There never was a five-pound note but there was a ten-pound road for it.
The value of money is subjective, depending on age. At the age of one, one multiplies the actual sum by 145,000, making one pound seem like 145,000 pounds to a one-year-old. At seven – Bertie’s age – the multiplier is 24, so that five pounds se...
One pound of learning requires ten pounds of common sense to apply it.
It takes less land to grow a pound of broccoli than it does a pound of beef. Less land to grow a pound of grain than a pound of beef. Less water, less energy.
In for a penny, in for a pound.
Want to lose weight? Do more than just think about it. You don't need to hold off while you keep searching for an abundance of motivation to lose weight. What you need is an abundance of action.
Penny wise and pound foolish.
Penny wise, pound foolish.
An ounce of discretion is worth a pound of learning.
Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure nineteen six, result happiness. Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure twenty pound ought and six, result misery.
I realized that in those nine seasons I started out at about 225 pounds and I felt, you know, full figured fabulous woman but in those seasons I gained 75 pounds up to over 300 pounds all in front of the nation.
Going from 300 pounds to 150 pounds was the biggest change of my whole life.
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
Penny wise is often pound foolish.
An ounce of mother is worth a pound of clergy.
An ounce of practice is worth a pound of preaching.
Sugar Ray Robinson was probably the greatest pound-for-pound fighter of all time.
Cookies don't make us fat. They're not to blame for our obesity epidemic. You know what else isn't to blame? Fast food, chips, candy, technology, soda, or anything else. The choices we make over a prolonged period time determine the width of our back...
You can't get rice by pounding bran.
Better an ounce of happiness than a pound of gold.
