Plain Living Quotes

I am in fact a Hobbit in all but size. I like gardens, trees, and unmechanized farmlands; I smoke a pipe, and like good plain food (unrefrigerated), but detest French cooking; I like, and even dare to wear in these dull days, ornamental waistcoats. I am fond of mushrooms (out of a field); have a very simple sense of humor (which even my appreciative critics find tiresome); I go to bed late and get up late (when possible). I do not travel much.

I am just a plain Jew; I mean have no training.

I was always a simple guy. I was never one for extravagances.

My family are very down-to-earth people. We are not showbizzy at all.

I'm fine with just a simple life.

Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity! I say, let your affairs be as two or three, and not a hundred or a thousand; instead of a million count half a dozen, and keep your accounts on your thumb nail.

One day, observing a child drinking out of his hands, he cast away the cup from his wallet with the words, "A child has beaten me in plainness of living."

I have lived as plain Mr. Jinnah and I hope to die as plain Mr. Jinnah. I am very much averse to any title or honours and I will be more than happy if there was no prefix to my name.

I do live a simple existence.

I'm a plain soap kind of guy.

The Quakers don't believe in music or art; they think it's a vanity.

I don't wear any jewellery or gold at home.

Enjoy the simple, the natural and the plain. Along with that comes the ability to do things spontaneously and have them work.

I really keep my life very simple.

I'm a simple guy.

If we have the khadi spirit in us, then we should surround ourselves with simplicity in every walk of life.

I am a simple creature.

I don't really hype myself up with fancy things.

Above all things endeavor to breed them up the love of virtue, and that holy plain way of it which we have lived in, that the world in no part of it get into my family. I had rather they we're homely than finely bred as to outward behavior; yet I love sweetness mixed with gravity, and cheerfulness tempered with sobriety.

My manner of living is plain. I do not mean to be put out of it. A glass of wine and a bit of mutton are always ready; and such as will be content to partake of them are always welcome. Those, who expect more, will be disappointed, but no change will be effected by it.

I like simplicity; I don't need luxury.

Let me tell you something: I'm a simple person who lives a simple life.

I don't throw lavish parties or nothing like that - I just want a bed and a TV.

I'm a simple, simple man.

When it comes to making decisions, I will come down on the side of Nebraska every time. If I have to choose between the White House and the farmhouse, I choose the farmhouse.