It is the ignorant person who seeks his or her own ends at the expense of the greater whole. It is the… — Ralph Waldo Trine Copy Share Image
Almost anything makes me laugh, especially jokes at my own expense. And I will never, ever admit to being ticklish anywhere. — Judd Nelson Copy Share Image
With the continued support of citizens who refuse to accept inaction at the expense of future generations, we will lead the world… — Diana DeGette Copy Share Image
The reputation of those countries which cater to the foreign policy interests of other states at the expense of their own national… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
Pleasure which must be enjoyed at the expense of another's pain, can never be enjoyed by a worthy mind. Pleasure's couch is… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Our building practices for the past century have been plain stupid - especially the glorification of the single-family house in a subdivision,… — James Howard Kunstler Copy Share Image
I think our trade policies, for many, many years, have been a disaster. They have benefited corporate America at the expense of… — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
I was funny -- ha-ha, not peculiar. It was a modest currency, like pennies: pedestrian, somewhat laborious, but a currency nonetheless. I… — Claire Messud Copy Share Image
I had been educated with free scholarships. I went to nine different universities, always at public expense, and when you have that… — James A. Michener Copy Share Image
The ability to face constructively the tension of opposing ideas and instead of choosing one at the expense of the other, generate… — Roger Martin Copy Share Image
Funeral expenses are the curse of the poor everywhere on earth, they are wasteful and unnecessary, they are the price of foolish… — Joyce Cary Copy Share Image
And with the money from your corn, from your rents, and from the issues of pleas in your courts, and from your… — Robert Grosseteste Copy Share Image
Islam was something like a Christian heresy. The early heresies had been full of mad reversals and evasions of the Incarnation, rescuing… — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
What is or is not the jargon is determined by whether the word is written in an intonation which places it transcendently… — Theodor Adorno Copy Share Image
At the age of nineteen, on my own initiative and at my own expense, I raised an army by means of which… — Augustus Copy Share Image
Patriotism at the expense of another nation is as wicked as racism at the expense of another race. . . Let us… — William Sloane Coffin Copy Share Image
The one great principle of the English law is, to make business for itself. There is no other principle distinctly, certainly, and… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
Any consideration of the life and larger social existence of the modern corporate man begins and also largely ends with the effect… — John Kenneth Galbraith Copy Share Image
Yes, the South-becoming always poorer-and the North-becoming always richer ...Richer, too in the resources of weapons with which the superpowers and blocs… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
Human rights' are a fine thing, but how can we make ourselves sure that our rights do not expand at the expense… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I have thoroughly tried school-keeping, and found that my expenses were in proportion, or rather out of proportion, to my income,for I… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
We talk of globalization, and how much money is needed for the education of children in the world, their liberation and rehabilitation… — Kailash Satyarthi Copy Share Image
Many politicians and pundits claim that the credit crunch and high mortgage foreclosure rate is an example of market failure and want… — Walter E. Williams Copy Share Image
The militia is the natural defense of a free country against sudden foreign invasions, domestic insurrections, and domestic usurpations of power by… — Joseph Story Copy Share Image
We preferred our own way of living. We were no expense to the government. All we wanted was peace and to be… — Crazy Horse Copy Share Image
Almost all photographers have incurred large expenses in the pursuit of tiny audiences, finding that the wonder they'd hoped to share is… — Robert Adams Copy Share Image
Criticism is a study by which men grow important and formidable at very small expense. He whom nature has made weak, and… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
All that has been done to weaken the foundation of an implicit faith in the Bible, as a whole, has been at… — J. G. Holland Copy Share Image
Today the devil as a wolf in supposedly a new suit of sheep’s clothing is enticing some men to parrot his line… — Ezra Taft Benson Copy Share Image
Taboos are always going to be interesting.Our [ with Michael Dumontier] style has its range and there is room for explicitness in… — Neil Farber Copy Share Image
The goal is not to improve one measurement in isolation. The goal is to reduce operational expenses AND reduce inventories and increase… — Eliyahu M. Goldratt Copy Share Image
Can you support the expense of a husband, hussy, in gaming, drinking and whoring? Have you money enough to carry on the… — John Gay Copy Share Image
We now have a global community that calculates how to maximize the benefits for a few at the expense of the majority — Irene Fernandez Copy Share Image
So long as the millions live in hunger and ignorance, I hold every man a traitor who, having been educated at their… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
The determined scholar and the man of virtue will not seek to live at the expense of injuring their virtue. They will… — Confucius Copy Share Image
In real estate, many investors love triple net leases. With NNN's investors receive income without the expenses of taxes, repairs and insurance.… — Robert Kiyosaki Copy Share Image
No sustainable prosperity or security can be attained at the expense or marginalization of others. Indeed, in today’s world, humanity will either… — Nayef Al-Rodhan Copy Share Image
Wishful thinking is not idealism. It is self-indulgence at best and self-exaltation at worst. In either case, it is usually at the… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
Long gone are the days when hospital stays and surgeries made up the bulk of seniors annual medical expenses. — Jim Gerlach Copy Share Image
Avoid getting wrapped up in things - especially status purchases - as these often come at the expense of people and relationships. — Wanda Urbanska Copy Share Image