Stinginess Psychology Quotes & Sayings

Ah, but who will bell the cat?" "I am not sure what you mean." "It is a country saying. A council of mice met to decide what to do about the tomcat who was on the loose. They agreed the best plan was to attach a bell to his neck so they could hear him coming and hide. It was a fine plan - but it needed a mouse brave enough to risk his life jumping on the cat. — Margaret George

On Mars, the joke went, a man's hole was his castle where values of castle approached dorm room. — James S.A. Corey

You were a stranger to sorrow: therefore Fate has cursed you. — Euripides

I mean, it didn't matter to me that there were people, it didn't matter that I was shy Just the sound was so captivating that it helped me to get rid of those inhibitions. — Eric Clapton

Blow jobs are okay, but kissing clients is still a taboo. — Annie Sprinkle

So please try to keep in mind that, when I plague you, I do so because you're the only person I can plague. — Kellyn Roth

You have to perform at a consistently higher level than others. That's the mark of a true professional. — Joe Paterno

So, then, what is style? There are two chief aspects of any piece of writing: 1) what you say and 2) how you say it. The former is "content" and the latter is "style." — Isaac Asimov

The stupidity of people comes from having an answer for everything. The wisdom of the novel comes from having a question for everything ... The novelist teaches the reader to comprehend the world as a question. There is wisdom and tolerance in that attitude. In a world built on sacrosanct certainties the novel is dead. The totalitarian world, whether founded on Marx, Islam, or anything else, is a world of answers rather than questions. There, the novel has no place. — Milan Kundera

He loved the extensive vaults where you could hear the night birds and the sea breeze; he loved the craggy ruins bound together by ivy, those dark halls, and any appearance of death and destruction. Having fallen so far from so high a position, he loved anything that had also fallen from a great height — Gustave Flaubert

Woman already controls by not seeming to do so. Talk no more of her rights. — Ouida

Enrolling your child in a recreational sport sponsored by your neighborhood recreation community centers is a great way to keep kids active. — Lee Haney

It wasn't every day that I got to see him, but when I did I knew I was on the right path and that life, while still shifting, was always improving for the
better. — Jonathan Kuiper