Cost Quotes
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Oliver Wendell Holmes said, "Think things, not words." In words, many see a need for "social justice" to override "the dictates of the market." In reality, what is called "the market" consists of human beings making their own choices at their own cost. What is called "social justice" is government imposition of the notions of third parties, who pay no price for being wrong.
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We change, but always at a cost: to win this you lose that.
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The reason welfare is bad is not because it costs too much, nor because it "undermines the work ethic," but because it is intrinsically at odds with the way human beings come to live satisfying lives.
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Lord, bring honor to thy Son at my expense, whatever the cost, and send me the bill. It is my reasonable service - He paid mine.
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The product is the delivery of the largest number of people at the least cost.
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A price is something you get. A cost is something you lose.
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The costliest women are the ones who cost nothing.
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Forgetting is the cost of living cheerfully.
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I really don't know one plane from the other. To me they are just marginal costs with wings.
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Much of the self-righteous nonsense that abounds on so many subjects cannot stand up to three questions: Compared to what? At what cost? What are the hard facts?.
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I do not seek unpopularity as a badge of honour, but sometimes it is the price of leadership and the cost of conviction.
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The cost of sanity in this society, is a certain level of alienation
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It costs a lot of money to look this cheap.
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I was late once and it cost me $50,000. I figure it was cheaper to wear two watches.
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I decline to buy repentance at the cost of ten thousand drachmas.
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A smile costs about $240.
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That which is priceless has no cost.
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But understanding will always require some effort. You probably wouldn't admire a friend who was good at everything if it cost her no effort.
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I grew up in New York, and I have that in me, that be-honest-at-all-costs, don't b.s. me attitude. I say, If you've got something to say about me, say it to my face. And then we'll either talk about it or fight about it.
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The risk to cities from climate impacts carries great social and economic cost and, of course, the loss of human lives.
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I screwed up there, and it probably cost us the game.
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I can't go on flying apart just for those who want the benefit of a few verbal kicks. My God, do you know what poems like that cost? They're not written vicariously: they come out of actual suffering, real madness.
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One of the most basic and pervasive social processes is the sorting and labeling of things, activities, and people... Sorting and labeling processes involve a trade-off of costs and benefits. In general, the more finely the sorting is done, the greater the benefits - and the costs... Sorting and labeling, whether of people or of things, is a sorting and labeling of probabilities rather than of certainties.
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The kinds of things I want don't cost money.
