Costly Quotes

221 Costly quotes by 187 unique authors

Our situation is truly delicate & critical. On the one hand we are in need of a strong federal government founded on principles that will… — Mercy Otis Warren
A world without the United Nations or with a paralyzed United Nations would be far more costly to all of us and far more dangerous… — Richard Holbrooke
No big shocker that following Jesus is costly. The best things in life always are. — Louie Giglio
People with tiny glasses and costly shoes can always find a couple of hours to explain how you did it all wrong. — Merlin Mann
Candidates don't have to deal with reality. They talk about the wonderful things they can accomplish as if advocating them is the same as achieving… — Fred Barnes
The superior gratification derived from the use and contemplation of costly and supposedly beautiful products is, commonly, in great measure a gratification of our sense… — Thucydides
Preparation through education is less costly than learning through tragedy. — Unknown Author
A single factory, potentially capable of supplying a whole continent with its particular product, cannot afford to wait until the public asks for its product;… — Edward Bernays
What is wanted - whether this is admitted or not - is nothing less than a fundamental remolding, indeed weakening and abolition of the individual:… — Friedrich Nietzsche
It does not matter how frequently something succeeds if failure is too costly to bear. — Nassim Nicholas Taleb
The very ritual practices that the New Atheists dismiss as costly, inefficient and irrational turn out to be a solution to one of the hardest… — Jonathan Haidt
Peace is a costly privilege-to be fought for, attained and won. It comes only from a conquered mind. — Paul Brunton
Government-mandated and -subsidized ethanol from corn will go down in history as the "Iraq War" of environmental solutions: ill-considered, costly, and disastrous. — Van Jones
Ferguson argued that British involvement in World War I was unnecessary, far too costly in lives and money for any advantage gained, and a Pyrrhic… — David Harsanyi
Of course, let us have peace, we cry, "but at the same time let us have normalcy, let us lose nothing, let our lives stand… — Daniel Berrigan
Social change involves helping people see new options for making life wonderful that are less costly to get needs met. — Marshall B. Rosenberg
The long-range sloution to high unemployment is to increase the incentive for ordinary people to save, invest, work, and employ others. We make it costly… — Milton Friedman
In the gospel of Jesus, sincere and costly discipleship always accompanies genuine conversion. The gospel of Jesus teaches men that a mere profession of faith… — Paul Washer
But the safety of the world, in some sense, depends on your saying no to inhumane ideas. Standing up for one's own integrity makes you… — Gabrielle Giffords
The incentive to peacemaking is love, but it degenerates into appeasement whenever justice is ignored. To forgive and to ask for forgiveness are both costly… — John Stott
Stories worked much the same way . . . A false note at the beginning was much more costly than one nearer the end because… — Richard Russo
The great merit of gold is precisely that it is scarce; that its quantity is limited by nature; that it is costly to discover, to… — Henry Hazlitt
We have by far the most expensive health system in the world. We spend 50 percent more per person than the next most costly nation.… — Kathleen Sebelius
Now, is it the case that Facebook is actually run by U.S. intelligence? No, it's not like that. It's simply that U.S. intelligence is able… — Julian Assange
Now love's the only thing that's free /We must take it where it's found /Pretty soon it may be costly — Tracy Chapman

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