Quotes with costs

Quotes 41 till 60 of 70.

  • Josh Billings Remember the poor, it costs nothing.
    Josh Billings
    American humorist (1818 - 1885)
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  • Barack Obama So while I will never minimize the costs involved in military action, I am convinced that a failure to act in Libya would have carried a far greater price for America.
    Barack Obama
    American politician (1961 - )
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  • Robert Louis Stevenson Talk is by far the most accessible of pleasures. It costs nothing in money, it is all profit, it completes our education, founds and fosters our friendships, and can be enjoyed at any age and in almost any state of health.
    Robert Louis Stevenson
    Scottish writer and poet (1850 - 1894)
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  • John Quinton That laughter costs too much which is purchased by the sacrifice of decency.
    John Quinton
    British navigator and pilot (1921 - 1951)
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  • Miguel de Cervantes That which costs little is less valued.
    Miguel de Cervantes
    Spanish writer and poet (1547 - 1616)
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  • Brendon Behan The big difference between sex for money and sex for free is that sex for money usually costs a lot less.
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  • Cass Sunstein The economic analysis of law has had many good ideas. It's had one great idea -like, world-transforming idea, I think. And the idea is, when you're stuck, minimize the sum of the costs of decisions and the costs of errors.
    Cass Sunstein
    American legal scholar (1954 - )
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  • Bhagat Singh The elimination of force at all costs is Utopian and the new movement which has arisen in the country and of whose dawn we have given a warning is inspired by the ideals which Guru Gobind Singh and Shivaji, Kamal Pasha and Reza Khan, Washington and Garibaldi, Lafayette and Lenin preached.
    Bhagat Singh
    Indian socialist revolutionary (1907 - 1931)
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  • Bill Dedman The main threads running through the lives of W. A. Clark and his daughter Huguette include the costs of ambition, the burdens of inherited wealth, the fragility of reputation, the folly of judging someone's life from the outside, and the tension between engaging with the world, with all its risks, and keeping a safe distance from danger.
    Bill Dedman
    American journalist (1960 - )
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  • Ben Affleck The one benefit of having done all kinds of movies as an actor is, you learn the pros and cons of being tempted to do a really big movie because it costs a lot of money.
    Ben Affleck
    American actor and filmmaker. (1972 - )
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  • Ben Nighthorse Campbell The president, just as any other American, deserves a legal defense against personal lawsuits not related to his office. But the costs of that defense should be borne by him and not the taxpayer.
    Ben Nighthorse Campbell
    American Cheyenne politician (1933 - )
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  • Adam Smith The real price of everything, what everything really costs to the man who wants to acquire it, is the toil and trouble of acquiring it.
    Adam Smith
    Scottish Economist (1723 - 1790)
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  • Thomas B. Macaulay The reluctant obedience of distant provinces generally costs more than it [The Territory] is worth. Empires which branch out widely are often more flourishing for a little timely pruning.
    Thomas B. Macaulay
    American essayist and historian (1800 - 1859)
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  • Machiavelli The wish to acquire more is admittedly a very natural and common thing; and when men succeed in this they are always praised rather than condemned. But when they lack the ability to do so and yet want to acquire more at all costs, they deserve condemnation for their mistakes.
    Machiavelli
    Florentine state philosopher (1469 - 1527)
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  • John F. Kennedy There are risks and costs to a program of action, but they are far less than the long-range risks and costs of comfortable inaction.
    John F. Kennedy
    American politician (1917 - 1963)
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  • Ben Wheatley There's no way you can shoot low-budget stuff on lots of locations. It's just a practicality thing because every time you move, it costs time and money.
    Ben Wheatley
    English filmmaker and screenwriter (1972 - )
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  • Baltasar Gracián To oblige persons often costs little and helps much.
    Baltasar Gracián
    Spanish Jesuit and philosopher (1601 - 1658)
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  • Cass Sunstein Today, we are announcing that agencies are releasing their final regulatory reform plans, including hundreds of initiatives that will reduce costs, simplify the system, and eliminate redundancy and inconsistency.
    Cass Sunstein
    American legal scholar (1954 - )
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  • Bill Shorten Trusting people to pursue their own futures invariably provides better outcomes. Money goes where it is needed, rather than being absorbed by administration costs.
    Bill Shorten
    Australian politician (1967 - )
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  • Bill Halter Washington is broken. Bailing out Wall Street with no strings attached while leaving middle class Arkansas taxpayers with the bill. Protecting insurance company profits instead of patients and lowering health costs.
    Bill Halter
    American politician (1960 - )
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