Transactions Quotes

143 quotes by 127 authors

A living language is like a man suffering incessantly from small hemorrhages, and what it needs above all else is constant transactions of new blood… — H. L. Mencken
COMMERCE, n. A kind of transaction in which A plunders from B the goods of C, and for compensation B picks the pocket of D… — Ambrose Bierce
The gift economy represents a shift from consumption to contribution, transaction to trust, scarcity to abundance and isolation to community. — Charles Eisenstein
I will engage in no transaction which does not benefit all whom it affects — Napoleon Hill
As piety, religion and morality have a happy influence on the minds of men, in their public as well as private transactions, you will not… — Samuel
Give people pride and they'll live on bread and water, bless their exploiters, and even die for them. Self-surrender is a transaction of barter: we… — Eric Hoffer
The old idea of a good bargain was a transaction in which one man got the better of another. The new idea of a good… — Louis D. Brandeis
There are two parties involved in every corrupt transaction, typically a government official and a business person. Yet those who pay bribes are often depicted… — Lynda Chalker, Baroness Chalker of Wallasey
Content is power in today's world, and if you can own that content, create it and make interaction more of an experience than a transaction,… — Mindy Grossman
So true is it that all transactions of preeminent importance are wrapt in doubt and obscurity; while some hold for certain facts the most precarious… — Tacitus
The worst financial transaction you will ever make is selling yourself short. — Greg Gilbert
It's very possible that advertising business models will simply never do as well on mobile devices as those oriented around transactions. — Patrick Collison
Prayer had always struck me as more or less a glorified attempt at a business transaction. — Barbara Kingsolver
To sell oneself for thirty pieces of silver is an honest transaction; but to sell oneself to one s own conscience is to abandon mankind. — Arthur Koestler
We must be forewarned that only rarely does a text easily lend itself to the reader's curiosity... the reading of a text is a transaction… — Paulo Freire
Last year, Congress passed a law that directs the Federal Reserve to set limits on debit card swipe fees that are reasonable and proportional to… — Peter Welch
Fellow senators balked at punishing Senator Alfonse D'Amato of New York though he was caught in a series of transactions that earned him the label… — William Greider
Children, temples are places where, at least for a short while, the remembrance of God is kindled in our hearts which otherwise are totally immersed… — Mata Amritanandamayi
Writing a diary every evening before going to bed is a good habit. We can record in the diary how much time we have devoted… — Mata Amritanandamayi
No transaction happens unless it is voluntary. It only happens if both of you think you win. — John Stossel

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