Quotes About Value

Mit blods røst sier mig at den er størst som har tilført tilværelsen mest grunnværdi, mest positiv profit. Den store terrorist er størst, dimensionen, den uhørte donkraft som veier kloder op.

Come touch,...but you'll a price

I've got a fortune in gold. Ah, was that a flicker in your eye? Do you like me better now that you know I'm rich?" He curled his finger under her chin. "Because I'm all right with that.

You wouldn't recognize a good thing if it was spanking your ass.

You don't appear to be an afterthought with that one, dearest freakling. You appear to be the only thought.

The bottom line is that insults only hurt when they come from someone I respect.

My mother once told me that diamonds were born of pressure, but I never understood what she meant until I met you.

You know that I'm not for sale, right?" "I know. Or I would have already bought you.

Look at you." He gazed down at me as if staggered by what he found in his arms. "I carry my greatest treasure." Irresistible

Members of the Pravus Rule and the Vertas League are both welcome to bid on this capture, a female who will have tactical value against a common enemy.

Everyone wants to be worth a little sacrifice.

she looked about as hard to get as a haircut and at about the same price.

If you only have brains on your head you would be as good a man as any of them, and a better man than some of them. Brains are the only things worth having in this world, no matter whether one is a crow or a man.

You are both rich my friends ... And your riches are the only riches worth having, the riches of content.

If you only had brain in your head you would be as good as man as any of them, and a better man than some of them. Brains are the only things worth having in this world, no matter whether one is a crow or a man.

There's lots o' things folks don't 'preciate, replied the sailor-man. If somethin' would 'most stop your breath, you'd think breathin' easy was the finest thing in life.

A beautiful girl is much superior to a little yellow bird, and a boy—such as I was—far better than a Green Monkey.

but one egg isn't good for anything at all

since no thief, however skillful, can rob one of knowledge, and that is why knowledge is the best and safest treasure to acquire.

You are both rich, my friends, said Ozma, gently; and your riches are the only riches worth having—the riches of content!

It wouldn't matter, remarked the educated Woggle-Bug. he can't get broke so long as he is stuffed with money.

Time is given us to be happy and for no other reason...when we waste time, we waste happiness.

Their feathers make soft beds,' asserted Pessim. 'And my skin would make excellent drumheads,' retorted the Ork. 'Nevertheless, a plucked bird or a skinned Ork would be of no value to himself, so we needn't brag of our usefulness after we are dead. But for the sake of argument, friend Pessim, I'd like to know what good YOU would be, were you not alive?

Aren't you good for ANYthing? asked Trot. Yes, I'm pretty to look at, and that's more than can be said of you, retorted the creature.