The Cost Quotes

In a digital world, the gift I give you almost always benefits me more than it costs.

I heard the other day of a man who paid a psychologist $50 to cure him of an inferiority complex - and later was fined $25 and costs for talking back to a traffic cop.

Eternal vigilance, as they say, is the price of freedom. Add intellectual integrity to the cost basis.

Our failure to properly deal with Germany and Japan early cost the world dearly later on. We dare not make the same mistake with China.

It’s hard to imagine the revenue from selling the prints will cover the cost of lost goodwill.

I have always had this failing - that I cannot explain myself, as I have said, except at the cost of many words.

The cost of freedom is eternal vigilance

Writers cannot let themselves be servants of the official mythology. They have to, whatever the cost, say what truth they have to say.

No woman is worth more than a fiver unless you're in love with her. Then she's worth all she costs you.

As is widely accepted, putting a price on carbon pollution is the lowest cost and most efficient way to tackle dangerous climate change.

We uniformly applaud what is right and condemn what is wrong, when it costs us nothing but the sentiment.

The material world will always attract a lot of women. A lot of people would be down for that, whatever the cost.

A credit card sometimes adds to the high cost of living but more often to the cost of high living.

It is the good fortune of the affluent country that the opportunity cost of economic discussion is low and hence it can afford all kinds.

Gambling interests hire lots of economists to do impact studies, but what you need is cost-benefit analysis, and you'll never see the industry finance those

The high cost of living is a minor problem when compared to the cost of high living.

Nature is an expert in cost-benefit analysis,' she says. 'Although she does her accounting a little differently. As for debts, she always collects in the long run.

The cost of living keeps going up, although death is surprisingly affordable.

Before you count the profit, count the cost of a working mother.

When the hour comes for dealing with slavery, I trust I will be willing to do my duty though it cost my life.

I would say that kids are great in many ways, because I think that we are less hampered when it comes to 'this costs too much' or 'that's impossible.'

My own belief is that people can come back from anything. It doesn't mean that it won't come at a huge cost.

We have a few artists that seem to sell enough to pay back what it costs to make a record.

Can we imagine the United States without electricity? No, that would be pretty hard. Likewise, we can't really imagine being without an open Internet. The cost would be so grave, so serious.

There is a much bigger issue with student loan rates, the cost of tuition; those are some huge problems that need to be resolved.

The fact that beauty is at one and the same time without cost and above price, robs it of the curse of possessiveness.

It costs $2,500 to purchase a song and I know from experience that I like to score with songs.

At the tail end of the great global boom, their old richer consumers are behaving more like new poorer ones, also increasingly concerned about cost, quality, and safety.

In reality, we've had more spending, more bureaucracy, more waste and higher costs but without necessary reform nor rising productivity.

It takes four months to ship food aid and 40 percent of the cost is in the shipping. People cannot eat shipping costs. We have had people die when there are surpluses in the markets.

In short: Readily available low-cost life insurance would be a threat to the industry, and whatever threatens the life insurance industry threatens America.

It only cost Mitt Romney $76.6 million to defeat a serial adulterer and a mental patient in a sweater vest.

Let it be your business every day, in the secrecy of the inner chamber, to meet the holy God. You will be repaid for the trouble it may cost you. The reward will be sure and rich.

I'll never pay above the odds for something if there's a more cost-effective alternative, so I guess that's where the saver in me shines through.

The union movement has been the best middle class job creating program that America has ever had, and it doesn't cost the government a dime.

The cost of testing for BRCA1 and BRCA2, at more than $3,000 in the United States, remains an obstacle for many women.

The money it would cost to buy another car could be [used to] build two schools. So it's an easy choice that makes me very happy.

Corporate crime kills far more people and costs taxpayers far more money than street crime.

Anyplace market forces have been artificially removed by the government there is a total absence of incentives, competition, effective oversight, cost controls and so on.

Build into each budget the cost of hiring and don't lump yourself with capital investment.

Poorer students take out larger loans and will have to contribute more to the cost of higher education.

The hardware business is all about per-unit manufacturing cost and functionality. The services business is less asset-intensive and more dependent on people.

Oh sharp diamond, my mother! I could not count the cost of all your faces, your moods that present that I lost. Sweet girl, my deathbed, my jewel-fingered lady...

Politeness costs little and yields much.

I was accorded the opportunity to learn by failing - albeit at the cost of a few honourable teachers' sanity - and now I realise what a rare and incredible luxury that is.

It costs about $27 million to win a seat in the United States Senate, so when you win one, you like to sit down.

The cost of college should never discourage anyone from going after a valuable degree.

We are not only facing economic disaster and the question of peace and war. Ukrainians are traumatized by this Moscow-led aggression that has cost the lives of 5,000 people.

Accept business only at a price permitting thoroughness. Then do a thorough job, regardless of cost to us.

'Twilight' has ruined me. When this is all over, flying internationally is going to be very hard for me. It is just not worth it to buy a first-class ticket, because of the cost.