Ezra Miller

Housing Works is the coolest thrift store in the world, because not only are they the best thrift store - they're not the most thrifty thrift store - but they have amazing stuff and all of their proceeds go directly to kids, mostly homeless kids, living with AIDS and HIV in New York, in the metropolitan area.

American Actor

Peter Hook

There are so little outtakes from the Joy Division era. We didn't have much money. You couldn't be very generous in recording, so we were very thrifty in how we recorded. Everything was very, very well looked after financially because we just couldn't afford it.

English Musician

Oscar Wilde

Sometimes the poor are praised for being thrifty. But to recommend thrift to the poor is both grotesque and insulting. It is like advising a man who is starving to eat less.

Irish Poet

Julia Child

What a marvelous resource soup is for the thrifty cook - it solves the ham-bone and lamb-bone problems, the everlasting Thanksgiving turkey, the extra vegetables.

American Chef

Publilius Syrus

The timid man calls himself cautious, the sordid man thrifty.

Roman Writer

Aesop

It is thrifty to prepare today for the wants of tomorrow.

Greek Author

Andra Day

I'm very particular but very thrifty at the same time.

American Musician

Ingvar Kamprad

It is in the nature of Smaland to be thrifty.

Swedish Businessman

George Herbert

British Poet

Kym Whitley

American Actress

The word 'thrifty' often carries a positive meaning, implying wise management rather than stinginess.

Positive Implication

Being thrifty is considered a virtue in many cultures, representing responsible financial behavior.

Cultural Virtue

Beware that some may mistake 'thrifty' for 'cheap'; it's about smart use of resources, not just being inexpensive.

Misinterpretation

In biology, 'thrifty' describes plants or animals that grow well, making it a term of vitality and health.

Scientific Context

In scientific contexts, 'thrifty' has nothing to do with money, but with robust growth and survival.

Not About Money

'Thrifty' species often adapt to different environments, showing a great resilience and versatility.

Environmental Adaptation

 and make these bricks we can basically build more buildings from. But it's only a fraction of what we need. My hope is that with big data and geotagging, we can actually change that, and be more thrifty when it comes to buildings. If there's a building down the block which is being demolished, are there materials there

To eliminate waste, we...

 chicken is now thrifty every day the incorporations have invested billions of dollars into working out how to trigger the evolutionary impulse to take and take more more and more and more and these butters join the never-ending

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