Quotes About Value

Driving up the value of the advertising is a big commitment for Microsoft.

Over the course of two years, we arrived at a point where we began to look at the value added by making information more easily accessible across the intelligence community, both defense and national.

Look: invest in what you understand, what's foreseeably going to offer real value and returns, not necessarily what's trendy.

Some people think that my shows are just for shock value, but the provocation makes those classic pieces look different every six months. You don't need to see the same gray suit every season. But surrounding it with 40 really interesting ideas makes it feel new.

Pakistan doesn't value its artistes. I will get trolled for what I have said, but that is the reality. It is unfortunate.

Creating value isn't enough - you also need to capture some of the value you create.

Equating brutality and despotism with leadership is not an American value.

A food's value is based on how good it tastes.

When Bill Morgan and I formed Kinder Morgan in February of 1997, it had about $300 million in enterprise value.

The only thing of value I have in this life is my ability to tell a story, whether in print, orating, writing it down or having people acting it out. That's why I'm always hoping society never collapses because the first ones to go will be entertainers.

I never read reviews. I'm not interested. But I value a lot the reactions of the spectators.

I think the membrane - I say that the membrane between life and death is perilously thin. And I do think the story of Jesus, this great mythical story, can have transforming value in our lives.

I am a believer in Adam Smith, who says that if you look at something that really contributes value to society, and you can deliver it at a reasonable price, then society will recognise that at some point because rational behaviour will come into play.

I think very early on, my sisters and I understood the value of nature and what it can do for us, and that we are part of nature. Even if we are all seemingly intelligent beings and we're at the top of the food chain, that doesn't mean that we have to remove ourselves from nature.

I see everybody arguing about what the value of music should be instead of what I think the bigger conversation is, which is that music has value, it's subjective and we're moving to a new era where the audience is taking more responsibility for supporting artists at whatever level.

Economies typically do not function well in hyperinflation. The real value of government debt might disappear, but the economy is likely to disappear with it.

Nobody will give a single rupee if you cannot match value in a professional way. For that, you need paid professionals.

Moreover, only a strong and united scientific opinion imposing the intrinsic value of scientific progress on society at large can elicit the support of scientific inquiry by the general public.

I never understood that when I heard people retire - they said they missed being around the guys. I don't have a need to make a play in the ninth inning of a game anymore. But being on the inside and being part of a team is something that you really do value and you really do miss.

I had this thesis that we had entered the experience economy. People were getting married later and starting to value experiences like travel over owning things.

The skills gap is a reflection of what we value.

I feel my dad, I still feel his love, and I still love him. I would do anything to have him back, but half the reason that my life is good, has real, true value, is that he died. I would obviously rather have him alive, but he gave me so much in his death.

There is something like an explosion in the meaning of certain words: they have a greater value than their meaning in the dictionary.

When I give away a book for free, it gets my name out there. That has lifelong value for me that goes way beyond the few dollars I could maybe charge.