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Frugality Quote Collection by experts in personal finance both past and present. Rich people offering excellent tips to save money.
William Blake: Miser Money Bags
on Tuesday, February 11, 2020William Blake Money Quote saying a miser sees money as the most beautiful of all objects and can be compared to the most beautiful things. William Blake said:
“To the eyes of a miser a guinea is more beautiful than the sun, and a bag worn with the use of money has more beautiful proportions than a vine filled with grapes” — William Blake
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Alec Issigonis: Value for Money
on Monday, November 18, 2019Alec Issigonis Money Quote saying his noodling about the most frugal design for a small car, he created an iconic design. Alec Issigonis said:
“My doodles and sketches are not the work of an academic engineer. They represent many years of design study in attempts to produce the best value for money in the field of small car design” — Alec Issigonis
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James K. Polk: Frugal Government
on Saturday, November 2, 2019James K. Polk Money Quote saying frugality with public monies is the responsibility of the President and should be enforced by Congress. James K. Polk said:
“Ours was intended to be a plain and frugal government, and I shall regard it to be my duty to recommend to Congress and, as far as the Executive is concerned, to enforce by all the means within my power the strictest economy in the expenditure of the public money which may be compatible with the public interests” — James K. Polk
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Sylvia Plath: Handing Money
on Sunday, October 27, 2019Sylvia Plath Money Quote saying paying others to do what we can do ourselves it can be nerve wracking. Sylvia Plath said:
“I hate handing over money to people for doing what I could just as easily do myself, it makes me nervous” — Sylvia Plath
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Jennifer Lawrence: Respect Money
on Thursday, August 15, 2019Jennifer Lawrence Money Quote saying that valuing money can make someone frugal when they needn’t be. Jennifer Lawrence said:
“I was raised to have value for money, to have respect for money, even though you have a lot of it” — Jennifer Lawrence
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Phyllis McGinley: Economy Thrift
on Friday, March 22, 2019Phyllis McGinley Money Quote saying one can imagine frugality in it’s many forms through behavior toward a single asset. Phyllis McGinley said:
“Meanness inherits a set of silverware and keeps it in the bank. Economy uses it only on important occasions, for fear of loss. Thrift sets the table with it every night for pure pleasure, but counts the butter spreaders before they are put away” — Phyllis McGinley
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Michelangelo: Rich Lived Like Poor
on Wednesday, March 6, 2019Michelangelo Money Quote saying he lived as though he were poor and spent little for anything. Michelangelo said:
“However rich I may have been, I have always lived like a poor man” — Michelangelo
Born March 6, 1475 – Died February 18, 1564
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Thomas Jefferson: Earn First, Then Spend
on Friday, April 13, 2018Thomas Jefferson Money Quote saying With expectations of money comes the urge to spend before cash is received. Wait until money is in hand. Thomas Jefferson said:
“Never spend your money before you have earned it” — Thomas Jefferson
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