Quotes About Value

I mean, the way I see it is, every penny I've ever made through music is free money.

Well, first of all, I'm worth every penny.

I'm worth every penny because I'm a complete professional who does her work well.

I've been charging what I deserve. I believe I am worth every penny of it, and if filmmakers think so, too, they will pay me.

Kobe is worth every penny, and I'd never had any doubt that he'd contribute to this team.

I had a pension that I was paying into for 27 years... It's now worth less than a Herman Cain endorsement.

I have people say, 'I'll come to work for you for free,' and I tell my employees they have to compete with that.

I can totally understand why people say: 'I'm going to do this T.V. series so that I can buy a flat'. But you've got to see what's of value to you as an actor.

I collect objects I fall in love with more than antiques per se. Value is not a criteria that attracts me to something.

It's a shame when other people's gambling habits change the meaning of paintings or when fluctuations of value start to dictate how people perceive art because it's too expensive to be interesting or moving. That's when I get bummed out.

We have such a weird celebrity culture in our country where we elevate talented, successful, or beautiful people to a level of perceived greater value.

If you're one of the only women on a set - if it's you and a bunch of men - you feel like your value doesn't come from your thoughts and your talent and what you say: your value comes from how you look and how you're perceived by the men around you.

But as a writer and performer, I want to get paid for what I do.

If I inspire you, pay for it, period.

I would shoot for long periods in Chennai, and now I wish I spent more time with my family. That is what matters the most.

Some people think that culture is overhyped and peripheral. A season of opera is less important than the refurbishment of a school, they say. Leaving aside the poverty of imagination and aspiration implicit in such a sentiment, it also ignores hardheaded economic reality: Britain, and London in particular, makes big money from culture.

If you're lucky enough to have a permanent position, don't feel entitled. Companies value longtime employees' institutional memory, but to be irreplaceable, you must stay invested. Take the initiative and assume new responsibilities.

I think there's an enormous value to being negative. The world we live in today, negativity is not permitted.

One person's car is another person's scenery.

Do not forget that the value and interest of life is not so much to do conspicuous things...as to do ordinary things with the perception of their enormous value.

One day you'll discover that the opinions of worthless people are worthless.

REFLECTION ON SIZE Small people often overrate the charm of being tall; which is, that you appreciate the charm of being small.

I keep my friends as misers do their treasure, because, of all the things granted us by wisdom, none is greater or better than friendship.

Excellent things are rare.