Quotes About Cost

We know that to give writing its future, it is necessary to overthrow the myth: the birth of the reader must be at the cost of the death of the Author.

raiders, the United States wanted Great Britain to foot the bill for the entire war cost after Gettysburg, some $2 billion, the logic being that after Gettysburg, the Confederacy had abandoned offensive operations, except at sea. If the British hadn't provided naval aid, the South couldn't have prolonged the war and Great Britain was therefore liable for the extra astronomical expenses incurred.

To have high-volume, low-cost production, the Standard needed huge guaranteed sales.

Standard merely had to dump oil at cost to stamp out competitors.

I could tell you, but then I'd have to bill you.

Yard work summed up the whole futile procedure. First you spend a lot of time and money making the grass grow, just so you can spend a lot of time and money cutting it down again a little while later.

Ironically, pretending that parenting is easy diminishes the value of family. As truth seekers and truth speakers, we need to be honest about the cost of parenting.

Better say nothing at all. Language is worth a thousand pounds a word!

Most people don't realize what a financial luxury privacy is. An individual bedroom, time alone, designated workspace: These things cost money. Angelique got to sleep in a shared family room, while probably doing homework on the kitchen table on a refurbished laptop after her brother had his turn.

The responsibilities of someone in a more free and open society are, again obviously, greater than those who may pay some cost for honesty and integrity.

The long-term cost of a welfare society is the infantilization of the population.

If a severe pandemic materializes, all of society could pay a heavy price for decades of failing to create a rational system of health care that works for all of us.

The notion of art as the dearly purchased outcome of an immense spiritual risk, one whose cost goes up with the entry and participation of each new player in the game.

There is no victory at bargain basement prices.

When bright young minds can't afford college, America pays the price.

If your negligent neighbor falls asleep with a lit cigarette in his mouth, setting his house on fire, he's irresponsible and guilty. But you don't want him to perish in the blaze. Nor do you want his house setting the whole neighborhood on fire. So you call in the fire department, even though it will cost taxpayers money.

Sometimes one pays most for the things one gets for nothing.

If there is no price to be paid, it is also not of value.

Happiness has got to be paid for. You're paying for it, Mr. Watson–paying because you happen to be too much interested in beauty. I was too much interested in truth; I paid too.

One can't have something for nothing. Happiness has got to be paid for. You're paying for it, Mr. Watson - paying because you happen to be too much interested in beauty.

Lo que ustedes necesitan es algo con lágrimas, para variar. Aquí nada cuesta lo bastante.

One can't have something for nothing. Happiness has got to be paid for.

One can't have something for nothing.

One can't have something for nothing. Happiness has got to be paid for.