“I'll be at charges for a looking-glass And entertain a score or two of tailors To study fashions to adorn my body: Since I am crept in favor with myself, I will maintain it with some little cost.” LittlesTwoBodyStudyFashionCostGlassesFavorsScoreTailors Book:King Richard III: Third Series Source: King Richard III: Third Series
“The effort of painting from life has cost my models a great deal of physical discomfort, and cost me a great deal of money in model fees... I have wanted to make the camera obsolete... because, in my reading about early 20th century art, I found that the most frequently used argument made in favor of abstraction was that the camera made realist painting obsolete.” ArtMadeWantedUsedReadingFoundDealsEffortCenturyPaintingCostPhotographyModelsArgumentCamerasFavors20th CenturyAbstractionDiscomfortObsoleteRealistFees Author:Philip Pearlstein
“Most innovations, unfortunately, actually increase the net costs of the healthcare system. There's a few, particularly having to do with chronic diseases, that are an exception. If you could cure Alzheimer's, if you could avoid diabetes - those are gigantic in terms of saving money. But the incentive regime doesn't favor them.” IfsTermCostDiseaseIncreaseInnovationFavorsCuresSavingExceptionRegimesHealthcareIncentivesSaving MoneyDiabetesAlzheimerAlzheimer's Author:Bill Gates
“It is a proof of boorishness to confer a favor with a bad grace; it is the act of giving that is hard and painful. How little does a smile cost?” GivingLittlesDoeHardGraceCostPainfulProofFavors Author:Jean de la Bruyere
“Compliments of congratulation are always kindly taken, and cost nothing but pen, ink and paper. I consider them as draughts upon good breeding, where the exchange is always greatly in favor of the drawer.” TakenCostPaperFavorsPensComplimentCongratulationsInkBreedingDrawersDraughtGood BreedingInk And Paper Author:Lord Chesterfield
“Many of us assume that we have to do things a certain way: ignore passion in favor of safer bets, act stoic amid inner turmoil, run on an upward trajectory of success and money acquisition at any emotional cost. But these are not rules.” WayRunningCertainPassionEmotionalCostAssumingFavorsMondayAcquisitionTurmoilStoicTrajectorySuccess And Money Author:Martha Beck