“Can that which has cost the artist days, weeks, months and even years of reflection be understood in a flash by a dilettante?” YearsArtistUnderstandingWeekMonthsCostReflectionUnderstoodFlashDilettantes Book:On Music and Musicians Source: On Music and Musicians
“Not understanding the process of a spontaneously-ordered economy goes hand-in-hand with not understanding the creation of resources and wealth. And when a person does not understand the creation of resources and wealth, the only intellectual alternative is to believe that increasing wealth must be at the cost of someone else. This belief that our good fortune must be an exploitation of others may be the taproot of false prophecy about doom that our evil ways must bring upon us.” WayBelieveMayPersonsDoeHandsEvilBeliefProcessUnderstandingWealthEconomyCreationCostIntellectualResourcesFortuneAlternativesExploitationProphecyDoomGood FortuneHand In Hand Author:Julian Simon
“The cost of scientific advance is the humbling recognition that reality was not constructed to be easily grasped by the human mind. This is the cardinal tenet of scientific understanding. Our species and its ways of thinking are a product of evolution, not the purpose of evolution.” ThinkingWayMindHumansRealityPurposeUnderstandingProductsEvolutionCostSpeciesRecognitionHuman MindWay Of ThinkingCardinalsHumbling Author:E. O. Wilson
“We need a much better understanding of the climate before making policy choices that would impose substantial economic costs on our Nation.” NeedsChoicesNationsUnderstandingEconomicPolicyCostClimate Author:Ted Cruz
“I think a current understanding about urban behavior tells us that it's important that people get out and be able to get away from the concrete jungles and the dense environment where they live for their own mental well-being. If they don't do this, the costs in human loss and human sickness will be far greater than what we would be expending for these kinds of releases and open spaces.” PeopleIfsThinkingHumansWellsKindImportantWould BeAbleUnderstandingLossSpaceEnvironmentGreaterCostBehaviorCurrentsReleaseWell BeingSicknessGet AwayConcreteUrbanJungleDenseOpen SpacesConcrete Jungle Author:Barry Goldwater
“Spirit discernment is rare because it is expensive. It means a sensitive conscience, an instructed understanding through study of the Book of God. It means a passion for purity, for truth, for the right, for Christ Himself, and for living uncompromisingly true in the daily habit. All this lies back of a seeing spirit eye. And these things cost. Discernment is expensive.” MeanBookEyeSpiritLyingPassionUnderstandingChristStudySeeingHabitCostConscienceSensitivePurityExpensiveDiscernmentDaily Habits Author:S. D Gordon
“And you may make revelations that cost you dearly only to have people look at you in a funny way, not understanding what you've said at all, or why you thought it was so important that you almost cried while you were saying it.” PeopleWayLooksMaySaidImportantUnderstandingCostRevelationsCriedWriting Love Book:Different Seasons Source: Different Seasons