Expensive Quotes

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A sentence begins quite simply, then it undulates and expands, parentheses intervene like quick-set hedges, the flowers of comparison bloom, and three fields off, like… — E. M. Forster
The purely random sample is the only kind that can be examined with confidence by means of statistical theory, but there is one things wrong… — Darrell Huff
Never do anything to a clitoris with your teeth that you wouldn't do to an expensive waterproof wristwatch. — P.J. O'Rourke
My clothes have always been expensive. Even though I have had a few lower-priced lines over the years, little by little everything I do tends… — Jean Paul Gaultier
The silver ore of pure charity is an expensive article in the catalogue of a man's good qualities. — Richard Brinsley Sheridan
We Americans have always considered Hollywood, at best, a sinkhole of depraved venality. And, of course, it is. It is not a Protective Monastery of… — David Mamet
Mistakes are a part of life; you can't avoid them. All you can hope is that they won't be too expensive and that you don't… — Lee Iacocca
Growing up in the Midwest, people don't drive Porsches and Ferraris. They drive Fords and Chevys. And so even if you have the opportunity to… — Luke Perry
I've lived a slower and less expensive life going off the grid, and I'm happier because of it. — Ed Begley, Jr.
Since I'm known as a 'rich person', I feel I have to tip at least $5 each time I check my coat. On top of… — Aristotle Onassis
And I don't consider Broadway the acropolis of theatrical art. I mean Broadway is commercial - that's what it is. It's expensive seats and a… — Tony Kushner
It's not good enough to give it tender, loving care, to supply it with breakfast foods, to buy it expensive educations. Those things don't mean… — George Wald
There are certain things that are inherently scarce. For example, there is only a certain amount of beachfront property in California. It is going to… — Ralph Merkle
As far as expense, I think if 'Twilight' does well enough, then we should be able to do the big expensive stuff for the sequels.… — Stephenie Meyer
Governments of all stripes want to deliver growth and rebalance their economies now that they have learned the hard way that, left to their own… — Frances O'Grady
Many rogue sites exist to make a profit and others are enormously expensive to maintain. If they don't have the resources to continue stealing intellectual… — Jared Polis
Therapy is extremely expensive. Popping bubble wrap is radically cheap. — Jimmy Buffett
Prices in Italy are only slightly lower than in France, which means that Italy is a very expensive country for everyone, natives, visitors and tourists. — George Mikes
W.Z. Foster {head of the American Communist Party}, who had no money, went to Moscow and came back and announced that he was building a… — Samuel Gompers
I'm a romantic, and I like guys to bring flowers and buy some gifts - not expensive things, just romantic things. — Bai Ling

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