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Luxury is not a $4,000 T-shirt - that's just an expensive item, the same as if a can of Coca-Cola cost $5,000.
There's this thing called freebasing. It's not free, it costs you your home. It should be called 'homebasing'.
I have been mocked by beauty, too. But it was the beauty which cost me nothing that in the end turned upon me.
We cannot continue. Our pension costs and health care costs for our employees are going to bankrupt this city.
If there is a war to be fought, we don’t consider cost one of the factors in deciding whether or not to fight.
Microfinance stands as one of the most promising and cost-effective tools in the fight against global poverty.
Child-care costs are now the largest family expenditure in much of America, even exceeding the cost of housing.
It is hard to contend against one's heart's desire; for whatever it wishes to have it buys at the cost of soul.
Back in the 70s it cost 15-20$ a shot for the film, the processing, and the contact sheet, now it’s twice that.
Voters care only that student loans remain freely available and that they cost taxpayers as little as possible.
A painting probably is the most shocking increase in value, from what it costs to make to what you sell it for.
Scientific research? Only when not at the cost of ethics-and first of all, those of the researchers themselves.
Gay marriage, I am so against it because if all my gay friends get married, it will cost me a fortune in gifts.
I made driving mistakes in Sochi that cost me gold, and I'll torture myself for the rest of my life about that!
Dearest Lord, teach me to be generous; teach me to serve you as you deserve; to give and not to count the cost.
If it costs ten years, and ten to recover the general prosperity, the destruction of the South is worth so much.
Our goal is to show that you can develop a robust, safe manned space program and do it at an extremely low cost.
That furniture cost me a fortune! It's designer furniture." "Designed by whom ? Darth Vader ? The Hitler Youth ?
It costs about $27 million to win a seat in the United States Senate, so when you win one, you like to sit down.
If I read a book that cost me $20 and I get one good idea, I've gotten one of the greatest bargains of all time.
The biggest cost of poor quality is when your customer buys it from someone else because they didn't like yours.
Attackers are able to amortize the cost of exploit, malware, and infrastructure development across many targets.
I have always had this failing - that I cannot explain myself, as I have said, except at the cost of many words.
If I knew in 1986 how much it was going to cost to keep Pixar going, I doubt if I would have bought the company.
Real estate is the key cost of physical retailers. That's why there's the old saw: location, location, location.
The key is to cut out the middleman and empower both doctor and patient with information about what things cost.
First you learn the value of abstraction, then you learn the cost of abstraction, then you're ready to engineer.
What a thrill. You know you've entered new territory when you realise that your outfit cost more than your film.
How can sincerity be a condition of friendship? A taste for truth at any cost is a passion which spares nothing.
It would cost Americans their jobs when they have to compete with millions of more [immigrants] for scarce jobs.
Quality napkins are made in villages at a cost of just Rs 2 per piece with my simple and cost-effective machines.
The real cost of corruption in government, whether it is local, state, or federal, is a loss of the public trust.
Doing something costs something. Doing nothing costs something. And, quite often, doing nothing costs a lot more!
The material world will always attract a lot of women. A lot of people would be down for that, whatever the cost.
Eighty percent of what doctors do, tech can do at a fraction of the cost - especially your rural doctor in India.
Oh, no. It costs a lot more than your life. To murder innocent people?" says Peeta. "It costs everything you are.
Sanctimony is the most inexpensive form of morality. It costs us nothing to make much of small matters in others.
There is no cost difference between incarceration and an Ivy League education; the main difference is curriculum.
How good something is should never be determined by its cost, designer, origin, or its perceived value by others.
There is a God and He is good, and his love, while free, has a self imposed cost: We must be good to one another.
Assuming a specific resource is high cost is often a path to disruption when someone makes a different assumption.
Congress votes for things the military doesn't want, and planes and other weaponry that cost a lot but don't work.
Nothing gained without cost is valued. Freedom has a cost, and all will bear it so all will value and preserve it.
When I graduated from university I tried to buy a beeper, and it cost me $250. My pay at the time was $10 a month.
Good access to a doctor and a drugstore when you first have a problem can avoid a lot of cost and heartache later.
A firm is successful when the costs of directing employee effort are lower than the potential gain from directing.
I hope that energy-efficient LED light bulbs will help reduce energy use and lower the cost of lighting worldwide.
I would suggest that if you get in your kitchen and cook for yourself, you can eat like kings for a very low cost.
Large increases in cost with questionable increases in performance can be tolerated only in race horses and women.
The following sentiments are illustrative of the philosophy of the Talmud: "Love peace and pursue it at any cost."