Afford Quotes
1301 Afford quotes by 1036 unique authors
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The question is, when so many others cut corners, shave the truth, self-deal, believe in the fast buck, and follow the crowd along the low…
— Price Pritchett
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Every young woman should dress well, that is, neatly, tastefully, modestly, whether she be rich or poor. Conspicuous dressing is vulgar. True refinement avoids anything…
— J.R. Miller
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You either make it illegal, in which case you support a huge underground economy or you tax it within the limits people can afford.
— Kevin O'Leary
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The abjectly poor, and all those person whose energies are entirely absorbed by the struggle for daily sustenance, are conservative because they cannot afford the…
— Thorstein Veblen
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Although reading the classics in Latin in school may be not as fulfilling as it would be at a more mature age, few scientists can…
— George Andrew Olah
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I have often urged my young friends, when faced with an adversary, to "play polo" with him; i.e., not to go at him bald-headed but…
— Robert Baden-Powell
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Well, we can't afford blindness anymore. There are tens of thousands of thugs who loathe liberty and love death, and want to annihilate Western civilization.
— Tony Snow
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You cannot afford to live in potential for the rest of your life; at some point, you have to unleash the potential and make your…
— Eric Thomas
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My first ever job after college was as a flight attendant. I wanted to travel and could not afford it, so I decided to get…
— Jacqueline Winspear
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We might compare each day's decisions with the work of steering a boat. Our efforts will result in nebulous confusion if we make a wrong…
— Hideo Kojima
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Until the first blow fell, no one was convinced that Penn Station really would be demolished, or that New York would permit this monumental act…
— Ada Louise Huxtable
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Now is the time to get serious about living your ideals. Once you have determined the spiritual principles you wish to exemplify, abide by these…
— Epictetus
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If you have no friends to share or rejoice in your success in life - if you cannot look back to those whom you owe…
— Walter Scott
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Who can estimate the real wealth that inheres in a fine character. . . . How base and mean money and huge estates look in…
— Orison Swett Marden
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God's ways seem dark, but, soon or late, They touch the shining hills of day; The evil cannot brook delay, The good can well afford…
— John Greenleaf Whittier
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Daisy, Daisy, give me your answer, do! I'm half crazy, all for the love of you! It won't be a stylish marriage I can't afford…
— Unknown Author
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A lot of us are working harder than we want, at things we don't like to do. Why? It figures! In order to afford the…
— Unknown Author
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I mean, in some cases with libel laws, you know, they can write things about people who have no course of action, because they can't…
— Elton John
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The indescribable innocence and beneficence of Nature-of sun and wind and rain, of summer and winter-such health, such cheer, they afford forever! and such sympathy…
— Henry David Thoreau
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We Japanese enjoy the small pleasures, not extravagance. I believe a man should have a simple lifestyle - even if he can afford more.
— Masaru Ibuka
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Never again can we afford to live with the narrow, provincial "outside agitator" idea. Anyone who lives inside the United States can never be considered…
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
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I believe no one can afford, endure or can stomach leaving half a life in the parking lot when she or he goes to work.…
— Ricardo Semler
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I have never been an ambitious person, and my participation in this industry is a fluke, but only male writers can afford to be coy…
— Diablo Cody
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It is wrong to wear diamonds before luncheon, except on one’s marriage rings. Before, after, and during breakfast, luncheon and dinner, it is vulgar to…
— Judith Martin
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You know, the world’s not running out of oil. There’s all kinds of oil left in all kinds of places. …We’re never going to run…
— Jeff Rubin
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