Price Quotes
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When I was twelve, I was interviewed by a doctoral candidate in education and asked what I wanted to be when I grew up. I said that I either wanted to be a philosopher or a clown, and I understood then, I think, that much depended on whether or not I found the world worth philosophizing about, and what the price of seriousness might be.
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I think when you get interested in antiques, the most frustrating thing is that books don't have enough photos. When you go to a flea market or garage sale, you see lots of things you've never seen before and you have no idea what the price is going to be or should be.
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One cannot live for ever by ignoring the price of coffins.
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Death is not too great a price for a life fully lived.
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All those men have their price.
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I would rather have India without education, if that is the price to be paid for making it dry.
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All information can be bought, my son, if you are willing to pay the price.
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Nothing so evil as money ever grew to be current among men. This lays cities low, this drives men from their homes, this trains and warps honest souls till they set themselves to works of shame; this still teaches folk to practise villainies, and to know every godless deed. But all the men who wrought this thing for hire have made it sure that, soon or late, they shall pay the price.
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You know yourself what you are worth in your own eyes; and at what price you will sell yourself. For men sell themselves at various prices. This is why, when Florus was deliberating whether he should appear at Nero's shows, taking part in the performance himself, Agrippinus replied, 'Appear by all means.' And when Florus inquired, 'But why do not you appear?' he answered, 'Because I do not even consider the question.'
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Don't educate your children to be rich. Educate them to be happy, so they know the value of things, not the price.
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Russia does not control oil prices - OPEC does. So Russia is a hostage in the hands of those who control these prices
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We’ve never had a decline in house prices on a nationwide basis. So, what I think what is more likely is that house prices will slow, maybe stabilize, might slow consumption spending a bit. I don’t think it’s going to drive the economy too far from its full employment path, though.
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I've never turned over a fig leaf yet that didn't have a price tag on the other side.
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The great moral question of the twenty-first century is this: if all knowledge, all culture, all art, all useful information can be costlessly given to everyone at the same price that it is given to anyone; if everyone can have everything, anywhere, all the time, why is it ever moral to exclude anyone?
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Flying might not be all plain sailing, but the fun of it is worth the price.
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The substantial uncertainty about the path of asset price movements going forward necessarily reduces the case for altering policy in advance of the move.
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Nobody really understands gold prices and I don't pretend to understand them either.
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These cars are the last ones to hold up the flag of power, the maximum you can imagine from an internal combustion engine, therefore these cars will rise in price, big time.
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By the time kids are 15, they're drunks and they're drug addicts and they're getting chicks pregnant. The parents wonder, "What did I do wrong?" What you did wrong was, you were never there. You had the kid as a status symbol, that's what went wrong. And you're paying the price for it.
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The price we pay for our advance in civilization is a loss of happiness through the heightening of the sense of guilt.
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Television played its part, too. It exalted the picture and depreciated the word. The "talking head" was considered dull television and to be avoided whenever possible in favor of something, anything, moving, though a head that talks well is a pearl beyond price.
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Those who obstruct the Senate should pay a price in public notoriety and physical exhaustion. That would lead to a significant decline in frivolous filibusters.
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We learned that a product doesn't sell just because you're trying to do good in the world. You still have to have a healthy distribution, a good marketing strategy, and price the product properly.
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Nor let us part with justice, like a cheap and common thing, for a small and trifling price.
