Peter S. Beagle Quotes

I'm really not a person who consumes a lot. I don't have a sports car.

I learned how to live on five and sometimes ten dollars a week.

I live way below my means.

I don't live lavishly, so it's not like I have 20 assistants and travel privately and shop every day.

I no longer have a style to maintain. I rent a little flat in Los Angeles, I don't take holidays, I don't dine out and I take cheap flights.

I have a few toys. But I live very simply.

We can live frugally. The less you work, the less you spend and the more time you have for loafing about. But when I put forward this simple notion, I was greeted with a volley of resentment.

I clearly understood the concept of wise use before I ever heard the actual words, for my father wouldn't allow us to waste anything.

I don't shop. I haven't shopped in about four years.

I do not really shop. Most of my clothes I make. I dress simply.

The greatest wealth is to live content with little.

We were never a family that had a lot. We had enough, but not a lot.

I never buy magazines, I never even buy books.

I don't have a lavish lifestyle with expensive cars.

I'm frugal. I'm not a very acquisitive woman. I never waste food. If you prepare your own food, you engage with the world, it tastes alive. It tastes good.

That man is rich whose pleasures are the cheapest.

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'm not a frugal person, but I find it difficult to be extravagant materially.

I shop once in six months. My friends often point at my shoes to tell me that they've worn out. It's embarrassing, but it doesn't affect me too much. I shop when I have to.

I was raised by my Depression-era grandma who taught me to use what you've got: Waste not, want not!

I like to be very simple in my lifestyle. My only extravagance is... I buy lots of toys and meats for my dog.

I don't spend my life making money to spend tomorrow, or to acquire possessions.

I don't care about having a fancy car. I don't have a lot of the wants and needs that a lot of people have where I would need to make a $1 million a fight.

The less you carry the more you will see, the less you spend the more you will experience.