Quotes about Costs

Costs merely register competing attractions. Votes: 3

Costs and liabilities are rarely overstated. Votes: 3

Costs do not exist to be calculated. Costs exist to be reduced. Votes: 3

Costs of manufactured articles importantly depend on the cost of raw materials as well as labour. Votes: 3

Costs are incurred whenever any group is treated as lesser or the other, whether they are women, racial, or religious minorities, or the LGBT. Votes: 3

Costs for liability insurance are higher than costs for many procedures. There is a need to reform liability laws to stop out-of-control health care costs. Votes: 3

Competition is the keen cutting edge of business, always shaving away at costs. Votes: 2

It's not what you pay a man, but what he costs you that counts. Votes: 2

Profit or perish... There are only two ways to make money: increase sales and decrease costs. Votes: 2

Haters never win. I just think that's true about life, because negative energy always costs in the end. Votes: 2

Hypocrisy can afford to be magnificent in its promises, for never intending to go beyond promise, it costs nothing. Votes: 2

There are risks and costs to action. But they are far less than the long range risks of comfortable inaction. Votes: 2

I tend to regard the Coase theorem as a stepping stone on the way to an analysis of an economy with positive transaction costs. Votes: 2

Victory at all costs, victory in spite of all terror, victory however long and hard the road may be; for without victory, there is no survival. Votes: 2

Having once decided to achieve a certain task, achieve it at all costs of tedium and distaste. The gain in self confidence of having accomplished a tiresome labor is immense. Votes: 2

This year I hope to introduce legislation that would require Power Administrations to list direct and indirect costs associated with ESA compliance as a line item on customer's power bills. Votes: 2

Cutting prices or putting things on sale is not sustainable business strategy. The other side of it is that you can't cut enough costs to save your way to prosperity. Votes: 2

They say it is the first step that costs the effort. I do not find it so. I am sure I could write unlimited 'first chapters'. I have indeed written many. Votes: 2

In the flush of love's light, we dare be brave. And suddenly we see that love costs all we are, and will ever be. Yet it is only love which sets us free. Votes: 2

Illegal immigration is crisis for our country. It is an open door for drugs, criminals, and potential terrorists to enter our country. It is straining our economy, adding costs to our judicial, healthcare, and education systems. Votes: 2

Every unskilled illegal immigrant who enters the United States for work drives up healthcare costs for every American. And, every illegal immigrant we turn a blind eye toward weakens the rule of law our country is founded on. Votes: 2

In life, the first thing you must do is decide what you really want. Weigh the costs and the results. Are the results worthy of the costs? Then make up your mind completely and go after your goal with all your might. Votes: 2

But, as environment minister, I am very interested in a thriving German automobile industry, because I can only pay for the rising costs of environmental protection at home and abroad if there are people in Germany with jobs and who pay taxes. Votes: 2

You have to struggle a bit, hustle a little, and be willing to go bankrupt. Once you're willing to do that, everything opens up and you get the freedom. My joke is that next year, I'll make the first film that costs zero dollars. Votes: 2

As president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, I have seen private equity firms plunder company after company, taking rich fees for themselves and cutting costs until there's nothing left to cut. Time and again I've seen their reckless behavior drive companies to declare bankruptcy. Votes: 2

When I arrived at Campbell on January 8, 2001, the company had lost half its market value in the prior year. They had to cut costs to the point where they were literally taking the chicken out of chicken noodle soup and the product was no longer competitive. Votes: 2

I think with motherhood and child-rearing in general, everyone's going to tell you how to do it and why. I've always said to other mothers and women when they've asked me, that you have to find your own way and find out what works for your family, at all costs. Votes: 2

For just a few dollars a dose, vaccines save lives and help reduce poverty. Unlike medical treatment, they provide a lifetime of protection from deadly and debilitating disease. They are safe and effective. They cut healthcare and treatment costs, reduce the number of hospital visits, and ensure healthier children, families and communities. Votes: 2

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. Votes: 2

The main threads running through the lives of W. A. Clark and his daughter Huguette include the costs of ambition, the burdens of inherited wealth, the fragility of reputation, the folly of judging someone's life from the outside, and the tension between engaging with the world, with all its risks, and keeping a safe distance from danger. Votes: 2

The reality is gas prices should be much more expensive then they are because we're not incorporating the true damage to the environment and the hidden costs of mining oil and transporting it to the U.S. Whenever you have an unpriced externality, you have a bit of a market failure, to the degree that eternality remains unpriced. Votes: 2

And so our goal on health care is, if we can get, instead of health care costs going up 6 percent a year, it's going up at the level of inflation, maybe just slightly above inflation, we've made huge progress. And by the way, that is the single most important thing we could do in terms of reducing our deficit. That's why we did it. Votes: 2

