Cannot Afford Quotes

212 quotes by 190 authors

We are innately creative beings capable of writing a love story worth living, and we cannot afford to miss out on the opportunity to experience… — David Simon
In fact, the converse is true: At a time when the United States has been called on for a level of moral leadership, vision and… — Adam Schiff
As a nation, we may take pride in the fact that we are softhearted; but we cannot afford to be soft-headed. — Franklin D. Roosevelt
But race is an issue that I believe this nation cannot afford to ignore right now. We would be making the same mistake that Reverend… — Barack Obama
You frighten a lot of scientists. If they say that climate is not changing, they lose their research grants. And some people cannot afford that;… — Nils-Axel Morner
Because of my own experience with market fluctuation, I recognize the great risks one takes on investments. This converts the Social Security safety net into… — Grace Napolitano
Expedients are for the hour, but principles are for the ages. Just because the rains descend, and the winds blow, we cannot afford to build… — Henry Ward Beecher
You don't have to do everything right as a parent, but there is one thing you cannot afford to get wrong. That one thing is… — Mark Batterson
As women, we cannot afford to neglect ourselves. — Michelle Obama
For now, decisions are upon us and we cannot afford delay. We cannot mistake absolutism for principle or substitute spectacle for politics, or treat name-calling… — Barack Obama
The Eeyore Educational System sees childhood as a waste of time, a luxury that society cannot afford . . . Put children in school at… — Benjamin Hoff
...Delay, says Dr. Manner, is a luxury which people with right-now cancers cannot afford. — Paul Harvey
We can never totally return to the indefensible pre-1967 borders, ... We simply cannot afford to make Israel 14.48 km (9 miles) wide again at… — Ehud Olmert
Our workers comp debt is the Achilles heel of our state's economy, and I firmly believe that in order to create more good jobs in… — Joe Manchin
This country cannot afford the deceptive luxury of waging defensive warfare. — James Forrestal
Poetry cannot afford to lose its fundamentally self-delighting inventiveness, its joy in being a process of language as well as a representation of things in… — Seamus Heaney
We cannot afford to be idle. To act on a bad idea is better than to not act at all. Because the worth of the… — Nick Cave
All of our days are numbered. We cannot afford to be idle. To act on a bad idea is better than to not act at… — Nick Cave
A successful book cannot afford to be more than ten percent new. — Marshall McLuhan
Is this Nation stating it cannot afford to spend an additional $600 million to help the developing nations of the world become strong and free… — John F. Kennedy

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