Transaction Quotes

79 quotes by 73 authors

To be governed is to be watched, inspected, spied upon, directed, law-ridden, regulated, penned up, indoctrinated, preached at, checked, appraised, seized, censured, commanded, by beings… — Pierre-Joseph Proudhon
The lack of opportunity is ever the excuse of a weak, vacillating mind. Opportunities! Every life is full of them. Every newspaper article is an… — Orison Swett Marden
The gratitude ascending from man to God is the supreme transaction between heaven and earth. — Albert Schweitzer
Nothing has so exposed men of learning to contempt and ridicule as their ignorance of things which are known to all but themselves. Those who… — Samuel Johnson
It seemed to be a necessary ritual that he should prepare himself for sleep by meditating under the solemnity of the night sky... a mysterious… — Victor Hugo
Society is purely and solely a continual series of exchanges... And the greatest eulogy we can give it, for exchange is an admirable transaction, in… — Antoine Destutt de Tracy
To be sure, the use of force by one party in a market transaction in order to improve his price was no invention of capitalism.… — Immanuel Wallerstein
Everything that happens in my day is a transaction between the external world and my internal world. Everything is raw material. Everything is relevant. Everything… — Twyla Tharp
A bargain is in its very essence a hostile transaction do not all men try to abate the price of all they buy? I contend… — Lord Byron
The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) was asked what type of earning was best, and he replied: " A man's work with his hands… — Muhammad ibn Isa at-Tirmidhi
I have so much faith in the general government of the world by Providence that I can hardly conceive a transaction of such momentous importance… — Benjamin Franklin
It isn't myself that's important in this transaction apparently; the individual doesn't count much in the situation...all of us are more or less pawns. We're… — Theodore Dreiser
Give every man more in use value than you take from him in cash value; then you are adding to the life of the world… — Wallace D. Wattles
I fully realize that no wealth or position can long endure, unless built upon truth and justice, therefore, I will engage in no transaction which… — Napoleon Hill
When old men decided to barter young men for pride and profit, the transaction was called war. — Len Deighton
When you give up vengeance, make sure you are not giving up on justice. The line between the two is faint, unsteady, and fine...Vengeance is… — Lewis B. Smedes
The painting is always done very much with [the model's] co-operation. The problem with painting a nude, of course, is that it deepens the transaction.… — Lucian Freud
You truly help people with the things that you sell. Once you are aware of that vital piece of information every demonstration, every presentation, every… — Chris Murray
The transaction reflects our disciplined strategy of investing capital in core businesses where we can leverage scale and expertise for competitive advantage. In addition to… — Jamie Dimon
Just as the Internet drops transaction and collaboration costs in business and government, it also drops the cost of dissent, of rebellion, and even insurrection. — Don Tapscott

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