Theodore Sturgeon Quotes

My parents were born in 1912; they graduated from college into the Depression. They kept notebooks of every nickel they spent, and these habits of frugality from having grown up so poor never left them.

Rather go to bed with out dinner than to rise in debt.

I live way below my means.

I've lived on $400 a month in college. I've lived on it fine.

I save my money, brother. I don't spend what I don't make.

Remember, that six pounds a year is but a groat a day.

Without frugality none can be rich, and with it very few would be poor.

True economy consists in always making the income exceed the out-go. Wear the old clothes a little longer if necessary; dispense with the new pair of gloves; mend the old dress: live on plainer food if need be; so that, under all circumstances, unless some unforeseen accident occurs, there will be a margin in favor of the income.

Resolve not to be poor: whatever you have, spend less. Poverty is a great enemy to human happiness; it certainly destroys liberty, and it makes some virtues impracticable, and others extremely difficult.

I should have known growing up and not having any money ever that I should have kept every dollar that I had.

When you are poor, you'll have to think of ways to be better off.

I try to keep the more uninteresting stuff to a minimum, unless I'm really broke.

The more harder you work, the less you're out spending your money.

I'm thankful for the three ounce Ziploc bag, so that I have somewhere to put my savings.

My philosophy is to live below your means.

I don't really shop a lot, just cause I'd rather not spend my money on clothes.

I make sure I keep everything tight, checking on my bills. Going to restaurants, I make sure if I have a coupon, I use it. I try to live like I'm a normal person.

I have not thrown my money away on unnecessary things in my life, so I'm okay.

Whatever your income, always live below your means.

Thrift is an attractive idea until you get down to specifics.

Whatever you have spend less.

If saving money is wrong, I don't want to be right!

And a musician has to learn to be frugal and to carefully manage financial affairs.

I'm careful with money.

I'm all over the place, and I consider myself a bit of a scrounger: 'What will I do next, so I'm not broke?'