We Pay Quotes

186 quotes by 161 authors

The linguistic clumsiness of tourists and students might be the price we pay for the linguistic genius we displayed as babies, just as the decrepitude… — Steven Pinker
I've always believed that service to others is rent we pay for our time on this planet. — Tony Curtis
The grim irony of investing, then, is that we investors as a group not only don't get what we pay for, we get precisely what… — John C. Bogle
We say that word [bureaucracy] with such contempt. But it's that contempt that keeps this thing that we own and we pay for as something… — Jennifer Pahlka
The gurus come from the sickliest nation on earth to tell us how to live. And we pay them for it. — Edward Abbey
Since our awareness of others is considered our duty, the price we pay when things go wrong is guilt and self-hatred. And things always go… — Nancy Chodorow
We bring about a world in consciousness that is partly what is given, and partly what we bring, something that comes into being through this… — Iain McGilchrist
The price we pay for the complexity of life is too high. When you think of all the effort you have to put in -telephonic,… — Jean Baudrillard
Rather than going after our walls and barriers with a sledgehammer, we pay attention to them. With gentleness and honesty, we move closer to those… — Pema Chodron
Taxes are what we pay for civilized society — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
Taxes are the price we pay for a civilized society. — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
We don't pay a whole lot of attention to the Internet until people have played the game - then we pay a lot of attention… — Shigeru Miyamoto
Should one be shallow enough to view existence as a system of rewards and punishments, one soon learns that we pay as dearly for our… — Tom Robbins
We become what we pay attention to. — Sue Monk Kidd
When Turkey buys Iranian oil, we pay for it in Turkish lira... However, it is not possible for Iran to take that money as dollars… — Ali Babacan
As we pay our tithing faithfully, the Lord will open the windows of heaven and pour out upon us His richest blessings. — Carl B. Pratt
Guilt is the price we pay willingly for doing what we are going to do anyway. — Isabelle Holland
Miracles occur all around us, signs from God show us the way, angels plead to be heard, but we pay little attention to them. — Paulo Coelho
The richness of human life is that we have many lives; we live the events that do not happen (and some that cannot) as vividly… — Jacob Bronowski
COMMENDATION n. The tribute that we pay to achievements that resembles but do not equal our own. — Ambrose Bierce

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