Frugal Quotes

50 quotes by 39 authors

Jeff Smith was the Julia Child of my generation. When his television show, 'The Frugal Gourmet,' made its debut on PBS in the 1980s, it… — Alton Brown
Americans, both politicians and voters, may have become corrupted by big government beyond redemption. A virtuous government requires a virtuous people. A frugal government requires… — Charley Reese
I had to be frugal, thoughtful, resourceful. I didn't have anyone to tell me, 'You can't.' When you're young, you think you can do anything,… — Sandra Lee
And a musician has to learn to be frugal and to carefully manage financial affairs — Charlie Byrd
You have to be ready for hard work and frugal spending to get the idea off the ground. — Garrett Camp
It is a common sentence that Knowledge is power; but who hath duly considered or set forth the power of Ignorance? Knowledge slowly builds up… — George Eliot
I drive a tiny Toyota iQ. I'm quite frugal and often cut my own hair. — Carol Vorderman
There is no English equivalent for the French word flÃ¢neur. Cassell's dictionary defines flÃ¢neur as a stroller, saunterer, drifter but none of these terms seems… — Cornelia Otis Skinner
Be studious in your profession, and you will be learned. Be industrious and frugal, and you will be rich. — Benjamin Franklin
Disdain the chain, preserve your freedom; and maintain your independency: be industrious and free; be frugal and free. — Benjamin Franklin
Rather than ennobling the public mind and cementing the social fabric, applied science speedily became the chief weapon of a gross individualism, which was anathema… — Russell Kirk
How simple and frugal a thing is happiness. — Nikos Kazantzakis
When you concentrate on agriculture and industry and are frugal in expenditures, Heaven cannot impoverish your state. — Xunzi
I have a real passion for driving. Earlier on in my life I wanted to be a race car driver. But I don't pay an… — John Barrowman
Cultivate these, then, for they are wholly within your power: sincerity and dignity; industriousness; and sobriety. Avoid grumbling, be frugal, considerate, and frank; be temperate… — Marcus Aurelius
I am for a government rigorously frugal & simple, applying all the possible savings of the public revenue to the discharge of the national debt;… — Thomas Jefferson
I am strongly drawn to a frugal life and am often oppressively aware that I am engrossing an undue amount of the labor of my… — Albert Einstein
Taking food alone tends to make one hard and coarse. Those accustomed to it must lead a Spartan life if they are not to go… — Walter Benjamin
My parents were both in the army for 20 years and then worked in government departments; but they had gone through the Great Depression and… — Veronica Webb
Were a man to order his life by the rules of true reason, a frugal substance joined to a contented mind is for him great… — Lucretius

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