Traded Quotes

120 Traded quotes by 106 unique authors

In the end, they traded their tired wings for the resignation that living brings. And exchanged love's bright and fragile glow for the glitter and… — Jackson Browne
When we traded the results of our fantasies, it seemed to us-and rightly-that we had proceeded by unwarranted associations, by shortcuts so extraordinary that, if… — Umberto Eco
I was collecting Barbies. I know... embarrassing. I sold them all on eBay, and traded them for vintage dishes. So I've collected two things. — Kristin Bauer van Straten
If you opened up every single potential drilling opportunity in the United States, it would have the effect of lowering gas prices three cents, maybe.… — Jennifer Granholm
A recession is very bad for publicly traded companies, but it's the best time for startups. When you have massive layoffs, there's more competition for… — Tim Ferriss
Once humans traded their hunter-gatherer existences for more settled communities, we began a quest to make our lives better and more comfortable, but we've also… — Naveen Jain
I learned about the market's power when I was traded to the Buffalo Bills for $100. — Jack Kemp
Pro football gave me a good sense of perspective to enter politics: I'd already been booed, cheered, cut, sold, traded and hung in effigy. — Jack Kemp
My first guitar, a Fender Jazz Master, I traded it in for a Les Paul Deluxe. — Lenny Kravitz
I'm astonished at how readily a great many people I know, young people, have accepted a reduced economic prospect and limited freedoms in any substantial… — Jaron Lanier
I have never been a fan of bond funds. Unlike a direct investment in an individual bond that you can hold to maturity and be… — Suze Orman
Combined families often get bad reviews, but the family my children got when they traded away 'the suffocating four-person' nuclear one is one that has… — Jane Smiley
Jobs, as such, are a relatively new concept. People may have always worked, but until the advent of the corporation in the early Renaissance, most… — Douglas Rushkoff
Knowing can be a curse on a person's life. I'd traded in a pack of lies for a pack of truth, and I didn't know… — Sue Monk Kidd
When we traded homemaking for careers, we were implicitly promised economic independence and worldly influence. But a devil of a bargain it has turned out… — Barbara Kingsolver
I traded lots of dreams for a bigger paycheck, and I never even realized I was doing it. — Mitch Albom
When I was a kid I believed everything I was told, everything I read, and every dispatch sent out by my own overheated imagination. This… — Stephen King
Happiness is not a life without pain, but rather a life in which the pain is traded for a worthy price. — Orson Scott Card
The meaning of life is that it is to be lived, and it is not to be traded and conceptualized and squeezed into a patter… — Bruce Lee
We used to have a dog named Snoopy, you know, a real live dog. I suppose people who love Snoopy won't like it, but we… — Charles M. Schulz
But complex animals had obtained their adaptive flexibility at some cost--they had traded one dependency for another. It was no longer necessary to change their… — Michael Crichton
If you were to rush into this room right now and announce that you had struck a deal - with God, Allah, Buddha, Christ, Krishna,… — Michael J. Fox
I would not have traded the delights of my suffering for anything in the world. — Gabriel Garcia Marquez
As hard as it was, as terrible and unfair as the way things turned out, i wouldn't have traded the few days i spent with… — Nicholas Sparks
It's not your fault. You had no way of knowing I'd traded my soul. It's not exactly how I start out conversations. Hi, I'm Kyrian.… — Sherrilyn Kenyon

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