Quotes About Frugality

Giryas give the 'working class' answer to elitist weightlifting. You do not need expensive weights—an Ivanko barbell can cost as much as a motorcycle—platforms, and expert coaching. Just a 'people's' kettlebell, this book, and a few square feet of space.

Peter groaned loudly. Sonia Pan! She's ugly. Mris. Liang would not yield. Ugly girls can be fixed now. It is not like before. And she is very good. She does not waste money. It would be no use for her to waste money on herself, Louise murmured.

He had collected from every place where he had hid his little stores of gain and he had borrowed all he could, and he could not even have had this except by bitter, frugal living.

lo que determina su riqueza no es cuánto dinero gana sino cuánto dinero guarda de lo que gana.

When you didn't have much, you tended to keep what you had.

Thriftless gives, not from a beneficent pleasure in giving, but from a lazy delight in spending.

he was an inept athlete, an apathetic clubman, an unenthusiastic drinker, an indifferent gambler, a lukewarm lover. He, who owed his fortune to tobacco, did not even smoke. Those who accused him of being excessively frugal failed to understand that, in truth, he had no appetites to repress.

Every single one of our acts is ruled by the laws of economy.

Those who spend too fast never grow rich.

Middle age is when a guy keeps turning off lights for economical rather than romantic reasons.

I grew to judge every purchase by how many bronze screws I could buy for the boat if I didn't spend on this or made do without that.

My parents never said it. They thought you shouldn't wear out the words

I used to drive myself about in an old Austin van... and then have to sleep in the back because I couldn't afford a hotel.

Well, everybody used to joke that I saved the first dollar that I ever made in Van Halen. I probably did somewhere.

People want to think that staying in shape costs a lot of money. They couldn't be more wrong. It doesn't cost anything to walk. And it's probably a lot cheaper to go to the corner store and buy vegetables than take a family out for fast food.

Plan to build up your food supply just as you would a savings account. Save a little for storage each paycheck. Can or bottle fruit and vegetables from your gardens and orchards. Learn how to preserve food through drying and possibly freezing. Make your storage a part of your budget.

I grow the vegetables my family eats. I grow enough, and we seldom buy from the market.

I make a big pot of pasta with vegetables, and I stretch it out for the week.

We used to get one room and we'd park the vehicle outside, everybody would all take showers and we'd steal towels because we knew we wasn't gonna have enough towels for all five of us to shower.

I had a five-year plan to get to 500-seat venues and tour by ourselves and fill a room everywhere we go. I figured we could make a living off that. As long as you buy nothing stupid, you'll be OK.

I drive a Nissan Versa and would never spend real money on a car because I destroy things.

you take care of the pennies, the pounds will take care of themselves.

There were two good reasons why Kelley preferred to thumb a ride back to Stanford rather than take a bus or train. Twelve round trips a year meant she could save over a hundred dollars, which her father could ill afford after being laid off by the water company. In any case he and Ma had already made quite enough sacrifices to

asceticism or starvation