Quotes of: Costing Keyword

This, I think, is the crux of evil in this world, Majesty: those who feel entitled to whatever they want, whatever they can grab. Such people never ask themselves if they have the right. They consider no cost to anyone but themselves.

The Invasion of the Tearling

We are united by something greater and more valuable than our beliefs alone: the freedom to have those beliefs, and believe what we want without persecution - we must protect that at all costs.

Rise of the Morningstar

If I had learned anything in my life about love, it was that they were tenous things that could end at any moment. Caution was essential-but not at the cost of risking your life

Spirit Bound

The peloton was Facebook on wheels-and during this period, information was flying.

The Secret Race: Inside the Hidden World of the Tour de France: Doping, Cover-ups, and Winning at All Costs

They feel life is for the taking, and that everyone deserves happiness no matter what the cost. I must remember these tricks if I ever decide to have my soul surgically removed.

Split: A Memoir of Divorce

Duty is doing the right thing, at the right time, for the right reasons, without regard to the cost to one’s self.

Seven Dogs in Heaven

If the cost of naming the enemy is diplomatically or politically unacceptable, then the war is not likely to go well.

The Next Decade: What the World Will Look Like

Posterity! you will never know how much it cost the present generation to preserve your freedom! I hope you will make a good use of it.

Letters of John Adams, Addressed to His Wife

It will cost me a lot to send you with Scott wearing that dress but, just so you know: if you come with that dress slightly wrinkled,I will trace Scott, and when I find him, it's not gonna be pretty

Silence

The best things in life are beyond money; their price is agony and sweat and devotion ... and the price demanded for the most precious of all things in life is life itself - ultimate cost for perfect value.

Starship Troopers

As Romeo and Juliet found to their cost, marriage is never just about two people falling in love, it is about families.

A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian

[He was aware] of the value of the word of praise dropped at exactly the right moment; and he would have thought himself extremely stupid to withhold what cost him so little and was productive of such desirable results.

Sylvester

To persist with a goal, you must treasure the dream more than the costs of sacrifice to attain it.

Smile Anyway: Quotes, Verse, & Grumblings for Every Day of the Year

My choices are rejections, since there is no other way, but what I reject is more numerous, denser, more demanding than before. A little poem, a sigh, at the cost of indescribable loss.

Poems New and Collected

Sincere compliments cost nothing and can accomplish so much. In ANY relationship, they are the applause that refreshes.

Prescription for Peace: Sixty-Second Readings to Help You Build a Better Life

Jumping to conclusions is efficient if the conclusions are likely to be correct and the costs of an occasional mistake acceptable. Jumping to conclusions is risky when the situation is unfamiliar, the stakes are high and there is no time to collect m...

Thinking, Fast and Slow

If young people are our greatest asset in a war that must be won then we must be willing to extricate them at whatever cost from the clutches of those who seek to exploit their weaknesses

The Unseen Terrorist

I’ll sell you one shoe for half off, since it’s half the set. But if you want the second shoe, it’ll cost you twice as much.

Whenever You're Gone, I'm Here For You

The way that I sort of direct the writers is, let's do the best story we can. Let's not worry about production issues. 'How much will that cost? How are we going to shoot that?' Let's not set up those constraints on the writing. I don't think it help...

Jose Padilha

The Xbox 360 is the best game console ever designed. It's fast and powerful - games look as good on the 360 as on high-end PCs that cost six times as much. It's easy to navigate and has lots of useful secondary features - the ability to play digital ...

James Surowiecki

The single best thing we can do is expand competition. Let people purchase health insurance across state lines. If you want to expand access, what you want to do is increase choices and drive down cost.

Ted Cruz