--- title: "9 Cheapskates Quotes by 9 authors" description: "Browse 9 Cheapskates quotes by 9 authors. Discover the best Cheapskates sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bde/janet-evanovich-291_cheapskates_i-met-a-real-looker-he-picked-me-up-at-t_2058200.png" --- > [I met a real looker. He picked me up at the two dollar slot machines, so you know he's no cheapskate." Grandma…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janet-evanovich/i-met-a-real-looker-he-picked-me-up-at-the-two-dollar-slot-machines/) [Janet Evanovich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/janet-evanovich/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bde/janet-evanovich-291_cheapskates_i-met-a-real-looker-he-picked-me-up-at-t_2058200.png) > [Bought the president the Louis presidential briefcase Never been a cheapskate](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicki-minaj/bought-the-president-the-louis-presidential-briefcase-never-been-a/) [Nicki Minaj](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicki-minaj/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8dc/nicki-minaj-202_bragging_bought-the-president-the-louis-president_2154915.png) > [I don't really pay too much attention to designers, I know what I like and I just try to find it, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bethany-cosentino/i-don-t-really-pay-too-much-attention-to-designers-i-know-what-i-like/) [Bethany Cosentino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bethany-cosentino/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c3a/bethany-cosentino-15765_attention_i-don-t-really-pay-too-much-attention-to_31609.jpg) > [“Cheapskates...are too self-confident - and frankly too smart - to spend money on things they don't need and probably don't even want,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-yeager/cheapskates-are-too-self-confident-and-frankly-too-smart-to-spend/) [Jeff Yeager](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-yeager/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/514/jeff-yeager-68810_cheapskates_cheapskates-are-too-self-confident-and-f_3039515.jpg) > [Free food!" mumbled Hamilton, his mouth full. "No wonder you're rich. You don't have to pay for anything." "Since when is it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gordon-korman/free-food-mumbled-hamilton-his-mouth-full-no-wonder-you-re-rich-you/) [Gordon Korman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gordon-korman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/575/gordon-korman-3400_behinds_free-food-mumbled-hamilton-his-mouth-ful_549135.jpg) > [Monty Python paid me £20,000 to write, direct and assemble them - the cheapskates! I told them I'd never earned less in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-idle/monty-python-paid-me-20-000-to-write-direct-and-assemble-them-the/) [Eric Idle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-idle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7c5/eric-idle-3734_cambridge_monty-python-paid-me-20-000-to-write-dir_3095057.jpg) > [Hey, great idea: if you have kids, give your partner reading vouchers next Christmas. Each voucher entitles the bearer to two hours'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-hornby/hey-great-idea-if-you-have-kids-give-your-partner-reading-vouchers/) [Nick Hornby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-hornby/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/699/nick-hornby-325_appreciate_hey-great-idea-if-you-have-kids-give-you_3130224.jpg) > [New Hampshire has always been cheap, mean, rural, small-minded, and reactionary. It's one of the few states in the nation with neither…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-theroux/new-hampshire-has-always-been-cheap-mean-rural-small-minded-and/) [Alexander Theroux](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-theroux/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2d0/alexander-theroux-14881_aids_new-hampshire-has-always-been-cheap-mean_1311390.jpg) > [Next to the defeated politician, the writer is the most vocal and inventive griper on earth. He sees hardship and unfairness wherever…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-mayle/next-to-the-defeated-politician-the-writer-is-the-most-vocal-and-2/) [Peter Mayle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-mayle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/577/peter-mayle-13285_agents_next-to-the-defeated-politician-the-writ_2094507.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cheapskates/#itemlist", "name": "Cheapskates Quotes", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I met a real looker. 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You don't have to pay for anything.\" \"Since when is it free?\" Jonah demanded. \"If I don't leave a big tip, it'll be all over Europe that the Wiz is a cheapskate! They'll seat me behind the sound-man from the penguin movie at the Oscars!", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Gordon Korman" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gordon-korman/free-food-mumbled-hamilton-his-mouth-full-no-wonder-you-re-rich-you/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/575/gordon-korman-3400_behinds_free-food-mumbled-hamilton-his-mouth-ful_549135.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/575/gordon-korman-3400_behinds_free-food-mumbled-hamilton-his-mouth-ful_549135.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/575/gordon-korman-3400_behinds_free-food-mumbled-hamilton-his-mouth-ful_549135.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Free food!\" mumbled Hamilton, his mouth full. \"No wonder you're rich. 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We had no idea there would be such demand.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Eric Idle" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-idle/monty-python-paid-me-20-000-to-write-direct-and-assemble-them-the/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7c5/eric-idle-3734_cambridge_monty-python-paid-me-20-000-to-write-dir_3095057.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7c5/eric-idle-3734_cambridge_monty-python-paid-me-20-000-to-write-dir_3095057.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7c5/eric-idle-3734_cambridge_monty-python-paid-me-20-000-to-write-dir_3095057.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Monty Python paid me £20,000 to write, direct and assemble them - the cheapskates! 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It might look like a cheapskate present, but parents will appreciate that it costs more in real terms than a Lamborghini.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Nick Hornby" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-hornby/hey-great-idea-if-you-have-kids-give-your-partner-reading-vouchers/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/699/nick-hornby-325_appreciate_hey-great-idea-if-you-have-kids-give-you_3130224.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/699/nick-hornby-325_appreciate_hey-great-idea-if-you-have-kids-give-you_3130224.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/699/nick-hornby-325_appreciate_hey-great-idea-if-you-have-kids-give-you_3130224.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Hey, great idea: if you have kids, give your partner reading vouchers next Christmas. 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Expecting aid for the poor there is like looking for an egg under a basilisk… The state encourages skinflints, cheapskates, shutwallets, and pinched little joykillers who move there as a tax refuge to save money.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Alexander Theroux" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-theroux/new-hampshire-has-always-been-cheap-mean-rural-small-minded-and/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2d0/alexander-theroux-14881_aids_new-hampshire-has-always-been-cheap-mean_1311390.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2d0/alexander-theroux-14881_aids_new-hampshire-has-always-been-cheap-mean_1311390.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2d0/alexander-theroux-14881_aids_new-hampshire-has-always-been-cheap-mean_1311390.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“New Hampshire has always been cheap, mean, rural, small-minded, and reactionary. 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The bartender doesn’t understand him.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Peter Mayle" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-mayle/next-to-the-defeated-politician-the-writer-is-the-most-vocal-and-2/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/577/peter-mayle-13285_agents_next-to-the-defeated-politician-the-writ_2094507.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/577/peter-mayle-13285_agents_next-to-the-defeated-politician-the-writ_2094507.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/577/peter-mayle-13285_agents_next-to-the-defeated-politician-the-writ_2094507.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Next to the defeated politician, the writer is the most vocal and inventive griper on earth. 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