Costs Quotes - page 4

Maybe you just can't protect people from certain specialized types of folly with any sane amount of regulation, and the correct response is to give up on the high social costs of inadequately protecting people from themselves under certain circumstances. (Eliezer Yudkowsky)
Some people did not like this ceremonious style. But after all when you have to kill a man it costs nothing to be polite. View quote
Winston Churchill
One reason for the tremendous increase in health-care costs in the U. S. is managerial neglect of the "hotel services" by the people who dominate the hospital, such as doctors and nurses. View quote
Peter Drucker
In the long run the answer to all those who object to the doctrine of hell, is itself a question: What are you asking God to do? To wipe out their past sins and, at all costs, to give them a fresh start, smoothing every difficulty and offering every miraculous help? But He has done so, on Calvary. To forgive them? They will not be forgiven. To leave them alone? Alas, I am afraid that is what He does. View quote
C. S. Lewis
Sharing the code just seems like The Right Thing to Do, it costs us rather little, but it benefits a lot of people in sometimes very significant ways. There are many university research projects, proof of concept publisher demos, and new platform test beds that have leveraged the code. Free software that people value adds wealth to the world. View quote
John D. Carmack
We will not prematurely or unnecessarily risk the costs of a worldwide nuclear war in which even the fruits of victory would be ashes in our mouth - but neither shall we shrink from that risk any time it must be faced. View quote
John F. Kennedy
There is no glory in battle worth the blood it costs. View quote
Dwight D. Eisenhower
But I'm never gonna get to a point in my life where what it costs to shoot a movie is going to determine what it is. The limits of my imagination is the only thing that's gonna stop me. View quote
Abel Ferrara
In a period of economic downturn, the overwhelming instinct is to pare back, cut costs, and lay off. If you do that, do so with your strategy in mind. The worst mistake is to cut across the board. Instead, reconnect and recommit to a clear strategy that will distinguish yourself from others. View quote
Michael E. Porter
Falling entry barriers and lower access costs have significantly democratised participation, whether in production or consumption. View quote
Mohamed El-Erian
Health care is too expensive, so the Clinton administration is putting Hillary in charge of making it cheaper. (This is what I always do when I want to spend less money - hire a lawyer from Yale.) If you think health care is expensive now, wait until you see what it costs when it's free. (P. J. O'Rourke)
Millions of Americans today are taking dietary supplements, practicing yoga and integrating other natural therapies into their lives. These are all preventive measures that will keep them out of the doctor's office and drive down the costs of treating serious problems like heart disease and diabetes. View quote
Andrew Weil
Sunk costs? We pay too much attention to them. View quote
Richard Thaler
In considering whether a larger association would be more satisfactory, do not fail to consider its extra costs, including a possible increase in the sense of individual powerlessness. View quote
Robert A. Dahl
Honestly, shopping beats therapy, anytime. It costs the same and you get a dress out of it. View quote
Sophie Kinsella
Private student loans should be avoided at all costs. View quote
Suze Orman
Properly measured, the average actively managed dollar must underperform the average passively managed dollar, net of costs. Empirical analyses that appear to refute this principle are guilty of improper measurement. View quote
William Forsyth Sharpe
Barefoot conducts his seminars on his houseboat in Sausalito. It costs a hundred dollars to find out why we are on this Earth. You also get a sandwich, but I wasn't hungry that day. John Lennon had just been killed and I think I know why we are on this Earth; it's to find out that what you love the most will be taken away from you, probably due to an error in high places rather than by design. View quote
Philip K. Dick
Human will is the strongest will ever created. There are those who are born to succeed and those who are determined to succeed. The former fall into it, and the latter pursue it at all costs. They won't be denied. Nothing daunts them. View quote
Sherrilyn Kenyon
I find that many entrepreneurs are trying to do everything when it would be cheaper and more time-efficient to delegate, even if there are monetary costs associated with that. View quote
James Altucher
It costs nothing to ask wise advice from a good friend. (George S. Clason)
Every new computer program is basically doing some task that a person used to do. But the computer usually does it faster, more accurately, for less money, and without any health insurance costs. View quote
Douglas Rushkoff
Time is priceless, yet it costs us nothing. You can do anything you want with it, but you can't own it. You can spend it, but you can't keep it. And once you've lost it, there is no getting it back. It's just gone. View quote
Allison DuBois
Enough people have now mentioned Bill Nye the Science Guy to me that I now desperately avoid it all costs. View quote
Alton Brown
Life is inherently risky. There is only one big risk you should avoid at all costs, and that is the risk of doing nothing. View quote
Denis Waitley