Quotes with worth-while

Quotes 61 till 80 of 1020.

  • Pearl Bailey A crown, if it hurts us, is not worth wearing.
    Pearl Bailey
    American actress (1918 - 1990)
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  • Ayn Rand A desire presupposes the possibility of action to achieve it; action presupposes a goal which is worth achieving.
    Ayn Rand
    Russian Writer, Philosopher (1905 - 1982)
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  • Brendan I. Koerner A duped newspaper or magazine could contend that a fiction-spouting journalist obtained part of his salary via fraud, and use a criminal proceeding to try and recoup that money. Given the profession's notoriously low wages, however, it's probably not worth the publicity headache and legal fees. No news organization has ever pursued such a case.
    Brendan I. Koerner
    American author (1974 - )
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  • George D. Prentice A friend you have to buy won't be worth what you pay for him.
    George D. Prentice
    American newspaper editor (1802 - 1870)
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  • Alfred Hitchcock A good film is when the price of the dinner, the theatre admission and the babysitter were worth it.
    Alfred Hitchcock
    English moviedirector (1899 - 1980)
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  • Wilson Mizner A good listener is not only popular everywhere, but after a while he knows something.
    Wilson Mizner
    American Author (1876 - 1933)
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  • Louis Nizer A graceful taunt is worth a thousand insults.
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  • William Styron A great book should leave you with many experiences and slightly exhausted at the end. You should live several lives while reading it.
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  • Oliver Herford A hair in the head is worth two in the brush.
    Oliver Herford
    American writer, cartoonist (1860 - 1935)
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  • Puzant Kevork Thomajan A hearty laugh gives one a dry cleaning, while a good cry is a wet wash.
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  • Charles Lamb A laugh is worth a hundred groans in any market.
    Charles Lamb
    English essayist (1775 - 1834)
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  • Mark Twain A lie can run around the world six times while the truth is still trying to put on its pants.
    Mark Twain
    American writer (ps. of Samuel Langhorne Clemens) (1835 - 1910)
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  • John Ruskin A little thought and a little kindness are often worth more than a great deal of money.
    John Ruskin
    English art critic (1819 - 1900)
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  • Carlos Santana A lot of people said to me, 'Enough with the guest vocalists for a while. We want to hear the Mexican play the guitar!'
    Carlos Santana
    Mexican and American guitarist (1947 - )
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  • Charles Darwin A man's friendships are one of the best measures of his worth.
    Charles Darwin
    English scientist and biologist (1809 - 1882)
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  • Oscar Wilde A map of the world that does not include Utopia is not worth even glancing at.
    The Soul of Man Under Socialism (1895)
    Oscar Wilde
    Irish writer (1854 - 1900)
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  • George Bernard Shaw A married man is a man with a past, while a bachelor is a man with a future.
    George Bernard Shaw
    Irish-English writer and critic (1856 - 1950)
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  • Lord George Byron A mistress never is nor can be a friend. While you agree, you are lovers; and when it is over, anything but friends.
    Lord George Byron
    English poet (1788 - 1824)
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  • Oliver Wendell Holmes A new and valid idea is worth more than a regiment and fewer men can furnish the former than command the latter.
    Oliver Wendell Holmes
    American writer and poet (1809 - 1894)
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  • Francis Picabia A new gadget that lasts only five minutes is worth more than an immortal work that bores everyone.
    Francis Picabia
    French painter and poet (1879 - 1953)
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