Quotes About Frugality

Self-sufficiency is another word for poverty." Matt Ridley TW: @

It is vain to do with more what can be done with less. —WILLIAM OF OCCAM (1300–1350), originator of "Occam's Razor

There were three reasons why we survived: We had no money, we had no technology, and we had no plan. Every dollar, we used very carefully.

The worst kind of shame is being ashamed of frugality or poverty.

Being a hungry artist, you don't have the luxury of buying whatever you want. There were years of me doing a lot of odd jobs, this and that just to make ends meet.

I grew up with my mom being very, very cheap, so when it's free, I'm like, 'Oh my God, it's free - I have to take as much as I can!'

I don't buy fur coats or jewelry. I have old cars.

My parents opened a bank account for me when I was really little, and I think I paid for some of my university education with my savings. I've always been a bit of a saver.

One of the reasons for opening the fish and chip shop is that if you want, you can spend less money.

A breezy disregard for the preservation of the pence was a family trait.

Two, it seemed, could not live nearly as cheaply as one, especially if that one had been accustomed to subsisting on whatever fell to hand, spending what little money he did have in secondhand bookstores.

Marvin found that German clergymen had taken to wearing clerical collars made of paper. They cost eight cents, can be worn inside out the second day, and are then thrown away….

It is not economical to go to bed early to save the candles if the result is twins.

When you have only two pennies left in the world, buy a loaf of bread with one, and a lily with the other.

in Japan, buying a lot of stuff for your children is considered indulgent. Wastefulness was frowned upon. Shopping bags should be saved to reuse many times, not recycled after one purchase.

I know a man who doesn't pay to have his trash taken out. How does he get rid of his trash? He gift wraps it, and puts in into an unlocked car.

They take their pride in making their dinner cost much; I take my pride in making my dinner cost little

It is but natural for those who can trace their own better circumstances to the superior industry and frugality that gave them a start, and the superior intelligence that enabled them to take advantage of every opportunity,? to imagine that those who remain poor do so simply from lack of these qualities.

Twopence a week, and jam every other day.

One should live between extravagance and meanness. Don't save money by starving your mind. It is false economy never to take a holiday, or never to spend money for an evening's amusement or for a useful book.

Nature uses as little as possible of anything.

We grew up in a middle-class family in Chicago. Even when we went on vacation as a family, it wasn't a really fun time, because my father didn't want to spend any money when we got there.

I am not somebody who spends a lot of money in my life. I keep it for later when I want to do something - for vacations - because we don't have a lot of time off.

I'm happy to report you still get nothing you don't need at Motel 6, and, therefore, you don't have to pay for it. I don't need valet parking. If I can drive the old crate 300 miles to the hotel all by myself, I can certainly handle the last nine feet to the parking space.