Timothy Noah Quotes

I am a compulsive and concise shopper.

I used to literally spend every dime I had on clothes, shoes and getting fresh.

Now that I have the access and money, I spend all of it on clothes and shoes. I have no other pursuits. I don't drink or smoke.

Buying involves decision-making. It's a performance activity, like sports or acting.

You hear about women buying shoes? I buy DVDs. I definitely have a problem.

I've spent a lot on clothes. I'm not kidding when I say I could have bought several country homes with the money. I've also given a lot away over time. I had a lovely Yves Saint Laurent jacket that I'd only worn once or twice, but I'm one for spring cleaning rather than storing my clothes.

Advertising is the art of convincing people to spend money they don't have for something they don't need.

Honestly, my splurges happen at Target. I'll go and spend, like, $600, and I don't know why! And then I'm really happy about it, but then I'll be like, 'Why did I do that?!'

Bad shopping habits die hard.

I have tons of sunglasses. My husband won't let me buy another pair because I lose them all the time.

I waste a lot of money buying the same pair of shoes.

Paris is a danger for people like me. We spend our rent money in Paris on clothes.

I'm an impulse buyer. I don't really go out with a list.

I'm not a big shopper.

Even when I had no money, I spent everything I had on clothes.

We spend our way to the poorhouse. We buy giant TVs and iPads. Our children wear nice clothes thanks to high-interest credit cards and payday loans. We purchase homes we don't need, refinance them for more spending money, and declare bankruptcy, often leaving them full of garbage in our wake. Thrift is inimical to our being.

Sometimes I can't stop myself from buying things just because I see them - even when I don't really need them.

I'm an impulse buyer. I'd step inside a shop and buy a nice dress, just like that. Only then do I realize it cost a tidy sum. And when I enter a jewelry store, wow!

I am a compulsive shopaholic.

Everywhere I go, I buy something. I probably have an issue with shopping.

I used to have an online-shopping problem.

In my closet, you'd find five black shirts that look the same, 10 pairs of the same white pants, and five pairs of almost the exact same shoe. Every time I go out, I buy shoes that are very similar to my other shoes - it's a problem.

I am a shopaholic, I hit the malls and shops whenever I feel low or bored.

The first thing we looked at, in what case were people more likely to be attracted to the jar or jam, so in which case are people more likely to stop when they saw the display of jams and what we found was that more people stopped when there were 24 jams.

I end up not buying a lot of things, because I find them ridiculous.