An election is nothing more than the advanced auction of stolen goods. — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
Now people look at 'The Scream' or Van Gogh's 'Irises' or a Picasso and see its new content: money. Auction houses inherently… — Jerry Saltz Copy Share Image
I think there are a lot of honest people doing honest business on online auctions. But the control on these Web sites… — Dan Butler Copy Share Image
War's an auction where whoever can pay the most in damage and still be standing wins. — David Mitchell Copy Share Image
We saw farms go on the auction block while we bought food from foreign countries. Well, that's wrong. — Ann Richards Copy Share Image
I was never like, "collect, collect," like people who go to auctions. I never spent a serious amount of time because I… — Mikhail Baryshnikov Copy Share Image
I have this beautiful antique silver wine decanter that I bought at an auction. I always pour wine from that. — Paul Lynde Copy Share Image
It is not the time to put school districts up for auction. Now is the time to galvanize them into action. — Andy Hargreaves Copy Share Image
My first ball I ever got from a Big League player I actually got to purchase in Dodger Stadium in a silent… — Pedro Martinez Copy Share Image
A tipping point is invisible, as we just saw in Greece. In most situations, everything appears fine until it's not fine, until,… — Seth Klarman Copy Share Image
I am not opposed to the art market. I have lots of friends who are collectors. But the whole idea of the… — Olafur Eliasson Copy Share Image
In all fairness to the auction companies ? most companies are not car experts, they are marketers. I caution buyers to make… — Mark Hyman, M.D Copy Share Image
By and large, the making of serious, thoughtful and occasionally valuable art has become a lonely persuasion, while the marketing of art… — Abe Ajay Copy Share Image
Once they witnessed one of his painting sold at auction for $100,000. And asked how you do it, he said, 'I feel… — Edgar Degas Copy Share Image
People were doing business with one another through the Internet already, through bulletin boards. But on the Web, we could make it… — Pierre Omidyar Copy Share Image
The best works do not necessarily get to auction. I like to draw, so maybe I give you a little drawing. And… — Marlene Dumas Copy Share Image
The book of the moment often has immense vogue, while the book of the age, which comes in its company from the… — Hamilton Wright Mabie Copy Share Image
The white American man makes the white American woman maybe not superfluous but just a little kind of decoration. Not really important… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
Scott has to be one of the most talented artists I've ever seen. He really captures his subjects in a unique way.… — Bob Lilly Copy Share Image
A saboteur in the house of art and a comedienne in the house of art theory, Lawler has spent three decades documenting… — Jerry Saltz Copy Share Image
I love writing in longhand. Writing in longhand, I think, is a marvelous thing to do for a writer these days. If… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
The government consists of a gang of men exactly like you and me. They have, taking one with another, no special talent… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
So, you're seeing the Rolls-Royces and the Bentley's still selling for big prices. You're seeing jewelry still selling, art works at auction.… — Robin Leach Copy Share Image
Auctions create greater price discovery and liquidity, resulting in a very meaningful final auction price. If you were building a securities exchange… — Tyler Winklevoss Copy Share Image
If you didn't auction the [CO2] permits, it would represent the largest corporate welfare program that has ever been enacted in the… — Peter R. Orszag Copy Share Image
You do it a day at a time. You just put your rejection slips in a shoebox and tell yourself one day… — James Lee Burke Copy Share Image
I was given all of my dad's guitars when he passed, and they were being stored at the house. My mother decided… — Dweezil Zappa Copy Share Image
Notwithstanding my grandmother's long and faithful service to her owners, not one of her children escaped the auction block. These God-breathing machines… — Harriet Ann Jacobs Copy Share Image
They have our bundles split open in museums / our dresses & shirts at auctions / our languages on tape / our… — Chrystos Copy Share Image
I talked to Larry the Cable Guy the other day. Larry's made more money than 10 people should ever make in a… — Jeff Foxworthy Copy Share Image
I don't know much about auctions. I sometimes go to previews and see art sardined into ugly rooms. I've gawked at the… — Jerry Saltz Copy Share Image
This isn't like an auction, right? You guys aren't going to take it away? — Jennifer Lawrence Copy Share Image
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