Quotes of: Expensive Keyword

Oftentimes, those special brains, the ones that are capable of focusing more intently than others, do so at the expense of emotional maturity

Inferno

The religious worry about life after death at the expense of life before death.

N for Nigger: Aphorisms for Grown Children and Childish Grown-ups

..no meal is good enough to justify all the money and effort wasted in preparing it. It is an illusion and an expense. Live as I do, undeceived.

The Last Unicorn

The sundress she wanted was too expensive for me, so I bought her a moondress. It’s not as shiny, but it still makes me howl.

Sleepwalking is restercise

Dressing for success may sound intimidating, expensive, and a bit vain; however, keep in mind that your presentation creates credibility.

Selling Simplified

Soon, if we are not prudent, millions of people will be watching each other starve to death through expensive television sets

In Place of Fear

It was said that life was cheap in Ankh-Morpork. This was of course, completely wrong. Life was often very expensive; you could get death for free.

Pyramids

I made love with a cute woman yesterday. I would have made love with a gorgeous woman, but she was more expensive.

This Book is Not FOR SALE

AMNESTY, n. The state's magnanimity to those offenders whom it would be too expensive to punish.

The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary

Dressed to strip?’ 'You know—expensive clothes that feel good in your hands while you take them off him.

The Value of Vulnerability

What a pair they were - a Mistborn who felt guilty wasting coins to jump and a nobleman who thought balls were too expensive.

The Well of Ascension

Private moments held not a candle to coitus, not even the expensive kind of candle that made the whole room smell of far off seasons.

We Shadows

The honest man might observe... that no one gets something for nothing; that politicians go in poor and go out rich; that the Government screws up everything it touches; and that the Will to Believe is best confined to the Religious Venue, as to prac...

David Mamet

I've played a Nintendo Wii. I don't see it as a competitor. It's more of an expensive niche game device. We're selling a lot of PlayStation 3s now and it's still the best way to buy a Blu-ray player.

Howard Stringer

In Australia, a deaf person attending an interview must take their own interpreter at their own expense, or ask the employer to provide one. Believe me, nothing says 'I'm the best person for this job' quite like asking an employer to pay to interview...

Stella Young

Others saw in the trend still another instance of a disturbing tendency in the American suburb: the longing for withdrawal, for self-enclosure, for expensive isolation.

Dangerous Laughter

Any seeming deception in a statement is costly, not only in the expense of the advertising but in the detrimental effect produced upon the customer, who believes she has been misled.

John Wanamaker

People say you have expensive tastes. My Humble reply : I appreciate fine art, and fine art is not cheap.

Pushkar Saraf

Africa is really a place for the wealthy traveler. It's got some nice hotels, but they're very expensive hotels. It doesn't really cater to the backpacker or to the overland traveler.

Paul Theroux

In writing, I'm totally anti-plans of any kind. All my attempts to plan and plot novels have come to grief, and in expensive ways.

Peter Temple

I recognize that I have the ability to be selfish, but I also recognize that you can't be happy if you only care about yourself at the expense of other people.

Russell Brand