Quotes About Value

Aghion's conclusion is that we have to redesign fiscal systems so they distinguish clearly between the creation of value and the enjoyment of economic rents, even if, in practice, this distinction is not always easy to make.

knowledge, data processing, and creativity are going to be at the heart of creating value.

A cultural value shift is also in order. College-educated people should consciously reconsider their attitudes toward skilled trades and give them the respect they deserve.

Simply and plainly, April, because we need you. Is that not reason enough?

To love someone is to show to them their beauty, their worth and their importance.

When we love and respect people, revealing to them their value, they can begin to come out from behind the walls that protect them.

To reveal someone's beauty is to reveal their value by giving them time, attention, and tenderness. To love is not just to do something for them but to reveal to them their own uniqueness, to tell them that they are special and worthy of attention.

It's setting a pretty high value on his own soul. I should never rate mine as being worth a lifetime of effort.' 'I suppose a person's soul is worth whatever price he chooses to set.

It is production which opens a demand for products…. A product is no sooner created, than it, from that instant, affords a market for other products to the full extent of its own value.

Democracy not only requires equality but also an unshakable conviction in the value of each person, who is then equal.

I love you. You have no idea what you are worth to me.

Do I dare set forth here the most important, the most useful rule of all education? It is not to save time, but to squander it.

One loses all the time which he might employ to better purpose.

He wanted to understand what she felt, as well as what she thought, and his approving interest and encouragement made her feel deeply known and valued.

Because in order to deliver their benefits, their financial value, they need to work in conjunction with other material assets such as production facilities. There are no brands without products or services to carry them.

Life has no meaning a priori… It is up to you to give it a meaning, and value is nothing but the meaning that you choose.

Il me semblait en effet qu'une idée, aussi brillante fût-elle, n'était pas vraiment digne d'être retenue si, pour simplement s'en souvenir, il fallait la noter.

Art doesn't have to matter to a lot of people to matter a lot.

The power of our devotion to teachers and teachings is not a reflection of their value, but of ego's will to survive. It's ego—the false self—that exalts the guru and declares the teaching sacred, but nothing is exalted or sacred, only true or not true.

Good thing you're tagging all those "Low Priority" tasks. God forbid you'd ever lose track of shit that's not worth doing.

There are two kinds of companies, those that work to try to charge more and those that work to charge less. We will be the second.

And regardless of the fact that in this country, certainly in the arts, we treat comedy as a second-class citizen, I've never thought of it that way. I've always thought it to be important. The last time I looked, the Greeks were holding up two masks. I've always thought of it not only as having equal value, but as the craft of it, being funny.

Lower Manhattan is the most valuable chunk of real estate on the planet, as well as the economic engine for the entire region—if it can't be protected, then New York City is in deep trouble.

One neural network called bidirectional associative memory (BAM) allows you to provide the value and receive the key.