“Teach us, Good Lord, to give and not count the cost; to fight and not to heed the wounds; to toil and not to seek for rest; to labor and not to ask for any reward save that of knowing that we do thy will.” GivingSufferingFightingAsksLordTeachKnowingCostLaborRewardsWoundsToilHeedCounting The Cost Author:Ignatius of Loyola
“Next time a man tells you talk is cheap, ask him if he knows how much a session of Congress costs.” IfsKnowsMenNextAsksKnow HowCostCongressNext TimeSessionTalk Is Cheap Author:Evan Esar
“Someone in the society has to deal with the reality that there are finite resources and we're making trade-offs, and be explicit about that. When the car companies were found to have a memo that actually said, "This safety feature costs X and saved Y lives," the very existence of that memo was considered damning. Or when you made it reimbursable for a doctor to ask, "Do you want heroic care at the end-of-life," that was a death panel. No, it wasn't a death panel! It was asking somebody to make a decision.” WantMadeSaidEndsRealityCareAsksFoundDecisionDealsExistenceCompanyCarCostResourcesDoctorsAskingSafetyTradeSavedMade ItFeaturesHeroicFiniteEnd Of LifeExplicitTrade OffsMemos Author:Bill Gates
“People value religion on the basis of cost, and they don't value the cheapest ones the most. Religions that ask nothing get nothing.” PeopleValuesAsksAtheismCostBasesPositive Atheism Author:Rodney Stark
“I'm not stingy. I'm just afraid of being an easy mark. People wouldn't have money long if they didn't ask how much things cost.” PeopleIfsLongAsksEasyCostMarkStingy Author:Doris Duke
“I would ask: Given the nature of free-market capitalism - where the rule is to rise to the top at all costs - is it possible to have a financial industry hero? And by the way, this is not a pop-culture trend we're talking about. There aren't many financial heroes in literature, theater or cinema.” WayCultureAsksLiteratureGivenTalkingIndustryHeroCostCapitalismTheaterFinancialPopsCinemaTrendsFree MarketPop CultureFree Market Capitalism Author:Martin Scorsese
“While there may be no "right" way to value a forest or a river, there is a wrong way, which is to give it no value at all. How do we decide the value of a 700-year-old tree? We need only to ask how much it would cost to make a new one, or a new river, or even a new atmosphere.” WayNeedsGivingYearsMayValuesAsksTreeCostRiversForestsAtmosphereRight WayWrong WayOld Trees Author:Paul Hawken