Quotes About Value

And I know there has never been a human being or a television show, no matter how great, that could measure up to a great book.

No one should have to pay for love in flesh or blood. (Acheron)

Baby, I ain't trash. Trash is something you throw away. My people keep me.

You can't buy time, Nick. Ever. It's the only thing in life you can't get most of, and it's the one thing that will mercilessly tear you up when it's gone. It takes no pity on no soul and no heart.

Is the life you seek to take worth the one you could one day create? (Savitar)

He didn't want the respect of people who weren't worth wiping his nose on—people who weren't worth the spatout gum attached to the bottom of his worn-out shoes. The only respect he wanted was from himself and the people who really mattered in his life. The people who really loved and cared about him.

I love you, Devyn Wade Kell, with everything inside me. But it's okay if you don't feel the same. I know I'm just a piece of trash in your world, and I don't expect you to share my feelings. (Alix) Don't you ever say that to me again. Trash is something people throw away, Alix. I intend to keep you for the rest of my life. (Devyn)

So why the sudden girlspeak, Urian? Neither one of us is really into discussing our feelings…and no offense, I like the fact we don't. (Acheron) I do too most times and I'm truly grateful you don't pry, but as a man who defied everything he once valued in this world and one who sacrificed the love of a father he worshiped…even though it ended badly, the days I had with Phoebe were worth every wound I've suffered. (Urian)

It's a gift. (Artemis) Nothing is ever freely given. (Acheron)

I don't understand you. You could have handed over the slave and been free. (Paden) Freedom bought on the back of a loved one isn't worth shit. (Devyn)

Susan: ...My enemies can take what they want, but my life is mine and so long as I breathe, it has value. I won't ever give up. Not again.

Life only has the value a person gives it. If I killed you here and now, yours would be worthless and no one would mourn you. Is that really what you want? (Sin) I don't own my life. It means nothing to me. (Kish) Then it means nothing to anyone. But if you had your life again, would it still be worthless? (Sin)

What if he wakes up before you get home and steals you blind? (Wayne) Steals what? My clothes won't fit him and I have nothing of any value. Not unless he likes my Peter, Paul, and Mary collection anyway. (Sunshine)

Why is it when I'm the one shot, I'm a baby, but when it's you, it's a matter of life and death and national security? (Joe) Because I'm cuter in a short skirt. (Tee)

Respect must be earned, Ren. Not demanded. A questioning mind is the most cherished resource man has and the rarest." – Choo Co La Tah

She put a higher value on independence than an asthmatic put on oxygen.' Tzader

Value isn't calculated by a person's net worth or income. It's calculated by integrity and decency.

You know why divorce costs so much? Because it is worth it!

Life as an end is qualitatively different from life as a means.

But life is not a legend or a story. Reality is far more precious than a story.

But I want to feel like life matters. I had something real with you, but then the realness scared me. I decided to go for other things instead.

No one is really miserable who has not tried to cheapen life.

There is not one life that doesn't add tremendous value to the whole. Somewhere inside of us we know this to be true; we hear the call to head in the direction of this bigger life.

I had worked my whole life. Until I became a mother, that's the only way I measured my value.