Quotes About Value

Se mi interesso a quello che pensano i cretini, non avrò più tempo per quello che pensano le persone intelligenti.

A chciaÅ'byÅ› ?y? wiecznie? - Nie w ten sposób! Sze??dziesiÄ…t czy siedemdziesiÄ…t lat czegoÅ› takiego zupeÅ'nie wystarczy. Ale gdybym byÅ' bogaty, tak. - Przecie? bogactwo doczesne jest niczym. - SÅ'owo bogacza.

Capitalism puts things (capital) higher than life (labor). Power follows from possession, not from activity.

Two persons thus fall in love when they feel they have found the best object available on the market, considering the limitations of their own exchange values.

Modern man thinks he loses something—time—when he does not do things quickly; yet he does not know what to do with the time he gains—except kill it.

Hayat?m?za giren herkes deÄŸerlidir ama herkes özel deÄŸildir. Sayg? hepsine, sevgi lay?k olana verilir.

They may not realize it, but consistently thinking of the external appearance as both supremely important and also as an object whose uniqueness and differences are not valued or appreciated and must therefore be butchered and uniformized has got to wear the spirit down on some deep level.

In 1790s ladies' debating societies were still deliberating 'In the Marriage State, which constitutes the greater Evil, Love without Money, or Money without Love?' 12

We learned the value of research in World War II.

An epistemic methodology that sees the pursuit of knowledge as entirely congruent with the search for power is a great deal more cunning than wise. It can needlessly undermine the value of knowledge in satisfying curiosity and interest; it significantly weakens one of the profound characteristics of human beings.

Property, n. Any material thing, having no particular value, that may be held by A against the cupidity of B. Whatever gratifies the passion for possession in one and disappoints it in all others. The object of man's brief rapacity and long indifference.

Advice, n. the smallest current coin.

Life is worthwhile in itself

In the case of an artistic practice that performs female narcissism..., the threat lies in its making superfluous the arbiters of artistic value. Already presuming her desirability, [she] obviates the modern critical system; loving herself, she needs no confirmation of her artistic 'value

Better is poverty in the hand of the god,Than wealth in the storehouse;Better is bread with a happy heartThan wealth with vexation.

Silence is golden; speech is silver

All pleasures must be paid for, do not despise those that state their price.

Why should we take the diversity of human cultures less seriously than the diversity of animal or plant species? Ought not our just desire to preserve our environment extend to the human environment itself? Our world would be a dreary place, both from the natural and from the cultural point of view, if the only surviving species were those we consider "useful," together with a few we judge to be decorative or that have acquired symbolic value.

La riqueza no se mide por las cosas que se poseen sino por aquellas de las que sabemos prescindir.

sayg?nl?k sat?l?k bir kad?n gibidir

On ne s'est pas contenté de dénoncer les excès de l'égalitarisme, c'est le principe même d'égalité qu'on a remis en cause, et dévalorisé.

The idea that came through in the Renaissance and took hold of the West was that life was no mere anteroom for something greater or divine. Life itself was of value--and could be made perfect.

Old is gold, but new is platinum.

I once met an economist who believed that everything was fungible for money, so I suggested he enclose himself in a large bell-jar with as much money as he wanted and see how long he lasted.