Expense Quotes

529 quotes by 455 authors

It is for the good of nations, and not for the emolument or aggrandizement of particular individuals, that government ought to be established, and that… — Thomas Paine
It is too often forgotten that when the Europeans gained enough maritime skills and gunpowder to conquer most of the world, they not only colonized… — John Henrik Clarke
No idea can succeed except at the expense of sacrifice; no one ever escapes without enduring strain from the struggle of life. — Ernest Renan
Unicef's education initiative does not seek to impose, but to initiate and integrate. It does, however, aim to address the huge bias towards education for… — Ralph Fiennes
Far too many bodybuilders spend too much time exercising the smaller muscle groups such as the biceps at the expense of the larger muscle groups… — Reg Park
I can't say that I was my happiest on court, but I felt completely free. Free from family obligations, free from my own torment. In… — Jimmy Connors
The Pacific no longer represents menacing avenues of approach for a prospective invader. It assumes, instead, the friendly aspect of a peaceful lake. Our line… — Douglas MacArthur
The enemy is still proud and powerful. He is hard to get at. He still possesses enormous armies, vast resources, and invaluable strategic territories...No one… — Winston Churchill
Concentrated power can be always wielded in the interest of the few and at the expense of the many. Government in its last analysis is… — Lucy Parsons
Pleasure which must be enjoyed at the expense of another's pain, can never be enjoyed by a worthy mind. Pleasure's couch is virtues grave. — Augustine Joseph Hickey Duganne
"People's minds are trained largely at the expense of their hearts." This is not so; it is only that there are more educable minds than… — Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
Those who bequeath unto themselves a pompous funeral, are at just so much expense to inform the world of something that had much better be… — Charles Caleb Colton
...By allowing businesses to expense up to $75,000, it means somebody is more likely to buy a copying machine, or in this case, an architectural...… — George W. Bush
Discrimination is discrimination no matter who the victim is, and it is always wrong. There are no special rights in America, despite the attempts by… — Julian Bond
Academies that are founded at public expense are instituted not so much to cultivate men's natural abilities as to restrain them. — Baruch Spinoza
Spare no expense to make everything as economical as possible. — Samuel Goldwyn
I find it hard to believe that the machine would go into the creative artist's hand even were that magic hand in true place. It… — Frank Lloyd Wright
Avoid witticisms at the expense of others. — Horace Mann
I can never think of promoting my convenience at the expense of a friend's interest and inclination. — George Washington
Shame on the men who can court exemption from present trouble and expense at the price of their own posterity's liberty! — Samuel Adams

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