Quotes About Value

My reading might be pointless in terms of the history of literary criticism; but it's not pointless in terms of pleasure.

Ragana, pagalvojau. Jeigu pasaulyje yra moteris, kuri? gali ?simyl?ti ir vis tiek manyti, kad gyvenimo verta atsisakyti, tai toji moteris yra Veronika.

Our stories are what we are. Our stories preserve us. We give them to one another. Our stories have value

Once upon a time, privacy was valued. For goodness' sake, a disabled president of the United States could ask that the press not photograph him in a wheelchair or being transferred to his car or generally in a weakened state, and the press would oblige. Those were the days.

Sometimes your secrets are your only value.

Plain girls who were also clever were a ha'pence a dozen.

One minute with her is better than a lifetime with anyone else.

Don't choose me. I'm not worth your time.

You've given me value, Dun­can. In my heart I know I mat­ter to you.

Love and honor, treasures above value

A barren woman served no purpose in this kingdom. Her very reason for existing had been snatched away.

The names of the list mean something. Every one. They mean something to me. Everyone means something to someone.

Nothing comes without a price.

Only a fool gives up his one treasure.

strung a small white stone with a hole in it. 'This is more precious

Es wird nicht mehr die Idee sein, die Wert und Macht einem Individuum gibt, sondern das Individuum, das Wert, Macht und Rechtfertigung einer Idee gibt.

Modern man, in his well-lit house, knows nothing of the beauty of gold; but those who lived in the dark houses of the past were not merely captivated by its beauty, they also knew its practical value; for gold, in these dim rooms, must have served the function of a reflector. Their use of gold leaf and gold dust was not mere extravagance. Its reflective properties were put to use as a source of illumination.

I can hardly believe that the face is so important to a man's existence. A man's worth should be gauged by the content of his work; possibly the convolutions of the surface of the brain have something to do with it, but his face certainly does not. If the loss of a face can cause conspicuous change in the scale of evaluation, it may well be owing to a fundamental emptiness of content.

En su mayoría, las mujeres parecen estar convencidas de que, cada vez que abren los muslos, tienen que usar el marco del melodrama para lograr que el hombre reconozca su valor. Pero en realidad, esta patética e inocente ilusión convierte a las mujeres en víctimas de la violación espiritual, unilateral.

TotuÅŸi femeile obiÅŸnuite p?reau convinse c? nu puteau s?-l fac? pe un b?rbat s? le cunoasc? valoarea decat dac?, ori de cate ori îÅŸi desf?ceau picioarele, o f?ceau ca ÅŸi cum ar fi fost eroinele unui serial. Dar aceast? iluzie, foarte patetic? ÅŸi de fapt nevinovat?, f?cea din femei victimele unui viol spiritual, unilateral.

Singura cale s? eviÅ£i munca este s? munceÅŸti. Nu munca în sine este preÅ£ioas?; ci faptul c? învingem munca prin munc?. Adev?rata valoare a muncii s?l??luieÅŸte în puterea renun??rii la sine.

I can hardly believe that the face is so important to a man's existence. A man's worth should be gauged by the content of his work; possibly the convolutions of the surface of the brain have something to do with it, but his face certainly does not. If the loss of a face can cause conspicuous change in the scale of evaluation, it may well be owing to a fundamental emptiness of content.

Day after day they'd waited for Ryoji to be taken away for his tests. Then in the brilliant light of day Kaoru would lay Reiko down on the bed, hike up her skirt, pull down her panties, and examine her sex organ. It was no more than one organ of the many that made up her body, but he found it inexplicably fascinating. His love for her had endowed it with inestimable value.

Even if, by some especially unfortunate fate or by the niggardly provision of stepmotherly nature, [the good will] should be wholly lacking in the power to accomplish its purpose; if with the greatest effort it should yet achieve nothing, and only the good will should remain (not, to be sure, as a mere wish but as the summoning of all the means in our power), yet would it, like a jewel, still shine by its own light as something which has its full value in itself.