Quotes with worth

Quotes 241 till 260 of 418.

  • James T. Mccay One good analogy is worth three hours discussion.
    James T. Mccay
    American author
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  • William Ellery Channing One good anecdote is worth a volume of biography.
    William Ellery Channing
    American Unitarian minister (1780 - 1842)
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  • Benjamin Franklin One good husband is worth two good wives, for the scarcer things are, the more they are valued.
    Benjamin Franklin
    American statesman and physicist (1706 - 1790)
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  • Henry Louis Mencken One horse-laugh is worth ten thousand syllogisms. It is not only more effective; it is also vastly more intelligent.
    Henry Louis Mencken
    American journalist and critic (1880 - 1956)
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  • Sir Walter Scott One hour of life, crowded to the full with glorious action, and filled with noble risks, is worth whole years of those mean observances of paltry decorum, in which men steal through existence, like sluggish waters through a marsh, without either honor or observation.
    Sir Walter Scott
    British writer and poet (1771 - 1832)
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  • Aphra Behn One hour of right-down love is worth an age of dully living on.
    Aphra Behn
    English playwright, poet and translator (1640 - 1689)
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  • Euripides One loyal friend is worth ten thousand relatives.
    Euripides
    Greek tragedian and poet (480 - 406)
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  • Bill Rancic One of the things we've always tried to do is help others with our story. Whether it's with the infertility issues, whether it's with the breast cancer, we said we're gonna turn these negatives into positives. And if we can help others by sharing our story, then it's worth it.
    Bill Rancic
    American entrepreneur (1971 - )
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  • James Russell Lowell One thorn of experience is worth a whole wilderness of warning.
    James Russell Lowell
    American Romantic poet, critic, editor, and diplomat (1819 - 1891)
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  • Benjamin Franklin One today is worth two tomorrows.
    Benjamin Franklin
    American statesman and physicist (1706 - 1790)
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  • Eleanor Roosevelt Only a man's character is the real criterion of worth.
    Eleanor Roosevelt
    American "First Lady" and columnist (1884 - 1962)
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  • Frederick W. Robertson Only so far as a man believes strongly, mightily, can he act cheerfully, or do anything that is worth doing.
    Frederick W. Robertson
    English divine (1816 - 1853)
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  • Abraham Cahan Only the other world has substance and reality; only good deeds and holy learning have tangible worth.
    Abraham Cahan
    Belarusian-born Jewish American socialist newspaper editor, novelist, and politician
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  • Thomas Carlyle Only the person of worth can recognize the worth in others.
    Thomas Carlyle
    Scottish writer and historicus (1795 - 1881)
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  • Camille Paglia Our presence in Afghanistan is not worth the price of any more American lives or treasure.
    Camille Paglia
    American academic and social critic (1947 - )
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  • Aesop Outside show is a poor substitute for inner worth.
    Aesop
    Greek fabulist and story teller (620 - 564)
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  • Maxwell Maltz People who say that life is not worthwhile are really saying that they themselves have no personal goals which are worthwhile. Get yourself a goal worth working for. Better still, get yourself a project. Always have something ahead of you to ''look forward to'' - to work for and hope for.
    Maxwell Maltz
    American surgeon and author (1889 - 1975)
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  • Carly Fiorina People's ideas and fears can make them small but they cannot make you small. People's prejudices can diminish them but they cannot diminish you. Small-minded people can think they determine your worth. But only you can determine your worth.
    Carly Fiorina
    American businesswoman and political (1954 - )
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  • Albert J. Nock Perhaps the prevalence of pedantry may be largely accounted for by the common error of thinking that, because useful knowledge should be remembered, any kind of knowledge that is at all worth learning should be remembered too.
    Albert J. Nock
    American libertarian author (1870 - 1945)
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  • Alan Kay Perspective is worth 80 IQ points.
    Alan Kay
    American computer scientist (1940 - )
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