Quotes About Value

It is good that a man's enemies want him dead, for it proves he has lived a life of worth.

Sure, art doesn't save anybody the way a sack of rice does. But that doesn't mean it's worthless. There're plenty of ways of living in the world and among words and some of them are a fuck of a lot more predatory than others.

All girls are! Even if they live in tiny old attics, even if they dress in rags, even if they aren't pretty, or smart, or young, they're still princesses - all of us! Didn't your father ever tell you that? Didn't he?

My mamma has a diamond ring which cost forty pounds," she said. "And it is not a big one, either. If there were mines full of diamonds, people would be so rich it would be ridiculous." "Perhaps Sara will be so rich that she will be ridiculous," giggled Jessie. "She's ridiculous without being rich," Lavinia sniffed.

Even if they dress in rags, even if they aren't pretty, or smart, or young. They're still princesses.

The mere fact of her sufferings and adventures made her a priceless possession.

But love is strange, as they used to say at the Chameleon Club. Even those of us who value intelligence over appearance have discovered, to our chagrin, that a high IQ doesn't necessarily translate into kindness or even conscience.

Who are you to say whether she is of use? She is alive! That is statement enough.

Jonathan closed his eyes. Oh, God, it's not the way I had things planned. But then, what of real, lasting value ever is?

Oh, God, it's not the way I had things planned. But then, what of real, lasting value ever is?

Wealth isn't evil, Kate. It's the love of money that is. When no matter how much you have is never enough.

She didn't make life easy on those who loved her, but she was worth it.

Books can be bought. A house can be rebuilt, darlin. You can't be replaced.

Who can find a virtuous and capable wife? She is worth more than precious rubies. She will not hinder him but help him all her life. PROVERBS 31:10, 12

Age appears best in four things: old wood to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust and old authors to read.

Qué valor tenía una promesa para una mente enferma?

The only reason I don't kill him, he remember the woman saying, her voice sounding like the scrape of iron against iron, a corrosion of vocal cords, is because he's not important enough.

I would find no value in the allegiance of a fool ready to give himself up to any old hag of Black Imagination who presented herself. I will accept your allegiance. For now. But if I ever decide you're useless, you are a dead man. To be killed by you is to be desired more than a life excluded from your service. (Redd and Sacrenoir)

La mauvaise musique est jouée tous les jours, la bonne ignorée.

There is only one true wealth in all the universe--living time.

And loyalty is a valued commodity. It can be sold . . . not bought, but sold.

Chance is the nature of our universe. […] madness represents a chaotic reservoir of surprises. Some surprises can be valuable.

Economics versus beauty, a story older than Sheba.

Reason is valuable," he said, "only when it performs against the wordless physical background of the universe." Her