Quotes About Simplicity

No, I'm happy doing this. Five sweaters and a pair of dirty pants, you can make pretty good money.

The healthiest people were those who didn't spend money that they hadn't earned, to buy things that they didn't need, to impress people that they didn't like.

Money is only money, beans tonight and steak tomorrow. So long as you can look yourself in the eye.

I love my home. It's the only thing I really spend money on. I don't really spend a lot of money on anything else. No fancy cars. No designer clothes.

Chase after money and security and your heart will never unclench.

. . . I was rich, if not in money, in sunny hours and summer days. . . .

You don't need to spend a lot of money on stuff when you have amazing architecture.

I do not believe that you have to spend a lot of money to eat well: it is hard to beat a plain old baked potato.

Everyone wants a more simple tax system. But if this means that certain tax breaks have to be cut, people are no longer so enthusiastic.

Frugality includes all the other virtues.

It just doesnt mean anything to me, the high-profile, big money side of things. I just want enough to live on, and to be able to get on with what I do, and hang around my friends.

I don't spend money on anything. I don't collect anything. I don't spend it on furniture.

And money is not something to go mad about ... Money is for food and clothes and comfort, and a visit to the pictures. Money is to make happy the lives of children.

You must have some money if you are going to live simply. It need not be much, but you must have some.

System: Save yourself time, energy and money.

You know, I've made my money. If no one buys my album, cool. It's fine. I've got a house, and I've got dogs that I love. I don't need anything else.

Abandon money for authenticity.

I have long given up the idea of a little house on the Ganges, as I have not the money.

Money is not everything. We don't need billions and trillions of dollars.

I can't drive, so I don't need a flash car, and I like living at home, so I don't need a mansion. I'm sensible with money. It's not why I act.

The shortest road to wealth lies in the contempt of wealth.

I am never rich in money, and I am never meanly poor.

I never cared about money.

Happy the Man, who void of Cares and Strife, In Silken, or in Leathern Purse retains A Splendid Shilling: He nor hears with Pain New Oysters cry'd, nor sighs for chearful Ale