Cost Quotes
2670 Cost quotes by 1866 unique authors
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The greatest cost of the specialization of technological life - and out of which all other damages are birthed - is arguably our separation from…
— Richard Strozzi-Heckler
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Our growing ability to eliminate the slow-moving aspects of entertainment and go hopping from one peak to another is not without cost. Stand-up comics, movie-makers…
— William Raspberry
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Present suffering is not enjoyable, but life would be worth little without it. The difference between iron and steel is fire, but steel is worth…
— Maltbie Davenport Babcock
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The following sentiments are illustrative of the philosophy of the Talmud: "Love peace and pursue it at any cost." ... "Remember it is better to…
— Frederic Farrar
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The high cost of low living.
— Ezra Taft Benson
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A half century ago Herbert Wechsler could justify the legal right of deadly force self-defense in terms of the "universal judgment that there is no…
— Don Kates
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Mathematical study and research are very suggestive of mountaineering. Whymper made several efforts before he climbed the Matterhorn in the 1860's and even then it…
— Louis J. Mordell
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The important point is that the cost of adding a feature isn't just the time it takes to code it. The cost also includes the…
— John Carmack
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To treat programming scientifically, it must be possible to specify the required properties of programs precisely. Formality is certainly not an end in itself. The…
— Jim Horning
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When building a complex system, having crackerjack programmers (who can make any design work, even a bad one) can be a liability. The result, after…
— Richard E. Pattis
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Microsoft knows that reliable software is not cost effective. According to studies, 90% to 95% of all bugs are harmless. They're never discovered by users,…
— Bruce Schneier
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But, surprise - none of these blockbuster events made the slightest dent in Ben Graham's investment principles. Nor did they render unsound the negotiated purchases…
— Warren Buffett
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If the Wright brother were alive today Wilbur would have to fire Orville to reduce costs.
— Herb Kelleher
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The unions need to be taken on. British Airways is massively over-staffed and has got to get its costs down. . . . The problem…
— Michael O'Leary
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There has always been a certain romanticism associated with the airline business. We must avoid its perpetuation at Eastern at all costs.
— Frank Borman
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Regulation has gone astray. . . . Either because they have become captives of regulated industries or captains of outmoded administrative agencies, regulators all too…
— Edward Kennedy
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Avoid negative people at all costs. They are the greatest destroyers of self-confidence and self-esteem.
— Brian Tracy
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A tension has always existed between the capitalist imperative to maximize efficiency at any cost and the moral imperatives of culture, which historically have served…
— Michael Pollan
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Nothing can cost you someone you love. The only thing that can cost you your husband is if you believe a thought. That's how you…
— Byron Katie
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Poor management can increase software costs more rapidly than any other factor.
— Barry Boehm
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The price which society pays for the law of competition, like the price it pays for cheap comforts and luxuries, is great; but the advantages…
— Andrew Carnegie
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We've now become conscious of the uncalculated social, economic, and environmental costs of that kind of "unconscious" capitalism. And many are beginning to practice a…
— Patricia Aburdene
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Government barriers on Business For example, the Endangered Species Act prevents 'disturbing the habitat' of the spotted owl. That has restricted 4.2 million acres of…
— Rush Limbaugh
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People have traditionally turned to ritual to help them frame and acknowledge and ultimately even find joy in just such a paradox of being human…
— Michael Pollan
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What a thrill. You know you've entered new territory when you realise that your outfit cost more than your film.
— Unknown Author
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