Goods Quotes

620 Goods quotes by 503 unique authors

What are American dry-goods? asked the duchess, raising her large hands in wonder and accentuating the verb. American novels, answered Lord Henry. — Oscar Wilde
Look at all the things that can go wrong for men. There’s the nothing-happening-at-all problem, the too-much-happening-too-soon problem, the dismal-droop-after-a-promising-beginning problem; there’s the size-doesn’t-matter-except-in-my-case problem,… — Nick Hornby
America's abundance was created not by public sacrifices to the common good, but by the productive genius of free men who pursued their own personal… — Ayn Rand
She's no lady. Her songs are all unbelievably unhappy or lewd. It's called Blues. She sings about sore feet, sexual relations, baked goods, killing your… — Ann-Marie MacDonald
For example, the supporters of tariffs treat it as self-evident that the creation of jobs is a desirable end, in and of itself, regardless of… — Milton Friedman
...Individualistic material progress and the desire to gain prestige by coming out on top have taken over from the sense of fellowship, compassion and community.… — Jean Vanier
A community that is growing rich and seeks only to defend its goods and its reputation is dying. It has ceased to grow in love.… — Jean Vanier
Downstairs in the lounge, by the third pillar from the left, there sits an old lady with a sweet, placid, spinsterish face and a mind… — Agatha Christie
I wished that my job was baking muffins in a muffin shop, where all I'd have to do was crack eggs and measure flour and… — Jennifer Weiner
Where people work longest and with least leisure, they buy the fewest goods. No towns were so poor as those of England where the people,… — Henry Ford
Poverty is not a certain small amount of goods, nor is it just a relation between means and ends; above all it is a relation… — Christopher Ryan
She gestured toward his very fine chest with her pencil. “On the off chance I find out after we’re married that your declaration of abiding… — Susan Elizabeth Phillips
Escape is a consumer goods like another — Iain Banks
Everybody is damaged goods. Everybody got bumps and dents, ja? But sometimes two people fit together, and the bumps go into the dents, and you… — Paul Quarrington
Much of what is today called "social criticism" consists of members of the upper classes denouncing the tastes of the lower classes (bawdy entertainment, fast… — Steven Pinker
Equality lies only in human moral dignity. ... Let there be brothers first, then there will be brotherhood, and only then will there be a… — Fyodor Dostoevsky
The "non-profit" institution neither supplies goods or services not controls. Its "product" is neither a pair of shoes nor an effective regulation. Its product is… — Peter Drucker
In regards to the price of commodities, the rise of wages operates as simple interest does, the rise of profit operates like compound interest. Our… — Adam Smith
Our Father who art in nature, who has given the gift of survival to the coyote, the common brown rat, the English sparrow, the house… — John Steinbeck
The contrast between the familiar and the exceptional was everywhere around me. A bullock cart was drawn up beside a modern sports car at a… — Gregory David Roberts
And last are the few whose delight is in meditation and understanding; who yearn not for goods, nor for victory, but for knowledge; who leave… — Will Durant
Good farmers, who take seriously their duties as stewards of Creation and of their land's inheritors, contribute to the welfare of society in more ways… — Wendell Berry
Would I serve you or (Prince) Jon stolen goods? he asked. "No, don't answer me. — Tamora Pierce
Hold material goods and wealth on a flat palm and not in a clenched fist. — Alistair Begg
Friendship is the greatest of worldly goods. Certainly to me it is the chief happiness of life. If I had to give a piece of… — C.S. Lewis

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