Worth Quotes - page 11

From now on, the pound abroad is worth 14 per cent or so less in terms of other currencies. That doesn't mean, of course, that the Pound here in Britain, in your pocket or purse or in your bank, has been devalued. (Harold Wilson)
If physics is too difficult for the physicists, the nonphysicist may wonder whether he should try at all to grasp its complexities and ambiguities. It is undeniably an effort, but probably one worth making, for the basic questions are important and the new experimental results are often fascinating. And if the layman runs into serious perplexities, he can be consoled with the thought that the points which baffle him are more than likely the ones for which the professionals have not found satisfactory answers. View quote
Edward Condon
If it's worth doing, it's worth overdoing. View quote
Ayn Rand
As far as I can tell the only thing worth looking at in most museums of art is all the schoolgirls on daytrips with the art departments. View quote
Banksy
The true measurement of a person's worth isn't what they say they believe in, but what they do in defense of those beliefs. If you're not acting on your beliefs, then they probably aren't real. View quote
Edward Snowden
Even a second of freedom is worth more than a lifetime of bondage. View quote
James Frey
The way a book is read, which is to say, the qualities a reader brings to a book can have as much to do with its worth as anything the author puts into it. View quote
Norman Cousins
I think a lot of what I was taught, gathered, and learned is worth keeping. Heritage and "wisdom" and simply personal family and local history enrich the one able to tap such information. As it is I wish I had garnered more from my grandparents and parents. View quote
Gary Gygax
I don't mean to be gross, but the only time it's good to yell "I have diarrhea" is when you're playing Scrabble because it's worth a shitload of points. View quote
Zach Galifianakis
No revolution is worth anything unless it can defend itself. View quote
Vladimir Lenin
Look beneath the surface; let not the several quality of a thing nor its worth escape thee. (Marcus Aurelius)
Understand however that every man is worth just so much as the things are worth about which he busies himself. View quote
Marcus Aurelius
This week, penny collector Gene Sukie went to the bank and cashed in 10,000 pounds of pennies he had collected over 34 years, which were worth over 14,000 dollars. And, of course, I was in line behind him. View quote
Tina Fey
It was reported that the New York Knicks have won all 12 of the home games attended by magician David Blaine. A spokesman for the Knicks said, 'if this is what it takes to win, it's not worth it. View quote
Tina Fey
The United Nations will spearhead our efforts to manage the new conflicts (that afflict our world)....Yes the principles of the United Nations Charter are worth our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor. View quote
Colin Powell
If the great Captain of Plymouth is so very eager to wed me, Why does he not come himself, and take the trouble to woo me? If I am not worth the wooing, I surely am not worth the winning! View quote
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
We live in a culture in which intelligence is denied relevance altogether, in a search for radical innocence, or is defended as an instrument of authority and repression. In my view, the only intelligence worth defending is critical, dialectical, skeptical, desimplifying. View quote
Susan Sontag
An illusion which makes me happy is worth a verity which drags me to the ground. View quote
Christoph Martin Wieland
Money is like manure; it's not worth a thing unless it's spread around encouraging young things to grow. View quote
Thornton Wilder
A modern philosopher who has never once suspected himself of being a charlatan must be such a shallow mind that his work is probably not worth reading. View quote
Leszek Kołakowski
When man lives under government, he is fallen, his worth is gone, and his nature tarnished. (Adam Weishaupt)
A small act is worth a million thoughts. View quote
Ai Weiwei
I also have to speak out for people around me who are afraid, who think it is not worth it or who have totally given up hope. So I want to set an example: you can do it and this is okay, to speak out. View quote
Ai Weiwei
Love is worth whatever it costs. View quote
Françoise Sagan
I am working here [Amsterdam] on my last big triptych, which will be a tremendous story, and which gives me a more intense life and exhilaration. My God, life is worth living! View quote
Max Beckmann