The most politically painless way to hand out goodies, without taking responsibility for their costs, is to pass a law saying that… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
An aircraft which is used by wealthy people on their expense accounts, whose fares are subsidized by much poorer taxpayers. — Denis Healey Copy Share Image
Racism is a way to gain economic advantage at the expense of others. Slavery and plantations may be gone, but racism still… — Alveda King Copy Share Image
That should be regarded as a loss, which is won at the expense of our reputation. — Publilius Syrus Copy Share Image
Once Congress establishes that one person can live at the expense of another, it pays for everyone to try to do so. — Walter E. Williams Copy Share Image
protected businesses never, never become competitive ... Halliburton, Bechtel, Parsons, KPMG, RTI, Blackwater and all other U.S. corporations that were in Iraq… — Naomi Klein Copy Share Image
Get out of debt. In a world of stagnant incomes and rising core expenses like mortgage and health care costs, that's a… — Elizabeth Warren Copy Share Image
I always thought that being at Time and tweaking your bosses and exploiting your expense account was just fun. Just joyous. — Joel Stein Copy Share Image
Those who bequeath unto themselves a pompous funeral, are at just so much expense to inform the world of something that had… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
In proportion to our body mass, our brain is three times as large as that of our nearest relatives. This huge organ… — Susan Blackmore Copy Share Image
What a vast fraternity it is,--that of 'Hearts that Ache.' For the last three months it has seemed to me as though… — Henry Adams Copy Share Image
The government - the ultimate short-term-oriented player - cannot withstand much pain in the economy or the financial markets. Bailouts and rescues… — Seth Klarman 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
People invest in companies in order to get a share of the profit that company will make. If the Government increases its… — Malcolm Turnbull Copy Share Image
It is worth the expense of youthful days and costly hours, if you learn only some words of an ancient language, which… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
So vast a sum, receiving all the protection and benefits of the government, without bearing its proportion of the burdens and expenses… — Ulysses S. Grant Copy Share Image
Man is the only Patriot. He sets himself apart in his own country, under his own flag, and sneers at the other… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
The truly greedy, it seems to me, are those who think they've a right to live well at the expense of others. — Jack Kelly Copy Share Image
Tis use alone that sanctifies expense And splendor borrow all her rays from sense. — Alexander Pope Copy Share Image
When it comes to reforming MPs' expenses, the answer is simply to keep it simple: show us receipts as they're claimed and,… — Heather Brooke Copy Share Image
It is the large aggregate of small things perpetually occurring that robs me of all my time. The expense of learning to… — Hannah More Copy Share Image
It is clear that the nations of the world now can only rise and fall together. It is not a question of… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
