Afford Quotes

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To my mind, you cannot speak about the need for leadership within our communities without being prepared to take on responsibility yourself. It's not enough… — Jackie Huggins
We must not allow ourselves to become like the system we oppose. We cannot afford to use methods of which we will be ashamed when… — Desmond Tutu
When we hang on to resentments, we poison ourselves. As compulsive overeaters, we cannot afford resentment, since it exacerbates our disease. — Elizabeth I
Drug companies spend more on advertising and marketing than on research, more on research on lifestyle drugs than on life saving drugs, and almost nothing… — Joseph Stiglitz
When you are in the public eye you cannot afford to show doubts. I do my crying alone. — Unknown Author
Your trees must be tended; if you can afford it, you owe it to them. I don't buy expensive plants; if I am extravagant in… — Elisabeth Murdoch
The indescribable innocence of and beneficence of Nature,-of sun and wind and rain, of summer and winter,-such health, such cheer, they afford forever! — Henry David Thoreau
Society does not need more children; but it does need more loved children. Quite literally, we cannot afford unloved children - but we pay heavily… — Garrett Hardin
I spent the past week here in India getting a sense of the reality of HIV and AIDS in people's lives. Fathers and mothers are… — Ralph Fiennes
Investing in [children] is not a national luxury or a national choice. It's a national necessity. If the foundation of your house is crumbling, you… — Marian Wright Edelman
What is of the greatest importance in war is extraordinary speed: One cannot afford to neglect opportunity. — Sun Tzu
If you have more than 120 or 130 I.Q. points, you can afford to give the rest away. You don't need extraordinary intelligence to succeed… — Warren Buffett
I don't want to take up literature in a money-making spirit, or be very anxious about making large profits, but selling it at a loss… — Lewis Carroll
Let the reader find that he cannot afford to omit any line of your writing because you you have omitted every word that he can… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Where there are few people, and a great quantity of fertile land, the power of the earth to afford a yearly increase of food may… — Thomas Malthus
The world cannot afford to lose the talents of half it's people if we are to solve the many problems that beset us. — Rosalyn Sussman Yalow
Humanity cannot afford to acknowledge all of the blood that it spills and the destruction it inflicts on the world in its effort to perpetuate… — Jeremy Rifkin
Just like becoming an expert in wine, you learn by drinking it, the best you can afford. — Julia Child
Clearly, the pleasures wines afford are transitory - but so are those of the ballet, or of a musical performance. Wine is inspiring and adds… — Napoleon Bonaparte
If we want to cultivate a true spirit of democracy we cannot afford to be intolerant. Intolerance betrays want of faith in one's cause. — Mahatma Gandhi

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