Stingy Quotes

41 Stingy quotes by 40 unique authors

My main concern is theater, and theater does not reflect or mirror society. It has been stingy and selfish, and it has to do better. — Anna Deavere Smith
Courtesy is the one coin you can never have too much of or be stingy with. — John Wanamaker
It is a wise thing to be polite; consequently, it is a stupid thing to be rude. To make enemies by unnecessary and willful incivility,… — Arthur Schopenhauer
Why are you stingy with yourselves? Why are you holding back? What are you saving forâ€”for another time? There are no other times. There is… — George Balanchine
Life is short and often stingy; feast the heart with what it craves, short of cruelty, and let the world wonder. — Reynolds Price
Iâ€™ve had it with all stingy-hearted sons of bitches. A heart is to be spent. — Stephen Dunn
She gazed toward the marsh that grew thicker, deeper, greener with approaching summer. Mosquitoes whined in there, breeding in the dark water. Alligators slid through… — Nora Roberts
When Iâ€™m a Duchess,â€ she said to herself (not in a very hopeful tone though), â€œI wonâ€™t have any pepper in my kitchen at all.… — Lewis Carroll
The early church was strikingly different from the culture around it in this way - the pagan society was stingy with its money and promiscuous… — Timothy Keller
The motto of West African cooking is that if the food doesn't set fire to the tablecloth the cook is being stingy with the pepper. — Ben Aaronovitch
Think they work you too hard? Think of poor Ali Sard. He has to mow grass in his uncle's backyard and its quick growing grass… — Dr. Seuss
Three weeks hadn't changed Cop Central. The coffee was still poisonous, the noise abominable, and the view out of her stingy window was still miserable.… — Nora Roberts
He could wear hats. He could wear an assortment of hats of different shapes and styles. Boater hats, cowboy hats, bowler hats. The list went… — Derek Landy
America's critics can be heard everywhere. It is too much in love with money - worshipping the god of the marketplace, the golden calf. It… — Maurice Saatchi
Healing the self means committing ourselves to a wholehearted willingness to be what and how we are-beings frail and fragile, strong and passionate, neurotic and… — Paula Gunn Allen
For all the billions of dollars created here, Silicon Valley is remarkably stingy when it comes to giving. — Sarah Lacy
I have begun in old age to understand just how oddly we are all put together. We are so proud of our autonomy that we… — Saul Bellow
Love your lover like Romeo, Fight for her like Spartacus, Rescue her like Michael Scofield, Protect her like Jack Bauer, Don't cheat on her like… — Orebela Gbenga
Women like attention and they like to be told clearly that they are loved. Don't be stingy in expressing your love for your wife. If… — Ritu Ghatourey
The truly rich are stingy. Pretends to be rich showy. Paupers are hard working. The true character of a person without undue, nothing less. — Innah Delos Angeles

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