This collection holds 172 costs quotes, drawn from writers, leaders, artists and thinkers across the QuoteForever archive. The most quoted voices here are John Major, Ralph Waldo Emerson and Jean Anouilh.

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Disunity costs votes.

Money often costs too much.

What you get free costs too much.

Peace if possible, truth at all costs.

That which costs little is less valued.

No one thinks of how much blood it costs.

It costs a lot of money to look this cheap.

Civility costs nothing, and buys everything.

It costs me a lot to stay calm during a game.

Sunk costs? We pay too much attention to them.

My duty is clear and at all costs will be done.

It's not a principle unless it costs you something.

There is no glory in battle worth the blood it costs.

I did what I felt, and I felt what I did, at all costs.

If you have to ask how much it costs, you can't afford it.

When you have to kill a man, it costs nothing to be polite.

We pay for power plant pollution through higher health costs.

It's better to give than to lend and it costs about the same.

It's not what you pay a man, but what he costs you that counts.

Fun is like life insurance; the older you get, the more it costs.

A lack of realism in the vision today costs credibility tomorrow.

Any time you have change, it costs somebody. Somebody is a loser.

Contemplation seems to be about the only luxury that costs nothing.

I want everyone to tell me the truth, even if it costs him his job.

Idealism is fine, but as it approaches reality, the costs become prohibitive.

You don't have to carry a designer bag that costs more than a car to look cool.

Marriage requires searing honesty at all costs. I learned that from my third wife.

Reducing health care costs for families requires increased competition in health insurance.

Renewable energy is not more expensive than fossil fuel when you factor in life-cycle costs.

I love thrift shopping. You can get ten things because everything costs, like, three dollars.

Profit or perish... There are only two ways to make money: increase sales and decrease costs.

The result of long-term relationships is better and better quality, and lower and lower costs.

A ship is always referred to as 'she' because it costs so much to keep one in paint and powder.

Our goal is to make Maine the healthiest state in the nation and reduce our overall health care costs.

Haters never win. I just think that's true about life, because negative energy always costs in the end.

The big difference between sex for money and sex for free is that sex for money usually costs a lot less.

Lawsuit abuse is a major contributor to the increased costs of healthcare, goods and services to consumers.

I want to go public because I have the right reason to go public - because the benefits outweigh the costs.

There are risks and costs to action. But they are far less than the long range risks of comfortable inaction.

Illegal immigration costs taxpayers $45 billion a year in health care, education, and incarceration expenses.

Man must at all costs overcome the Earth's gravity and have, in reserve, the space at least of the Solar System.

History has repeatedly shown that the costs of many government healthcare programs far exceed early projections.

You have to stick to what you love and purse that at all costs. Don't choose money first; it won't make you happy.

Hypocrisy can afford to be magnificent in its promises, for never intending to go beyond promise, it costs nothing.

Failure in the theater is more dramatic and uglier than any other form of writing. It costs so much, you feel so guilty.

Life is inherently risky. There is only one big risk you should avoid at all costs, and that is the risk of doing nothing.

The new information technology... Internet and e-mail... have practically eliminated the physical costs of communications.

If you make yourself indispensable to your employer, he is not going to part with you in a hurry no matter what it costs him.

I don't want to suggest that controlling pharmaceutical costs is the answer to what ails the U.S. health care system. It isn't.

The rising costs of higher education coupled with the stress of paying student loans are putting increasing pressure on students.

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