The Cost Quotes

In London, before I set out, I had paid one shilling; another was now demanded, so that upon the whole, from London to Richmond, the passage in the stage costs just two shillings.

At any rate, cost what it may, to separate ourselves from those who separate themselves from the truth of God is not alone our liberty, but our duty.

Are we not rude and deserve blame, if we leave Him alone, to busy ourselves about trifles, which do not please Him and perhaps offend Him? 'Tis to be feared these trifles will one day cost us dear.

Even small cults are a serious cost on the world economy, to victims, their families, employers, friends, and credit-card companies.

I was late once and it cost me $50,000. I figure it was cheaper to wear two watches.

Petrol price is a deregulated commodity, price of which is decided by our oil marketing companies based on input cost and other parameters.

The assault on Malta will cost us many casualties...but...I consider it absolutely essential for the future development of the war. If we take Malta, Libya will be safe.

By the way, food and rent aren't the only things around here that cost money. You sleep on the couch.

A man is a fabulous nuisance in space right now. He's not worth all the cost of putting him up there and keeping him comfortable and working.

Solar, for example - which has typically been thought of as so expensive - is cheap when compared with, for example, the cost of cleaning up the Fukushima nuclear disaster and the Gulf.

New management at Nine has launched a concerted attack on its cost base in order to restore margins through eliminating waste, improving efficiency and lowering programming costs.

But the central point is that any campaign against Iraq, whatever the strategy, cost and risks, is certain to divert us for some indefinite period from our war on terrorism.

With the increased cost of gasoline, it doesn't appear that we're going to see a slowing of interest in mass transit. I think it's going to continue to grow.

Freedom isn't free at all, that it comes with the highest of costs. The cost of blood.

Life's full of loss, who knows the cost, living in the memory of the love that never was.

We need to recognise that slowing population growth is one of the most cost-effective and reliable ways of easing pressure on our environment and securing a sustainable future for us all

Tis an old lesson; time approves it true, And those who know it best, deplore it most; When all is won that all desire to woo, The paltry prize is hardly worth the cost.

You tell them - you tell them there's a cost.....Every decision we make in life, there's always a cost.

Girls are a distraction and can easily cost points.

I took a job at the pool in order to earn the five cents a day it cost to swim. I counted wet towels. As a bonus, I was allowed to swim during lunchtime.

Sometimes the dues we pay to maintain integrity are pretty high, but the ultimate cost of moral compromise is so much higher.

McDonald's breakfast for under a dollar is actually more expensive than that. You have to factor in the cost of bypass surgery.

A rose by any other name would smell as sweet, but would not cost half as much during the winter months.

Emergency health care for illegal aliens along the southwestern border is already costing area hospitals $200 million a year, with perhaps another $100 million in extended care costs

The rational man finds that his share of the cost of the wastes he discharges into the commons is less than the cost of purifying his wastes before releasing them.

Both looked back then on the wild revelry...and they lamented that it had cost them so much of their lives to find the paradise of shared solitude.

Jesus wants to make us holy at all costs. . .He offers you continual proof of this.

Certainly, we are hurt by the high fuel prices because it raises our cost.

The money cost of the reservoir plan literally fades into insignificance when it is compared with the financial burden which the great depression imposed on the nation.

Back in high school I told my dad, "I'm going to have a computer someday." And he said that it cost as much as a house-the downpayment on a house. And I said, "Well, I'll live in an apartment."

Plus, 40% of our debt is owned by foreign interest. I can't support a plan that passes along cost burden to our children and makes us more reliant on foreign dollars.

The people of America are in agreement in defending their liberties at any cost, and the first line of that defense lies in the protection of economic security.

Be not niggardly of what costs thee nothing, as courtesy, counsel, & countenance.

Business and the environment: Wasting resources costs the earth - and lowers your competitive edge

A mitzvah that costs money is worth more than one that costs nothing.

To safeguard one's health at the cost of too strict a diet is a tiresome illness, indeed.

There's no way you can shoot low-budget stuff on lots of locations. It's just a practicality thing because every time you move, it costs time and money.

I decline to buy repentance at the cost of ten thousand drachmas.

Anything acquired without effort, and without cost is generally unappreciated.

It's better to be good than evil, but one achieves goodness at a terrific cost.

...foreign policy is a matter of costs and benefits, not theology.

Not all my shoes are designer. In terms of clothes, everything is on the same level for me. If I like it, it doesn't matter if it cost £200 or £2. I'm attracted to things rather than labels.

Neither I nor any other man should, on trial or in way, contrive to avoid death at any cost.

Spiritual achievement costs much, though never as much as it is worth.

If Bill Gates is worth $30 billion then a good haircut must cost $31 billion

Poor management can increase software costs more rapidly than any other factor.

Most students have thoughts about emigrating to Israel. A significant number go on aliyah. We are proud of our Israel programs, which come at a considerable cost to the university.

That's a very odd notion because it involves seeing money up there on the screen - if something cost $5 million to make, they want to see that $5 million up there.

Obama has been an absolute disaster in my opinion in the US. I run a business. The healthcare costs are going through the roof for not only the businesses but the people.

Law Number XV: The last 10 percent of performance generates one-third of the cost and two-thirds of the problems.