“Whatever expenditure is sanctioned - even when it is sanctioned against the ministry's wish - the ministry must find the money. Accordingly, they have the strongest motive to oppose extra outlay. The ministry is (so to speak) the breadwinner of the political family, and has to meet the cost of philanthropy and glory; just as the head of a family has to pay for the charities of his wife and the toilette of his daughters.” PoliticalSpeakWishPayWifeCostGloryDaughterCharityMotiveExtrasStrongestMinistryPhilanthropyExpendituresBreadwinner Author:Walter Bagehot
“Does the critic wish to influence the kind of film that costs more than £250,000? It is as if he were to send a postcard to General Motors explaining that he would like them to make a raft next year, or a helicopter, instead of a car.” IfsYearsKindDoeFilmNextWishInfluenceCarCostCriticsExplainingMotorNext YearHelicoptersPostcardsGeneral Motors Author:Kenneth Tynan
“All life produces waste. The act of living produces costs, hazards and disposal questions, and so the (Environment) Ministry has found itself in the center of all life, mitigating, guiding and policing the detritus of the average person along with investigating the infractions of the greedy and short-sighted, the ones who wish to make quick profits and trade on others' lives for it.” PersonsFoundWishEnvironmentProduceCostWasteTradeAverageProfitMinistryGreedyHazardsAverage PersonInvestigatingShort Sighted Book:The Windup Girl Source: The Windup Girl
“You do what you have to do to give people closure; it makes them feel better and it doesn't cost you much to do it. I'd rather apologize for something I didn't really care about and leave someone on Earth wishing me well.” PeopleGivingFeelsWellsCareEarthWishCostFeel BetterApologizingClosure Book:Old Man's War Boxed Set I Source: Old Man's War Boxed Set I
“I wish that some way could be found to add up all the staggering costs imposed on millions of ordinary people, just so a relative handful of self-righteous environmental cultists can go around feeling puffed up with themselves.” PeopleWaySelfFeelingsFoundWishMillionsCostOrdinaryAddEnvironmentalRelativeRighteousOrdinary PeopleHandfulSelf RighteousStaggering Author:Thomas Sowell
“You are affluent when you buy what you want, do what you wish and don't give a thought to what it costs.” WantGivingWishMoneyCostWhat You WantAffluent Author:J. P. Morgan
“Propriety of thought and propriety of diction are commonly found together. Obscurity and affectation are the two greatest faults of style. Obscurity of expression generally springs from confusion of ideas; and the same wish to dazzle, at any cost, which produces affectation in the manner of a writer, is likely to produce sophistry in his reasonings.” TwoIdeasTogetherFoundWishStyleProduceExpressionCostSpringFaultsConfusionReasoningObscurityProprietyDazzleDictionSophistry Book:Machiavelli : the Founder of the Political Source: Machiavelli : the Founder of the Political
“The sign of the cross is the most terrible weapon against the devil. Thus the Church wishes not only that we have it continually in front of our minds to recall to us just what our souls are worth and what they cost Jesus Christ, but also that we should make it at every juncture ourselves: when we go to bed, when we awaken during the night, when we get up, when we begin any action, and, above all, when we are tempted.” ShouldMindSoulActionNightJesusWishChristChurchFrontsTerribleCostBedWeaponsDevilJesus ChristCrossesGet UpRecallsTemptedJuncture Author:John Vianney
“What we can do is to live out our lives as best we can with purpose, and love, and joy. We can use each day to show those who are closest to us how much we care about them, and treat others with the kindness and respect that we wish for ourselves. We can learn from our mistakes and grow from our failures. And we can strive at all costs to make a better world.” WorldUseShowsCareJoyPurposeWishGrowsCan DoMistakeKindnessOur LivesCostAnd LoveTreatsStriveEach DayClosestLearning From Our Mistakes Author:Barack Obama
“It would've cost less, and left the previous owners with nothing, to go into liquidation. But it would also be humiliating for Celtic. So we paid all the bills. Celtic means the same to me as it does to other fans. I identify with the club and wish to be proud of it.” MeanDoeLeftWishFansFootballProudCostPaidBillsClubsSoccerOwnersBe ProudScotlandIdentificationHumiliatingCeltic Author:Fergus McCann
“Quoting Demosthenes, 'For what each man wishes, that he also believes to be true.' I would rather make money playing a piano in a whorehouse than arguing that no cost is incurred when employees are paid in stock options instead of cash. I am not kidding.” MenBelieveWishCostPaidArguingBeing TrueMaking MoneyPianoEmployeeCashQuotingStock Options Author:Charlie Munger
“I had five dollars in the bank that I couldn't have for three days until they charged me another 15. Leaving me with -10. What does that mean? I don't even have no money any more. I wish I had nothing. But I don't have it. I don't have that much. I have not ten. Negative ten. I can't afford to buy something that doesn't cost anything. I can only afford to get something that costs you give me ten dollars.” GivingMeanDoeI CanThreeWishFiveCostTenNegativeGive MeDollarsLeavingLeaving MeNo Money Author:Louis C. K.
“Much of my experience of life has cost me a great price and I wish to use it for strengthening and comforting other souls.” SoulUseWishCostComfortingStrengthening Author:Elizabeth Prentiss
“A combed writing will cost both sweat and the rubbing of the brain. And combed I wish it, not frizzled or curled.” WritingWishBrainCostSweat Author:Owen Feltham
“The wish to acquire more is admittedly a very natural and common thing; and when men succeed in this they are always praised rather than condemned. But when they lack the ability to do so and yet want to acquire more at all costs, they deserve condemnation for their mistakes.” MenWantLiteratureWishNaturalAbilityCommonMistakeCostSucceedDeserveAcquireCondemnationCommon Things Author:Niccolo Machiavelli
“And in truth (as I now see) I had the wish to put off my journey as long as I could. Not for any peril or labour it might cost; but because I could see nothing in the whole world for me to do once it was accomplished. AS long as this act lay before me, there was, as it were, some barrier between me and the dead desert which the rest of my life must be.” WorldLongWholeMightWishJourneyCostLaysWhole WorldDesertAccomplishedLabourBarriersPerilMy Journey Author:C. S. Lewis