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Cheaply Quotes

Sharp observations on what gets built, bought, or bought off, cheaply.

These quotes weigh the upside and downside of doing things cheaply, from building a mobile product on a tight budget to enjoying a low-cost evening out. One line even ties the idea directly to Business and how utilities borrow and lend.

The newly decorated theatres produced things like car parks and restaurants, so you could have a good night out, quite cheaply without all that bother of having to go somewhere else.

Quotes by Timothy West

It never fails to astonish me how cheaply a politician can be bought.

Quotes by Timothy Noah

Robots are very tricky to design and expensive, whereas humans are cheaply manufactured. Humans can handle things with greater manual dexterity than most robots I've known.

Quotes by Roger Zelazny

Peace and commerce with foreign nations could be more effectually and cheaply cultivated by a common agent; therefore they gave the Federal Government the sole management of our relations with foreign governments.

Quotes by Robert Toombs

Anything Quotes

I don't want to get on the treadmill of earning more money. I'd rather live cheaply and allow myself more freedom. I can honestly say I've never taken a film just for the dough, although I've made some ghastly mistakes.

Quotes by Peter Finch

You can make great money in a utility type of business by borrowing cheaply and lending sensibly but that's not what's being done.

Quotes by Meredith Whitney

The key to digital effects is to do things that are visually accurate but done cheaply and approximated.

Quotes by Masi Oka

Lifestyle change and changes in diet work faster, better and more cheaply than any medication and are as effective or more effective than gastric bypass without any side effects or long-term complications.

Quotes by Mark Hyman

There are plenty of recommendations on how to get out of trouble cheaply and fast. Most of them come down to this: Deny your responsibility.

Quotes by Lyndon B. Johnson

Build Quotes

It's very hard to cheaply build anything significant in a multi-platform, mobile world.

Quotes by Keith Teare

How the hell can I ask people who work for me to travel cheaply if I travel in luxury? It's a question of good leadership.

Quotes by Ingvar Kamprad

Japan can't get anything on the market very cheaply because it has a large, relatively highly paid workforce which you can't fire.

Quotes by Howard Stringer

The only way to make something cheaply today is to have it mass-produced. For example, you wear the same shoes as everyone else. If you had a fabber, you could custom-make shoes that perfectly fit your feet. Three-dimensional printing will...

Quotes by Hod Lipson

Our myopic focus on producing and consuming as cheaply as possible has created a linear economy in which objects are briefly used and then discarded as waste.

Quotes by Frans van Houten

Business Quotes

Sometimes, and I hate to say it, you do feel things are asked for in the most ludicrously unrealistic fashion. The time you are expected to make things in, and the money you are expected to make them for -...

Quotes by Darren Boyd

As expanding economies continue to grow, the one source of energy that we can develop rapidly, cheaply and with next-to-no emissions is nuclear energy.

Quotes by Craig Stevens

If you look at any leaf on any tree branch, it's similar to but not exactly a repetition of the previous branch. So the new science of complexity or showing how an architecture can be produced just as quickly, cheaply...

Quotes by Charles Jencks

The publishing industry has always wanted to make books as cheaply and as ephemerally as they could; it's nothing new.

Quotes by Ben Katchor

Builders eventually took advantage of the look of modernism to build cheaply and carelessly.

Quotes by Arthur Erickson

Efficiently Quotes

I think the advent of things like YouTube have made it possible for creators to tell stories cheaply and efficiently and to have a built-in audience.

Quotes by Andrew Keenan-Bolger

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Frequently Asked Questions

What does this Cheaply quotes page cover?
It gathers quotes weighing the tradeoffs of doing things cheaply, from building technology on a budget to enjoying an inexpensive night out. Some entries treat cheapness as a virtue, others as a warning sign.
Why do people search for quotes about doing things cheaply?
People often want language for talking about budgets, frugality, or getting good value without overspending. These quotes offer specific, real-world examples rather than generic saving tips.
Is there a cynical take on cheapness in this collection?
Yes, one quote observes with dry astonishment how cheaply a politician can sometimes be bought. It adds a sharper, more skeptical note to the overall collection.
Does this page discuss cheap borrowing in business?
Yes, one quote describes making money in a utility business by borrowing cheaply and lending sensibly, when it's actually done that way. It connects the topic to real financial strategy.
How does building something relate to this page?
Several quotes focus on the difficulty of building anything significant cheaply in a mobile, multi-platform world. That theme pairs naturally with Build quotes elsewhere on the site.

A more cynical thread appears too, noting how cheaply influence itself can sometimes be bought. Read alongside Build for more on what it actually takes to make something worthwhile.