Cost Quotes

2670 Cost quotes by 1866 unique authors

I like best the wine drunk at the cost of others. — Diogenes
History is strewn with the wrecks of nations which have gained a little progressiveness at the cost of a great deal of hard manliness, and… — Walter Bagehot
I was a supporter and believer in the death penalty, but I've begun to see that this system doesn't work and it isn't functional. It… — Gil Garcetti
I don't know if the question is whether you believe in capital punishment anymore. I think the greater question is its effectiveness and given the… — Unknown Author
To top it off, for those of you who are interested in the economics, it costs more to pursue a capital case toward execution than… — Ralph Nader
The costs can't be borne by smaller counties particularly, so if the crime occurs in a large county you might be charged with the death… — Unknown Author
They sensed that what had happened around them and in their presence, and in them, was irrevocable. Never again could it be cleansed; it would… — Primo Levi
The cost of taxpayer compliance with [the tax code] is over $80 billion per year, more than eight times the cost of the IRS budget — Unknown Author
The engineer who counts cost as nothing as compared to the result, who holds himself above the consideration of dollars and cents, has missed his… — Unknown Author
What really happens is that the gene pool becomes filled with genes that influence bodies in such a way that they behave 'as if' they… — Richard Dawkins
Cost is always an object - the second law of thermodynamics sees to that — Daniel Dennett
There is economics in biology, nothing is free, everything has to be paid for, there are costs as well as benefits to everything in life,… — Richard Dawkins
Our goal is long-term growth in revenue and absolute profit.. so we invest aggressively in future innovation while tightly managing our short-term costs. — Larry Page
Governments do not necessarily act in the national interest, especially when making detailed microeconomic interventions. Instead, they are influenced by interest group pressures. The kinds… — Paul Krugman
Government should be good for the liberty of the governed, and that is when it governs to the least possible degree. It should be good… — Augustin Thierry
In my judgment, we have to avoid, at all costs, tax increases. That would be the worst possible thing to do and will make a… — Meg Whitman
In this global economy, no jobs are safe. High-speed Internet connections and low-cost, skilled labor overseas are an explosive combination. — Bob Taft
Believing that the rustle in the grass is a dangerous predator when it is only the wind does not cost much, but believing that a… — Michael Shermer
Suppose you had a small electrical fire and... a structural engineer [looked] at your home's wiring [and] reports that the wiring is "shot" and there… — Steven Chu
In the quest for comparative advantage, investment will flow towards those countries that can offer more output for fewer emissions. Inaction will cost jobs. Action… — Julia Gillard
The cost in human lives and suffering is so high that we all have to work to end violence and oppression once and for all.… — Federico Mayor Zaragoza
Costs are incurred whenever any group is treated as lesser or the other, whether they are women, racial, or religious minorities, or the LGBT. — Hillary Clinton
The international equity question arises from the costs of climate change itself and mitigation varying greatly across countries. It is affected by the historical responsibility… — Ross Garnaut
It may be unpopular and out-of-date to say-but I do not think that a scientific result which gives us a better understanding of the world… — Alfred Tarski
The climate crisis is the greatest challenge humanity has ever faced. From not only the warming of the earth with higher global temperatures, but also… — Al Gore

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