“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