Quotes About Value

Money is not the driving force behind my decisions to accept or reject a project.

I will place no value on anything I have or may possess except in relation to the kingdom of Christ.

Value denotes a relation reciprocally existing between two objects, and the precise relation which it denotes is the quantity of the one which can be obtained in exchange for a given quantity of the other.

We overvalue the arts in relation to the sciences.

Everyone has the idea of owning good companies. The problem is that they have high prices in relations to assets and earnings, and that takes all of the fun out of the game.

The object of the law of value is to elucidate the actual exchange relations of commodities.

I think for a lot of people, friendship is a relationship that gets devalued once they move on to what people consider to be more important relationships: once you find a partner or when you have kids.

Well, I make a practice of not commenting on the role of the relative exchange value of our currency.

Coming from a middle class background, travel was always considered a luxury then, even if it meant going to a relative's place or a religious shrine.

For us in England, the relative value of the pound against the dollar, that has a huge impact on how easy it is to get our films made in the U.K.

In the end, will truth matter? Of course truth will matter. Truth isn't relative. But there's going to be a great sacrifice on the way to getting truth to matter to us again, to finding out why it does, and God knows what shape that sacrifice will take.

I'm a relatively cheap person who, to me, it's not cool to overspend; it's cool to get a great deal.

To measure prices by a currency that is called by the same names as gold, but that is really inferior in value to gold, and then - because those prices are nominally higher than gold prices - to say that they are inflated, relatively to gold, is a perfect absurdity.

I'd rather buy something that is relatively depressed than something that is relatively high.

Even if you're a relatively small player in search, that can still mean a company that's worth several billion dollars.

As a younger man, I thought the best thing art could do was to challenge people's mindsets, and I still do, but I've come round to the value of entertainment. A show like 'The Interceptor,' which gives the audience that release, after a hard day, of just sitting down and enjoying themselves - that adds value to lives, too.

It's really important for actors to feel that they're more than something for hire.

When you hire in business, you don't worry about marquee value.

I sometimes think people hire me only for my eyes. If they could, they'd probably say, please leave your eyes on the set, we don't need the rest of you.

But I guess the lesson is this: If you don't have confidence in yourself and think that you are worth hiring, or whatever it is, you can't expect anyone else to.

An organization believes in me to where I'm worth $163 million, possibly $200 million. When you put it in that form, the responsibility hits home.

By the time you get dressed, drive out there, play 18 holes and come home, you've blown seven hours. There are better things you can do with your time.

I definitely wouldn't go somewhere just because I'm a homegrown player. I'd want to be wanted by a club.

It's honestly true that money means nothing to me.