“Sometimes there’s even a free buffet after.”
(From a Times story on why one woman attends memorial services for people she has never met.)
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Cheapskate Wisdom from … Steven Wright
“If it’s a penny for your thoughts and you put in your two cents worth, then someone, somewhere is making a penny.
Cheapskate Wisdom from … Humphrey Bogart
“A hot dog at the ball park is better than steak at the Ritz.”
Cheapskate Wisdom from … Thomas Jefferson
“Never spend your money before you have earned it.”
Cheapskate Wisdom from … Ambrose Bierce
“A penny saved is a penny to squander.”
Cheapskate Wisdom from … Jackie Mason
“I have enough money to last me the rest of my life, unless I buy something.”
Cheapskate Wisdom from … Mob Boss Michael Franzese
“Sometimes it is better to accept less in a negotiation than to walk away a total loser.”
Read more about Franzese’s book here.
Cheapskate Wisdom from … Mad Magazine
“The only reason a great many American families don’t own an elephant is that they have never been offered an elephant for a dollar down and easy weekly payments.”
Cheapskate Wisdom from … Meryl Streep
“Expensive clothes are a waste of money.”
Cheapskate Wisdom from … Joe Louis
“I don’t like money actually, but it quiets my nerves.”
Cheapskate Wisdom from … Adlai Stevenson
“There was a time when a fool and his money were soon parted, but now it happens to everybody.”
Cheapskate Wisdom from … a recent New Yorker cartoon
“Have you ever tried buying lots of stuff?”
(The question is asked by a concerned-looking therapist, addressing a patient lying on a couch.)
