Even though price is the main driver for medical travel, don't be penny-wise and pound foolish.

"We cannot afford to be penny-wise and pound foolish."

"We think the closure is penny-wise and pound foolish."

Prospect, the union, said the Government had taken a "penny-wise and pound foolish" decision that would cost jobs in Scotland.

"The city saves so much money by the volunteers doing its cleanup that it seems penny-wise and pound foolish to not have a truck.

Officials say they expect the plan to save $11.7 million in the first year alone, though many mayors contend the notion is penny-wise and pound foolish.

"But in reality, cutting these programs is penny-wise and pound foolish, because these programs, by reducing smoking, save money over the long term."

It's penny-wise and pound foolish."

To the Editor: It is time for New York to stop being penny-wise and pound foolish about community gardens (news article, Jan. 11).

Asked whether he believed that Glen Cove had been penny-wise and pound foolish in demolishing the incinerator, Mr. Cowen replied: "I don't want to sit here and judge it.

"You're forking over a hundred, sometimes thousands of dollars, so you don't want to scrimp, penny-wise and pound foolish, so yeah, a lot of times you say 'yes' when you should say 'no,'" Jolly said on "The Early Show."