Philosophy of life Quote by Barbara Kingsolver

I'm a health-food junkie, so all of my food is a splurge, money-wise!

— Zoe Lister-Jones

“the goodness of money floats free of any particular evaluations that could engage our attention and energize our activity.”

— Matthew B. Crawford

“Nothing in pack behavior suggests that food should be convenient rather than carefully chosen.”

— Jodi Picoult

“Achievement is a cotton candy meal that you think will make you full.”

— Maxie McCoy

In spite of the poor economy, almost 70 percent of Americans occasionally splurge on luxury items -- like a blanket on a plane, or…

— Jay Leno

“Count the things you want more of. Count the laughs, not calories.”

— Grady Miller

“Frugality without creativity is deprivation.”

— Amy Dacyczyn

“Unfortunately, our culture doesn’t seem to remember much about how you celebrate things without buying a bunch of unnecessary stuff and without consuming a…

— Eve O. Schaub

“A classic study by Columbia’s Sheena Iyengar and Mark Lepper monitored the behavior of consumers in a grocery store. One day, the store set…

— Chip Heath

“There are notable differences between the frugal and the cheap. Frugal people take pleasure in saving and cheap people feel pained by spending.”

— Scott Sonenshein

Interestingly, however, we found that participants consistently underestimated their intake of the candies on their desks yet overestimated how much they ate when the…

— Brian Wansink

“I bought some crackers and a piece of hoop cheese and an apple at a grocery store and sat on a nail keg by…

— Charles Portis