Quotes About Value

The things that remain matter. Because of them, I can render a plausible life.

This race among the superrich—for zeroes in their bank accounts—means a race to transform items of inestimable value into cold, hard cash. The land, what's on and under the land—all that vibrant life—human effort and creativity, our friendships, our health and the "statistical value" of our very lives, all are being converted into money. We have even equated speech—that unique human gift—with money.

It's all in the view. That's what I mean about forever, too. For any one of us our forever could end in an hour, or a hundred years from now. You never know for sure, so you'd better make every second count.

It shouldn't be easy to be amazing. Then everything would be. It's the things you fight for and struggle with before earning that have the greatest worth. When something's difficult to come by, you'll do that much more to make sure it's even harder—or impossible—to lose.

What you need, what you deserve, is a guy who adores you for what you are. Who doesn't see you as a project, but a prize. you know?

The focus is on tearing out dysfunction and blight, instead of finding existing strengths and building on what people value and what is working well.

It is its absence which defines the importance of a thing.

No boy is worth crying over, and the one who is won't make you cry.

My story? How can that be relevant? There's not much to tell." "Every person has a story. And every story is important.

Just because a relationship ends, it doesn't mean it's not worth having.

Love isn't a curse, Lucas, it's a gift.

No podías tener todo lo que querías, pero, si eras afortunada, tenías las cosas que importaban.

There, don't you think I'm always a-fault-finding! When I get hold of the real thing in folks, I stick to 'em,—but there's an awful sight of poor material walking about that ain't worth the ground it steps on.

Who, in 2007, would have thought that a drawing by Willem De Kooning would be a safer asset than shares in Lehman Brothers? By autumn 2008, this would clearly be the case.

The function of museums is to make art worthless again. They take the work out of the market and put it in a place where it becomes part of the common wealth.

Art is more like real estate than stocks. Some Warhols are like studio apartments in midblock buildings with northern exposures, while other Warhols are penthouse properties with 360-degree views. A share of Cisco, however, is always just a share of Cisco." Judging

How much better to get wisdom than gold, to choose understanding rather than silver!—PROVERBS 16:16

Instead of yearning for a problem-free life, rejoice that trouble can highlight your awareness of My Presence. In the darkness of adversity, you are able to see more clearly the radiance of My Face. Accept the value of problems in this life, considering them pure joy.

But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also." —MATTHEW 6:20–21

Respect for another man's opinion is worthy. It is the realization that any opinion is valuable, for it is the sign of a rational being.

Money and women. They're two of the strongest things in the world. The things you do for a woman you wouldn't do for anything else. Same with money.

I never yet touched a fig leaf that didn't turn into a price tag.

If P is a presheaf on C and x E P(C), the value for an arrow f : D -* C in C is called the restriction of x along f, and is often denoted by I or by a dot:

Authors can always be relied on to turn up late to their own launch party and then say embarrassing things, but they are a strangely valuable asset when it comes to promoting a publication. Their death, I find, is what adds most value to a book. I'm surprised publishers don't use the technique more often.