1.
100 years ago, buying something you could make was considered wasteful; now making something you could buy is considered wasteful. I am not convinced this is a step in the right direction.
Stephanie Pearl-McPhee
2.
When we contemplate buying something, we usually ask the price of it, then decide whether or not it is worth that much to us. But when we expend time and energy, we often just go ahead and pay.
Ruth Stout
3.
The reason that so many of us cannot save money is because of our friends. They're always buying something we can't afford.
Sam Ewing
4.
We have always said actually this isn't about money, it's not about price. This can be an experience. It doesn't have to be about buying something.
Angela Ahrendts
5.
Small wastebasket liners, $1.17 ... tall wastebasket liners, $2.29 ... garbage can liners, $3.98 ... I think I just spent $7.44 buying something I'm going to throw away.
Cathy Guisewite
6.
If I see a movie star in the department store buying something, I'll kind of sidle up and see what they're saying, what they look like, how they sound. That's an invasion of privacy.
Tom Lehrer
7.
If you have a choice between buying something and paying down your credit card, pay down your credit card.
Elizabeth Warren
8.
A woman is always buying something.
Ovid
9.
Manipulating currencies is when you're going into the marketplace and buying something in large amounts to depress the value of the currency.
Jamie Dimon
10.
When I buy Windows 98, I'm not only buying something useful, I'm giving money to Bill Gates, which is a really good thing.
Penn Jillette