... that when you're buying books, you're optimistically thinking you're buying the time to read them. (Paraphrase of Schopenhauer) — Arthur Schopenhauer Copy Share Image
Well, I've got a color telly, and a fridge. I've got some pork chops in the fridge, but the chops keep going… — Syd Barrett Copy Share Image
As a child, I envisioned a career in the hard sciences. In sixth grade, I was buying college chemistry textbooks. — Reggie Fils-Aime Copy Share Image
The Louvre stopped buying paintings in 1848, and neither the Metropolitan nor the Hermitage acquire contemporary material. — Neil MacGregor Copy Share Image
Asking, "How much is it?" is THE BIGGEST buying signal. Telling me, "Your price is too high." is THE SECOND BIGGEST buying… — Jeffrey Gitomer Copy Share Image
If you pay 50 million for something, you probably pay another 50 to 100 million to activate it. And the more you… — Martin Sorrell Copy Share Image
I do think there is continuing sense in people buying recipe books from somebody they trust. — Rick Stein Copy Share Image
When buying vintage, it's important to choose pieces that you feel like you've already owned for years. — Jeremiah Brent Copy Share Image
Our focus is on the forward end of things: the customer and what does he want to do? If you're buying underwear… — Gerry Lopez Copy Share Image
We always get dressings and sauces on the side. However, we definitely like our glass of wine - or three sometimes. We… — Dayna Devon Copy Share Image
I have lots of CDs that came out at one time or another, and according to the statements I've gotten, no one's… — Mose Allison Copy Share Image
One day we will have more inflation, and our bonds will bleed like a pig. The only reason for buying long bonds… — Jeremy Grantham Copy Share Image
I have seen books made of things neither studied nor ever understood ... the author contenting himself for his own part, to… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
It’s always going to be easy to live like others or other’s life, because creating or innovating something of own is always… — Anuj Copy Share Image
You work with people who are obsessive about shopping, obsessive about owning things and buying things, like this purchase is going to… — David LaChapelle Copy Share Image
I like eating out. I like buying beautiful paintings and being surrounded by beautiful things. I have to finance that life. I… — Andrew Motion Copy Share Image
Man today is fascinated by the possibility of buying, more, better, and especially, new things. He is consumption hungry... To buy the… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
With such a perishable, expensive and important product buying truffles can be a leap of faith for a chef. Working with Céline… — Douglas Keane Copy Share Image
While I've always been critical about this peddling of spiritual materialism, it wasn't until I went to Nepal that I came face-to-face… — Alexander Weinstein Copy Share Image
The most realistic distinction between the investor and the speculator is found in their attitude toward stock-market movements. The speculator's primary interest… — Benjamin Graham Copy Share Image
As I have mentioned before, we cannot make the same sort of money out of permanent ownership of controlled businesses that can… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
Far too often, we fathers avoid the subject because it's so awkward. The subject I am referring to is: buying gifts for… — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
“Ever see something in a store that you gotta have? How about those rainbow suspenders you wore only once? Prevent the "wish-I-hadn't"s… — Ingrid Roper Copy Share Image
Some day, as soon as a book is printed it will be simultaneously put into digital form. That will be a wonderful… — Anne Fadiman Copy Share Image
Instead of buying into the global agenda, which is using food as just industrial stuff, we would say we view food as… — Joel Salatin Copy Share Image
I rely on myself very much. I just think that you have an instinct and you go with it. Especially when it… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
I kept buying bigger and bigger jeans, and once the size 14s got too tight, I thought, That's it. I'm not buying… — Valerie Bertinelli Copy Share Image
Every kid looks forward to buying their first JanSport backpack for school - you know my kids did! — Michelle Buteau Copy Share Image
I'm not a consumer. I hate buying clothes. I don't have a mobile. I just don't need things. I don't like things. — Yann Martel Copy Share Image
Buying a matching blouse and skirt from the same store is a crime. A clever mix of chic and cheap hits the… — Ines de La Fressange Copy Share Image
Manipulating currencies is when you're going into the marketplace and buying something in large amounts to depress the value of the currency. — Jamie Dimon Copy Share Image
When I was 18, I was working at Luton airport and spending all my money on going out and buying tops. I… — Stacey Dooley Copy Share Image
I have this weird obsession about buying books and looking at them with a smile, even if I won't read them soon.… — Anais Nin Copy Share Image
To buy when others are despondently selling and sell when others are greedily buying requires the greatest fortitude and pays the greatest… — John Templeton Copy Share Image
I never buy a piece of art. I don't see the point in buying something because I know my eyes will get… — Karl Pilkington Copy Share Image
Buying new books supports the writer by providing both a royalty and an audience; a writer whose book sells well has a… — Celeste Ng Copy Share Image
“The reality is that stuff does not bring happiness. Instead, buying more than we need breeds nothing but discontentment.” — Ruth Soukup Copy Share Image
Be extra careful when buying into companies and industries that are the current darlings of the financial community. — Philip Arthur Fisher Copy Share Image
One market paradigm that I take exception to is: Buy low and sell high. I believe far more money is made by… — Richard Driehaus Copy Share Image
Home ownership was the fig leaf for the rise in subprime lending. But that was really about cash-out refinancings, not buying homes. — Bethany McLean Copy Share Image
