Thrifty Quotes
I've always been quite thrifty. I can't bear to spend hundreds of pounds on designer clothes. I shop in second-hand shops in Portobello Road and go to Sue Ryder.
Sometimes the poor are praised for being thrifty. But to recommend thrift to the poor is both grotesque and insulting. It is like advising a man who is starving to eat less.
In spring, nature is like a thrifty housewife ... taking up the white carpets and putting down the green ones.
Men are divided between those who are as thrifty as if they would live forever, and those who are as extravagant as if they were going to die the next day.
Whatever thrift is, it is not avarice. Avarice is not generous; and, after all, it is the thrifty people who are generous.
To a thrifty theologian, bent on redemption with economy, there are few points of ethics too fine-spun for splitting.
A thrifty housewife is better than a great income. A good wife and health are a man's best wealth.
TABLE D'HOTE, n. A caterer's thrifty concession to the universal passion for irresponsibility.
You contribute much to your marriage by the wise, thrifty, diligent management and oversight of your part of the household budget.
