kit, sewing kit, anti-snake-bite kit, $12 emergency whistle, and small orange plastic shovel for burying one's poop, on the grounds that these were unnecessary, too expensive, or invited ridicule.

I hate handing over money to people for doing what I could just as easily do myself, it makes me nervous.

si quieres hacerte rico, céntrate en ganar, en conservar y en invertir tu dinero. Si quieres ser pobre, céntrate en gastarte el dinero.

I try to invest smart. I'm not a baller. I'm not a blinger.

If I can afford a $1,000 apartment, I'm going to try to find a $600 apartment and save the $400 towards something I want to invest in.

I realized I had it made because you don't have to destroy anything to get honey. You can just use the same things over and over again, put it in a quart canning jar, and you've got $12.

I started working when I was seven, and ever since then I've been saving for an apartment. Even before that I had a little jam jar designated for my apartment money.