Cost Consciousness Quotes

There are four ways in which you can spend money. You can spend your own money on yourself. When you do that, why then you really watch out what you’re doing, and you try to get the most for your money. Then you can spend your own money on somebody else. For example, I buy a birthday present for someone. Well, then I’m not so careful about the content of the present, but I’m very careful about the cost. Then, I can spend somebody else’s money on myself. And if I spend somebody else’s money on myself, then I’m sure going to have a good lunch! Finally, I can spend somebody else’s money on somebody else. And if I spend somebody else’s money on somebody else, I’m not concerned about how much it is, and I’m not concerned about what I get. And that’s government. And that’s close to 40% of our national income.

Nobody spends somebody else's money as carefully as he spends his own. Nobody uses somebody else's resources as carefully as he uses his own. So if you want efficiency and effectiveness, if you want knowledge to be properly utilized, you have to do it through the means of private property.

I have a real passion for driving. Earlier on in my life I wanted to be a race car driver. But I don't pay an extortionate amount of money for cars. I'm pretty frugal.

Customers are extremely savvy. They don't want to pay more.

I'm not cheap, I'm thrifty.

I think there's a culture in Rajasthan Royals that has been there before I got here, so I've come into it. I've enjoyed being part of it and embraced it. They are quite clear about the fact that bottom lines are important, and there is a certain limit on what you can spend.

I tend to be pretty conservative in the way I spend money.

When insurance covers everything, no one cares what the their health costs are. Consumers must have some skin in the game.

I don't like to use expensive materials. I take care to make costs reasonable. It's very similar to the way I make clothes.

The economy of a novelist is a little like that of a careful housewife who is unwilling to throw away anything that might perhaps serve its turn.

There are two kinds of companies, those that work to try to charge more and those that work to charge less. We will be the second.

I really don't want the best people at the highest cost.

Some people call themselves fiscal conservatives; my wife says I'm just cheap.

We grew up in a middle-class family in Chicago. Even when we went on vacation as a family, it wasn't a really fun time, because my father didn't want to spend any money when we got there.

I'm cheap, and so I don't like wasting.

Rich Christiansen is one of the most insightful, practical and cost-conscious entrepreneurs in the world today. Listen to Rich. He won't steer you wrong.

I've never been a label-obsessed person. I indulge in shoes, but I rarely will ever buy full-price.

I dress up for awards, but only if somebody else is going to pay for the clothes. And shop for them, too!

I've been really frugal with money since way back, so I can't buy something if it's too expensive. I'm not that brave.

I like doing food as a focal point on my table. It is not like going out and buying flowers or candles, which are expensive.

Even if you have a lot of money, you may not want to spend a lot of it on clothes.

The man who will use his skill and constructive imagination to see how much he can give for a dollar, instead of how little he can give for a dollar, is bound to succeed.

I'm actually pretty frugal with my money.

What I do see in New York and I am amazed is how many rich women will complain about the cost of something and get things for free.I would never want to be like them, but I can see why they save money.

The budget is tight, and that is exactly where we want it to be and where we need it to be.