Quotes with value-judgments

Quotes 181 till 200 of 291.

  • Wyndham Lewis The art of advertisement, after the American manner, has introduced into all our life such a lavish use of superlatives, that no standard of value whatever is intact.
    Wyndham Lewis
    British painter and author (1882 - 1957)
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  • Carlisle Floyd The artist is something of an outsider in America. I have always felt that America does not value its artists, certainly not in the sense that the Europeans do.
    Carlisle Floyd
    American opera composer
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  • Stephen Bayley The assumption must be that those who can see value only in tradition, or versions of it, deny man's ability to adapt to changing circumstances.
    Stephen Bayley
    British art criticus (1951 - )
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  • Sir William Temple The best rules to form a young man, are, to talk little, to hear much, to reflect alone upon what has passed in company, to distrust one's own opinions, and value others that deserve it.
    Sir William Temple
    British Diplomat, Essayist (1628 - 1699)
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  • Ben Horowitz The big value of the founder running the company is really two things: the knowledge and the commitment.
    Ben Horowitz
    American businessman, investor, blogger, and author (1966 - )
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  • Burton Cummings The biggest compliment I get is that I don't sound like anybody else. I think I value that as the highest compliment.
    Burton Cummings
    Canadian musician, singer and songwriter (1947 - )
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  • Henry Louis Mencken The chief value of money lies in the fact that one lives in a world in which it is overestimated.
    Henry Louis Mencken
    American journalist and critic (1880 - 1956)
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  • Oscar Wilde The cynic knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.
    Oscar Wilde
    Irish writer (1854 - 1900)
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  • Ben Elton The earth only has so much bounty to offer and inventing ever larger and more notional prices for that bounty does not change its real value.
    Ben Elton
    British-Australian comedian, author, playwright, actor and director (1959 - )
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  • Gilbert Keith Chesterton The full value of this life can only be got by fighting; the violent take it by storm. And if we have accepted everything we have missed something - war. This life of ours is a very enjoyable fight, but a very miserable truce.
    Gilbert Keith Chesterton
    English writer (1874 - 1936)
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  • Cat Stevens The greatest legacy is that which benefits the widest number of people for the longest period without limit to value. No one but the Prophet Muhammad was given that role as the seal of God's message.
    Cat Stevens
    British singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist (1948 - )
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  • Francois de la Rochefoucauld The height of ability consists in a thorough knowledge of the real value of things, and of the genius of the age in which we live.
    Francois de la Rochefoucauld
    French writer (1613 - 1680)
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  • Albert Einstein The highest principles for our aspirations and judgments are given to us in the Jewish-Christian religious tradition.
    Albert Einstein
    German - American physicist (1879 - 1955)
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  • Eliza Farnham The human face is the organic seat of beauty. It is the register of value in development, a record of Experience, whose legitimate office is to perfect the life, a legible language to those who will study it, of the majestic mistress, the soul.
    Eliza Farnham
    American novelist, feminist and abolitionist (1815 - 1864)
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  • Henry Louis Mencken The idea that leisure is of value in itself is only conditionally true. The average man simply spends his leisure as a dog spends it. His recreations are all puerile, and the time supposed to benefit him really only stupefies him.
    Henry Louis Mencken
    American journalist and critic (1880 - 1956)
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  • Samuel Johnson The longer we live the more we think and the higher the value we put on friendship and tenderness towards parents and friends.
    Samuel Johnson
    English writer (1709 - 1784)
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  • Jim Rohn The major reason for setting a goal is for what it makes of you to accomplish it. What it makes of you will always be the far greater value than what you get.
    Jim Rohn
    American entrepreneur, author and motivational speaker (1930 - 2009)
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  • Jim Rohn The major value in life is not what you get. The major value in life is what you become.
    Jim Rohn
    American entrepreneur, author and motivational speaker (1930 - 2009)
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  • Oscar Wilde The mind of the thoroughly well-informed man is a dreadful thing. It is like a bric-à-brac shop, all monsters and dust, with everything priced above its proper value.
    Oscar Wilde
    Irish writer (1854 - 1900)
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  • Barry Lam The next revolution, the next trend is to be an intelligence-intensive company. That has more value to society than a labor-intensive company.
    Barry Lam
    Taiwanese billionaire businessman (1949 - )
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