Expense Quotes

529 quotes by 442 authors

It was expected of me that I was to bow to the name of Andrew Jackson... even at the expense of my conscience and judgement.… — Davy Crockett
A sure way to lose happiness, I found, is to want it at the expense of everything else. — Bette Davis
Most comedy is based on getting a laugh at somebody else's expense. And I find that that's just a form of bullying in a major… — Ellen DeGeneres
Fame and power are the objects of all men. Even their partial fruition is gained by very few; and that, too, at the expense of… — Benjamin Disraeli
Postmodernism is among other things a sick joke at the expense of revolutionary avant-gardism. — Terry Eagleton
Be advised that all flatterers live at the expense of those who listen to them. — Jean de La Fontaine
Every flatterer lives at the expense of him who listens to him. — Jean de La Fontaine
One marvels why the middle classes still insist on so much discomfort for their children at such expense to themselves. — E. M. Forster
Those who prepared for all the emergencies of life beforehand may equip themselves at the expense of joy. — E. M. Forster
Businesses fail when they over-invest in what is at the expense of what could be. — Gary Hamel
The conflict between religion and science is inherent and (very nearly) zero-sum. The success of science often comes at the expense of religious dogma; the… — Sam Harris
War grows out of the desire of the individual to gain advantage at the expense of his fellow man. — Napoleon Hill
I think, though, as African-American women, we are always trained to value our community even at the expense of ourselves, and so we attempt to… — Anita Hill
The international community is pushing things forward in Bosnia... but it is doing it at expense of the Muslim people. I feel it as an… — Alija Izetbegovic
My father is a real idealist, and he's all about learning. If I asked for a pair of Nikes growing up, it was just a… — Hugh Jackman
The Creator has not thought proper to mark those in the forehead who are of stuff to make good generals. We are first, therefore, to… — Thomas Jefferson
Legislation can neither be wise nor just which seeks the welfare of a single interest at the expense and to the injury of many and… — Andrew Johnson
If you stop and think about it, nearly all great humor is at the expense of someone or something. — Alan King
Racism is a way to gain economic advantage at the expense of others. Slavery and plantations may be gone, but racism still allows us to… — Alveda King
Telling us to obey instinct is like telling us to obey 'people.' People say different things: so do instincts. Our instincts are at war... Each… — C.S. Lewis

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