Add the "Quote of the Day" to Your Site or Blog - it's EASY!
Home - Quote Topics - Quote Keywords - Author Types - Author Nationalities

Authors:    A  B  C  D  E  F  G  H  I  J  K  L  M  N  O  P  Q  R  S  T  U  V  W  X  Y  Z 

Google Web brainyquote.com   
Definition of Parsimony
Parsimony

Closeness or sparingness in the expenditure of money; -- generally in a bad sense; excessive frugality; niggardliness.

Related Definitions:
Bad, Closeness, Excessive, Expenditure, Frugality, Generally, In, Money, Of, Or, Sense, The


Parsimony Quotations

Mere parsimony is not economy. Expense, and great expense, may be an essential part in true economy.
Edmund Burke

If time is money, it seems moral to save time, above all one's own, and such parsimony is excused by consideration for others. One is straight-forward.
Theodor Adorno

There is nothing worse than being ashamed of parsimony or poverty.
Titus Livius

Parsimony Translations

parsimony in French is parcimonie
parsimony in German is Sparsamkeit
parsimony in Spanish is parsimonia


Quotes    RSS Feeds        Copyright 2008 BrainyMedia.com