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title: "8 Free Bought Quotes by 7 authors"
description: "Browse 8 Free Bought quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best Free Bought sayings and thoughts."
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> [All my life I thought air was free, until I bought a bag of chips...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/all-my-life-i-thought-air-was-free-until-i-bought-a-bag-of-chips/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3e1/anonymous-1_chips_all-my-life-i-thought-air-was-free-until_69867.jpg)

> [I mean, it's real hard to be free when you are bought and sold in the marketplace.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-nicholson/i-mean-it-s-real-hard-to-be-free-when-you-are-bought-and-sold-in-the/)

[Jack Nicholson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-nicholson/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2e7/jack-nicholson-1283_easy-rider_i-mean-it-s-real-hard-to-be-free-when-yo_239712.jpg)

> [Copyrights have not expired, and will not expire, so long as Congress is free to be bought to extend them again.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lawrence-lessig/copyrights-have-not-expired-and-will-not-expire-so-long-as-congress/)

[Lawrence Lessig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lawrence-lessig/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dde/lawrence-lessig-3201_congress_copyrights-have-not-expired-and-will-not_848259.png)

> [All my life I thought air was free until I bought a bag o chips...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ana/all-my-life-i-thought-air-was-free-until-i-bought-a-bag-o-chips/)

[Ana](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ana/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5b3/ana-1070_funny_all-my-life-i-thought-air-was-free-until_912460.jpg)

> [Freedom is not free. It is bought at a high price. It can be squandered cheaply.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-pournelle/freedom-is-not-free-it-is-bought-at-a-high-price-it-can-be-squandered/)

[Jerry Pournelle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-pournelle/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/79b/jerry-pournelle-10851_freedom_freedom-is-not-free-it-is-bought-at-a-hi_1817121.jpg)

> [All my life I thought air was free…Then I bought a bag of chips.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/darrin-mcmanus/all-my-life-i-thought-air-was-free-then-i-bought-a-bag-of-chips/)

[Darrin McManus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/darrin-mcmanus/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/796/darrin-mcmanus-38469_chips_all-my-life-i-thought-air-was-free-then_2341514.jpg)

> [I mean, it's real hard to be free when you are bought and sold in the marketplace. Of course, don't ever tell…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-nicholson/i-mean-it-s-real-hard-to-be-free-when-you-are-bought-and-sold-in-the-2/)

[Jack Nicholson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-nicholson/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/75b/jack-nicholson-1283_busy_i-mean-it-s-real-hard-to-be-free-when-yo_2713673.jpg)

> [All my life I thought air is free until I bought a bag of chips.. :P](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ritu-ghatourey/all-my-life-i-thought-air-is-free-until-i-bought-a-bag-of-chips-p/)

[Ritu Ghatourey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ritu-ghatourey/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7b2/ritu-ghatourey-5_chips_all-my-life-i-thought-air-is-free-until_2954169.jpg)

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