Quotes with afford

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  • David Bowie Fame itself... doesn't really afford you anything more than a good seat in a restaurant.
    David Bowie
    English singer, songwriter and actor (1947 - 2016)
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  • Cameron Mackintosh Having a think about whether you can afford 'this' or 'that' is a good discipline to have, to maximise what you can achieve to the highest standard.
    Cameron Mackintosh
    British theatrical producer and theatre owner (1946 - )
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  • Samuel Johnson He that thinks he can afford to be negligent is not far from being poor.
    Samuel Johnson
    English writer (1709 - 1784)
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  • Edmund Burke Hypocrisy can afford to be magnificent in its promises; for never intending to go beyond promises; it costs nothing.
    Edmund Burke
    English politician and philosopher (1729 - 1797)
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  • Andrew Carnegie I can't afford to pay them any other way.
    Andrew Carnegie
    American industrialist (1835 - 1919)
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  • Jean Louis Agassiz I cannot afford to waste my time making money.
    Jean Louis Agassiz
    Swiss-American biologist and geologist (1807 - 1873)
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  • Bruce Oldfield I come from very humble origins, so the last thing I would ever do is to look down my nose at people who can't afford to come here to my shop.
    Bruce Oldfield
    British fashion designer (1950 - )
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  • Bryan Cogman I couldn't enjoy 'A Dance With Dragons,' unfortunately. Of course, I enjoyed it, but it was the first of the books I read as a writer on 'Game of Thrones,' so all I could do is think, 'We're going to have to shift that,' 'We won't be able to afford that,' or 'That's a great scene.'
    Bryan Cogman
    American writer and producer (1979 - )
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  • Joseph Jefferson I have lost everything, and I am so poor now that I really cannot afford to let anything worry me.
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  • Bruno Tonioli I'm a sucker for turquoise sea, white beaches and palm trees. I've been to the tropics every year since I could afford it. It's the perfect place to unwind. I can chill out, read, do a bit of yoga.
    Bruno Tonioli
    Italian choreographer and dancer (1955 - )
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  • Berry Wendell If we can't afford to take good care of the land that feeds us, we're in an insurmountable mess.
    Berry Wendell
    American novelist, poet and environmental activist (1934 - )
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  • John Pierpont Morgan If you have to ask how much it costs, you can't afford it.
    John Pierpont Morgan
    American banker, financer, art collector (1837 - 1913)
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  • Christian Nevell Bovee In ambition, as in love, the successful can afford to be indulgent toward their rivals. The prize our own, it is graceful to recognize the merit that vainly aspired to it.
    Christian Nevell Bovee
    American writer
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  • Barack Obama In December, I agreed to extend the tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans because it was the only way I could prevent a tax hike on middle-class Americans. But we cannot afford $1 trillion worth of tax cuts for every millionaire and billionaire in our society. We can't afford it. And I refuse to renew them again.
    Barack Obama
    American politician (1961 - )
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  • Adam Schiff In fact, the converse is true: At a time when the United States has been called on for a level of moral leadership, vision and inspiration not seen since World War II, we cannot afford to dissemble about crimes against humanity.
    Adam Schiff
    American lawyer and politician (1960 - )
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  • Angela Davis In this society, dominated as it is by the profit-seeking ventures of monopoly corporations, health has been callously transformed into a commodity - a commodity that those with means are able to afford, but that is too often entirely beyond the reach of others.
    Angela Davis
    American political activist, philosopher, academic, and author (1944 - )
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  • Angela Merkel It certainly is dangerous that there are only a few clubs left in Europe that can afford to pay millions. At the end of the day however, the spectators decide the rates of pay - by watching the games and consuming the goods and services advertised on sports TV programmes.
    Angela Merkel
    German politician and chancellor (1954 - )
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  • Ralph Waldo Emerson It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    American poet and philosopher (1803 - 1882)
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  • Ralph Waldo Emerson It is the privilege of any human work which is well done to invest the doer with a certain haughtiness. He can well afford not to conciliate, whose faithful work will answer for him.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    American poet and philosopher (1803 - 1882)
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  • Boman Irani It used to bug me that I couldn't even afford to take my family for a proper holiday. I didn't have any professional knowledge, and getting a photographer's job in a magazine was out of the question. So, armed with a Pentax K1000, I started going to various maidans of Mumbai, looking for subjects.
    Boman Irani
    Indian actor (1959 - )
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