An education is like a crumbling building that needs constant upkeep with repairs and additions.
Anyone who has to ask about the annual upkeep of a yacht can't afford one.
The Government cannot afford to have a country made up entirely of rich people, because rich people pay so little tax that the Government would quickly go bankrupt. This is why Government men always tell us that labor is man's noblest calling. Government needs labor to pay its upkeep.
Will Rogers once said it is not the original investment in a Congressman that counts; it is the upkeep.
It isn't the initial cost of a lie, it is the upkeep which counts so terribly.
Well, I suppose I've never really had a lifestyle that needs upkeep. I don't get cabs; I'm on the Tube with my Oyster card.
Our thinking tends to be hazy, hasty, narrow, or sprawling-causal terms for impulsive. Just like anything else, thinking skills require upkeep. If they aren't nourished, they'll fade away.