Quotes About Value

So she sells her hair to buy him a watch fob and he sells his watch to buy combs for her hair. The moral I drew was you're always safer giving cash.

I'm very proud of my pocket watch. My grandfather, on his deathbed, sold me this watch.

A bird in the hand is worth three in the Bush.

A un hombre se le empieza a comprar en veinticuatro horas; el resto lo negocias en diez minutos más.

Sólo hay algo mejor que gastar el dinero: contarlo. Porque sólo lo gastas una vez, pero puedes contarlo todas las que quieras, y decir: Es mío.

I am certain that to achieve what stands achieved to-day, you would willingly have foregone the gain of fifty times that paltry sum. To me it seems that to lose your present fortune were a more serious loss than never to have won it; since surely it is harder to be poor after being rich than never to have tasted wealth at all, and more painful to sink to the level of a subject, being a king, then never to have worn a crown.

A Number of Friends is of more Worth than a Flock of Sheep, or of Goats, or than a Herd of Oxen.

But before I invite you into my society and friendship I will be open and sincere with you, and must lay down this as an established truth, that there is nothing truly valuable which can be purchased without pains and labour. The

Books, like people, can't be reduced to the cost of the materials with which they were made. Books, like people, become unique and precious once you get to know them.

He's a shy man. Life has taught him not to show off what is most precious to him.

Ha mi, állampolgárok nem támogatjuk m?vészeinket, akkor feláldozzuk képzeletünket a durva valóság oltárán, s végül már nem hiszünk semmiben, és értéktelen álmokat álmodunk.

Life has taught him not to show off what is most precious to him.

Of course, I do everything for money.

Heroism was disruptive, in Carlyle's view. Its value lay precisely in its unsettling effect on habits and routine. It divided men and women more often than it brought them together.

Money can't buy love, but it improves your bargaining position.

Like untuned golden strings all women are,Which long time lie untouched, will harshly jar.Vessels of brass oft handled brightly shine.

Money can't buy love, but it improves your bargaining position.

Circumstance has no value. It is how one relates to a situation that has value. All true meaning resides in the personal relationship to a phenomenon... what it means to you.

Hate is a draining bottomless pit from whence nothing good or of any value can come. Try to eat a balanced diet. Guys only want one thing.

Guard your dragon with your life Eragon, for without her life is hardly worth living.

Books should go where they will be most appreciated, and not sit unread, gathering dust on a forgotten shelf, don't you agree?

A good idea is a good idea and my work should compete on its own merits, not based on the size of my fan base.

Emotional power is maybe the most valuable thing that an actor can have.

Some say it's what's on the inside that counts. If that were true about women, Playboy would be running centerfolds of brain tissues and gall bladders.