Quote by David Sedaris Download Open image ““A person needed savings in order to move, but more than that he needed gumption.”” — David Sedaris ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.1 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare
“impoverished always try to keep moving, as if relocating might help.” — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
“A certain way to have financial security in life is not enough savings, but enough ability.” — Amit Kalantri Copy Share Image
“It occurred to him that thinking like this could explain why, even after all the jobs he'd pulled, he rarely had much money in… — Dennis Lehane Copy Share Image
“Sometimes it didn't matter how much gumption you had. What mattered were the cards you'd been dealt.” — Jeannette Walls Copy Share Image
“Folks that prosperous don’t usually pick up and move. Mostly, movers are poor folks.” — Louis L'Amour Copy Share Image
“There is no such thing as just enough money. Only two measures: No Money and Not Enough Money.” — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
“I have no longing for great wealth. For great adventure, yes, to travel widely and love deeply these things I value more than profits.… — Julie Klassen Copy Share Image
“People are living too much or too little, and I wondered if anyone out there is living the right amount.” — Jill Smolinski Copy Share Image
“Money was not a living thing. It wouldn’t run off anywhere if he left it alone. Probably.” — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“Plenty of animals had pets, but few were more devoted than the mouse, who owned a baby corn snake—“A rescue snake, she’d be quick… — David Sedaris Copy Share Image
“never fall asleep in a Dumpster, never underestimate a bee, never drive a convertible behind a flatbed truck, never get old, never get drunk… — David Sedaris Copy Share Image
“It was a father, one hand resting teapot-style on his hip, and the other - what would be the spout - formed into a… — David Sedaris Copy Share Image
“A Japanese woman we’d met in Paris came to the apartment yesterday and spent several hours explaining our appliances. The microwave, the water kettle, the electric bathtub: everything blinks and bleeps and calls out in the middle of the night. I’d wondered what the rice maker was carrying on about, and Reiko told us that it was on a timer… — David Sedaris Copy Share
One thing I like about the United States, and I kind of miss about the United States, is there's an election coming up here in England, but no one's going to have a sign in front of their house. Nobody's going to wear buttons. And in France, same thing. In America I like that people have signs and buttons and… — David Sedaris Copy Share
When you read comic material and people aren't laughing how do you know they're listening. — David Sedaris Copy Share Image
“You have how many children in your family?" the teacher would ask. "I'm guessing you must be Catholic, am I right?” — David Sedaris Copy Share Image
“Like most seasoned phonies, I roundly suspect that everyone is as disingenuous as I am.” — David Sedaris Copy Share Image
As a child I assumed that when I reached adulthood, I would have grown-up thoughts. — David Sedaris Copy Share Image
“You just take and take don´t you? Out there with your thumb in the air—not a care in the world, just grabbing whatever you… — David Sedaris Copy Share Image
In other parts of the country people tried to stay together for the sake of the children. In New York they tried to work… — David Sedaris Copy Share Image
My boyfriend got me a computer three years ago. I'll admit it does make things a lot easier. When I was working on a… — David Sedaris Copy Share Image
