The Cheapskate Next Door Quotes

“To quote Gandhi yet again, "If I have the belief that I can do it, I shall surely acquire the capacity to do it even if I may not have it at the beginning.”
― Jeff Yeager, The Cheapskate Next Door: The Surprising Secrets of Americans Living Happily Below Their Means

“If you're looking for something more in life, you're likely to find it in something less.”
― Jeff Yeager, The Cheapskate Next Door: The Surprising Secrets of Americans Living Happily Below Their Means

“Cheapskates...are too self-confident - and frankly too smart - to spend money on things they don't need and probably don't even want, simply to impress others or just because they can.”
― Jeff Yeager, The Cheapskate Next Door: The Surprising Secrets of Americans Living Happily Below Their Means

“no task is so simple that, with sufficient effort, it can’t be made complicated—this”
― Jeff Yeager, The Cheapskate Next Door: The Surprising Secrets of Americans Living Happily Below Their Means

“Personally I’m just disinterested in my appearance in general, and clothing and clothes shopping specifically. That’s probably not always a good thing, even for me.”
― Jeff Yeager, The Cheapskate Next Door: The Surprising Secrets of Americans Living Happily Below Their Means

“Roughly one-third of those polled swear by the use of coupons; one-third vehemently opposes the use of coupons; and the last third say they occasionally use coupons. It’s like the Civil War out there, only there are three sides and it’s even bloodier.”
― Jeff Yeager, The Cheapskate Next Door: The Surprising Secrets of Americans Living Happily Below Their Means

“I went in for some hot dogs, and walked out with a hot tub.”
― Jeff Yeager, The Cheapskate Next Door: The Surprising Secrets of Americans Living Happily Below Their Means

“For me, cooking is one of the greatest joys in life,” cheapskate Becky Connor told me. “It’s so rewarding to know that you made this meal yourself, and think about how much more it would have cost you in a restaurant.”
― Jeff Yeager, The Cheapskate Next Door: The Surprising Secrets of Americans Living Happily Below Their Means

“cheapskate family of four saves roughly $3,000 a year by cooking nearly all of its meals at home. Invest that savings as your kids are growing up, and even at a 5-percent rate of return you’ll have about $100,000 in their college fund by the time they enroll.”
― Jeff Yeager, The Cheapskate Next Door: The Surprising Secrets of Americans Living Happily Below Their Means

“Beverages—both alcoholic and otherwise—are typically marked up 300 to 600 percent or more by dining establishments”
― Jeff Yeager, The Cheapskate Next Door: The Surprising Secrets of Americans Living Happily Below Their Means

“My great-grandmother so preferred the crustiness of the bread she grew up eating in Czechoslovakia that when she moved to this country she’d let her store-bought American-style bread go stale before she ate it.”
― Jeff Yeager, The Cheapskate Next Door: The Surprising Secrets of Americans Living Happily Below Their Means

“Will Rogers once said, “Too many people spend money they haven’t earned, to buy things they don’t want, to impress people they don’t like.”
― Jeff Yeager, The Cheapskate Next Door: The Surprising Secrets of Americans Living Happily Below Their Means

“The cheapskates next door never succumbed to the wave of “debtor dementia” that has swept across America in recent generations. I define debtor dementia as “a semidelusional state commonly triggered by assuming a home mortgage or other large debt.” It’s the body’s way of protecting that portion of the human brain that deals with rational thinking. Because of the size and scope of the transaction, the dollars involved seem like Monopoly money and the idea that you’ll ever live to see the loan paid off seems like a fairy tale. Pretty soon, taking out a home equity loan or racking up a few grand on a credit card you can’t pay off seems to make perfect sense. As”
― Jeff Yeager, The Cheapskate Next Door: The Surprising Secrets of Americans Living Happily Below Their Means