“People lucky enough to live in the vicinity of an industrial hog farm are, with each breath, made keenly aware of the cause of their declining property values.” PeopleMadeEnoughValuesCausesLuckyBreathsPropertyFarmsHogVicinity Book:Lies: And the Lying Liars Who Tell Them Source: Lies: And the Lying Liars Who Tell Them
“In the last few decades entire new categories of waste have come to plague and menace the American scene. Pollution is growing at a rapid rate. Pollution destroys beauty and menaces health. It cuts down on efficiency, reduces property values and raises taxes. Almost all these wastes and pollutions are the result of activities carried on for the benefit of man. A prime national goal must be an environment that is pleasing to the senses and healthy to live in. Our Government is already doing much in this field. We have made significant progress. But more must be done.” MenMadeDoneGovernmentLastsValuesGoalResultsBeautyEnvironmentCuttingGrowingProgressFieldsHealthySceneActivityTaxesWasteBenefitsRaisesPropertyRateDecadesSensesSignificantPrimeCategoriesPollutionEfficiencyPlagueRapidsMenacePollution Control Author:Lyndon B. Johnson
“Every time you look at a house in Los Angeles, the real-estate agent will tell you that someone famous once lived there. It always seemed irrelevant to me: Does a property gain value just because Alfred Hitchcock used to eat breakfast there?” LooksDoeRealUsedValuesHouseGainsPropertyAgentsLos AngelesBreakfastEstatesIrrelevantHitchcockEstate Agents Author:Bill Vaughan
“In Southern California along the coast, if the only thing you can do with the land is agriculture, it would be substantially less (in value) than property that has almost any other allowable use.” IfsUseWould BeValuesCan DoLandPropertyCaliforniaSouthernAgricultureCoastSouthern California Author:Bill Vaughan
“Does capital punishment tend to the security of the people? By no means. It hardens the hearts of men, and makes the loss of life appear light to them; and it renders life insecure, inasmuch as the law holds out that property is of greater value than life.” PeopleMenHeartMeanDoeLightLawValuesLossGreaterSecurityPropertyPunishmentInsecureCapital Punishment Author:Elizabeth Fry
“I judge property myself by its net earning power; that is the only rule I have been able to get.... This whole island [Manhattan] was once bought for a few strings of beads. But now you will find this property valued by its earning power, by its rent power, and that is the way to value a railroad or telegraph.” WayHas BeensWholeAbleValuesJudgingPropertyIslandsStringsEarningManhattanRailroadsBeadsTelegraph Author:Jay Gould
“The value of land must, in the future, be assessed on its yield of potable water. Those property-owners with a constant source of pure water already have an economically-valuable "product" from their land, and need look no further for a source of income.” NeedsLooksValuesWaterLandProductsSourcePureConstantPropertyValuableIncomeOwnersYieldPure Water Author:Bill Mollison
“The banks themselves were doing business on capitals three-fourths of which were fictitious. This fictitious capital... is now to be lost, and to fall on somebody; it must take on those who have property to meet it, and probably on the less cautious part, who, not aware of the impending catastrophe, have suffered themselves to contract, or to be in debt, and must now sacrifice their property of a value many times the amount of the debt. We have been truly sowing the wind, and are now reaping the whirlwind.” Has BeensWisdomValuesFallThreePoliticsLostEconomySacrificeWindAmountPropertyDebtLiberalismContractsCatastropheCautiousSowingWhirlwind Author:Thomas Jefferson
“We are the heirs of the ages; but the estate is entailed, as large estates frequently are, so that while we inherit the earth, the great round world which is God's footstool, we have only the use of it while we live and must pass it on to those come after us. We hold the property in trust and have no right to injure it or to lessen its value. To do so is dishonest, stealing from our heirs their inheritance.” WorldUseAgeEarthValuesFuturePropertyRoundsStealingEstatesInheritanceHeirsRound World Author:Laura Ingalls Wilder
“Conservatism has always meant more to me than simply sticking up for private property & free enterprise. It has also meant defending our heritage & preserving our values.” ValuesPropertyEnterpriseHeritageConservatismPrivate PropertyFree Enterprise Author:Gerald R. Ford
“When people become frightened, they look for things of real value. They will go to monetary metals, gold and silver, and they will buy other things, such as buying property. But no matter what we have, whether we have our gold coins or we have our property, if we have an authoritarian government, that is our greatest threat. So, I would like to think that there is no perfect protection, other than shrinking the size and scope and power of government, so that we can be left alone and take care of ourselves.” PeopleIfsThinkingLooksRealMatterGovernmentCareValuesLeftPerfectGoldNo Matter WhatPropertyThreatSizeTake CareProtectionBuyingSilverFrightenedMetalsCoinsScopeMonetaryLeft AloneShrinkingReal ValueGold And SilverAuthoritarian GovernmentGold Coins Author:Ron Paul
“What people ask for has nothing to do with the value of a property. You might see a listing for $300,000 and think you should make a $250,000 bid. But hyper-focus on what the house is worth. You should know what the house is worth by looking at comparable properties. Base your bid on that.” PeopleThinkingKnowsShouldMightValuesAsksHouseFocusPropertyHyper Author:Barbara Corcoran
“The democrat is a young conservative; the conservative is an old democrat. The aristocrat is the democrat ripe, and gone to seed,--because both parties stand on the one ground of the supreme value of property, which one endeavors to get, and the other to keep.” YoungValuesPoliticsPartyGonePropertyDemocratConservativeSeedsSupremeEndeavorRipe Book:The Portable Emerson: New Edition Source: The Portable Emerson: New Edition