“The Internet will not become a money machine until the banking industry figures out how to transfer money for free so you can charge USD 0.005 (half a cent) for some simple service like, say, reading a newspaper article you have searched for. With today's payment system, the cost of the transfer of the funds completely dwarf the cost of the service paid for. ... This situation, however, is what acutely prevents the Internet from taking off as a network for paid services.” TodayReadingSimpleHalfSituationFiguresIndustryInternetCostMachinesPaidNewspapersFundArticlesCentsBankingPaymentTransfersDwarfsDwarves Author:Erik Naggum
“The family is the scene of the most intimate and powerful of human experiences. Family situations are bloodier and more passionate than any others, and the costs are greater.” HumansPowerfulSituationFamilyGreaterSceneCostPassionateIntimateHuman Experience Author:Charlene Weir
“I'm not tied to budgets. I'm tied to the story that I want to tell, and how much it's going to cost is up to whatever the economic situation of the studio is.” WantStoriesSituationEconomicCostStudiosBudgetsTied Author:Brett Ratner
“Investors frequently benefit from making decisions with less than perfect knowledge and are well rewarded for bearing the risk of uncertainty. The time other investors spend delving into the last unanswered detail may cost them the chance to buy into situations at prices so low they offer a margin of safety despite the incomplete information” WellsMayLastsChanceDecisionPerfectSituationRiskInformationCostOffersBenefitsLowsSafetyDetailsDespiteUncertaintyInvestorsMarginsIncompleteMaking DecisionsUnansweredDelvingIncomplete Information Author:Seth Klarman
“I would like especially to mention you, the women, wives and mothers of Paraguay, who at great cost and sacrifice were able to lift up a country defeated, devastated and laid low by an abominable war. God bless your perseverance, God bless and encourage your faith, God bless the women of Paraguay, the most glorious women of America.” WorldBelieveWarCountrySeemsEyeAbleAmericaMotherDifficultSituationWifeSacrificeCostLowsBlessedInspiredPerseveranceLiftsGloriousBlessBelieve In GodDefeatedVirginsGod BlessDevastatedDiscreditDifficult SituationsWives And MothersGod Bless YouParaguay Author:Pope Francis
“Given the cost of borrowings and the $100 billion in Government reserves, there is no reason for us to borrow. We should review the situation carefully. Besides, borrowings are possible, but we must understand what is more profitable at this point.” ShouldReasonGovernmentGivenSituationCostBillionsNo ReasonReviewsReservesProfitableBorrowing Author:Vladimir Putin
“There were no more choices, no more options, no more clever ways out of a tough situation. And the rush, I realized in a brutal wash of despair, is a false god I’ve chased my entire life. One that cost me everything in the blind search for sensation. My entire existence amounted to nothing.” WayChoicesExistenceSituationCostDespairToughBlindI RealizedCleverSensationsBrutalFalse GodsTough Situations Author:Kim Harrison