Hope costs nothing. Votes: 0

Disunity costs votes. Votes: 0

I'm a win-at-all-costs guy. Votes: 0

Anothers bread costs deare. Votes: 0

A smile costs about $240. Votes: 0

Careless talk costs lives. Votes: 0

Money costs too much. Votes: 0

To dream costs nothing. Votes: 0

Money often costs too much. Votes: 0

Excellence costs a great deal. Votes: 0

Avoid pornography at all costs! Votes: 0

Everything costs something everyone pays Votes: 0

Politeness costs little and yields much. Votes: 0

Civility costs nothing, and buys everything. Votes: 0

Everything costs and costs the earth. Votes: 0

Big Business wants cheap labor costs. Votes: 0

Courtesy costs nothing, but buys everything. Votes: 0

I can't believe food costs money. Votes: 0

Remember the poor, it costs nothing. Votes: 0

Politeness goes far, yet costs nothing. Votes: 0

College costs are out of control. Votes: 0

Ministry that costs nothing, accomplishes nothing. Votes: 0

Love is worth whatever it costs. Votes: 0

Freedom costs you a great deal. Votes: 0

Everything takes longer and costs more. Votes: 0

Healthcare costs are rising due to Obamacare. Votes: 0

There is nothing costs less than civility. Votes: 0

(A smile) costs nothing, but creates much. Votes: 0

Peace if possible, truth at all costs. Votes: 0

Anything that just costs money is cheap. Votes: 0

That which costs little is less valued. Votes: 0

It costs you something to do good! Votes: 0

What you get free costs too much. Votes: 0

Intelligent people make decisions based on opportunity costs. Votes: 0

Honesty doesn't always pay, but dishonesty always costs. Votes: 0

All businesses tend to pass costs onto customers. Votes: 0

Excellence-moral, ethical, personal excellence-is worth whatever it costs. Votes: 0

The gospel costs nothing but it demands everything. Votes: 0

Education costs money. But then so does ignorance. Votes: 0

True friendship never questions what it costs you. Votes: 0

Respect your teachers. Staring the glaring costs vision. Votes: 0

Pity costs nothing, and it ain't worth nothing. Votes: 0

It costs a lot to build bad products Votes: 0

[Pure research] is worth every penny it costs. Votes: 0

It costs nothing to dream and everything not to Votes: 0

To oblige persons often costs little and helps much. Votes: 0

It costs a lot of money to be rich. Votes: 0

Higher energy costs are unavoidable in all future scenarios. Votes: 0

No one thinks of how much blood it costs. Votes: 0

Health care costs are eating the Defense Department alive. Votes: 0

The financial costs of family breakdown are incredibly high. Votes: 0

Private student loans should be avoided at all costs. Votes: 0

An experience of God that costs nothing does nothing Votes: 0

Salvation is free, but discipleship costs everything we have Votes: 0

Stay away from excellence at all costs; it stinks. Votes: 0

It costs nothing to dream and everything not to Votes: 0

Pride costs us more than hunger, thirst, and cold. Votes: 0

Nothing costs less nor is cheaper than compliments of civility. Votes: 0

In a conflict of loyalty, obey Jesus at all costs. Votes: 0

Life is a business that does not cover the costs. Votes: 0

A better domain name will lower your lifetime marketing costs. Votes: 0

It costs a lot of money to look this cheap. Votes: 0

If testing costs more than not testing, then don't test. Votes: 0

Free competition is worth more to society than it costs. Votes: 0

Marketing and innovation produce results; all the rest are costs. Votes: 0

It costs us $1 million for every troop[soldier] in Afghanistan. Votes: 0

Nothing costs so much as what is bought by prayers. Votes: 0

A smile costs less than electricity, but gives much light . Votes: 0

Everyone loves something for nothing...even if it costs everything. Votes: 0

Midget wrestling on channel 3, it costs me 50 bucks a month. Votes: 0

Nothing that costs only a dollar is not worth having. Votes: 0

I won the lottery. I don't care what it costs. Votes: 0

A hamburger by any other name costs twice as much. Votes: 0

It costs more to revenge injuries than to bear them. Votes: 0

We know the costs of Europe. What are the benefits? Votes: 0

It costs more to maintain ten vices than one virtue. Votes: 0

A principle isn't a principle until it costs you something. Votes: 0

Medical costs are of concern, both in developing and developed countries. Votes: 0

I realize that advice is worth what it costs--that is, nothing. Votes: 0

Watch the costs and the profits will take care of themselves. Votes: 0

I'm all for bootlegging. A record costs $20 . . . who can afford that? Votes: 0

The greatest possession we have costs nothing; it's known as love.... Votes: 0

That religion which costs a man nothing is usually worth nothing. Votes: 0

Contemplation seems to be about the only luxury that costs nothing. Votes: 0

A lack of realism in the vision today costs credibility tomorrow. Votes: 0

...foreign policy is a matter of costs and benefits, not theology. Votes: 0

Americans have been conditioned to respect newness, whatever it costs them. Votes: 0

It costs nothing to ask wise advice from a good friend. Votes: 0

My duty is clear and at all costs will be done. Votes: 0

I distrust a charity that costs nothing and does not hurt. Votes: 0

Like building a house, travel always costs more than you estimate. Votes: 0

What we pay for with our lives never costs too much. Votes: 0

There is no glory in battle worth the blood it costs. Votes: 0

You'd be surprised how much it costs to look this cheap! Votes: 0

Passion costs me too much to bestow it on every trifle. Votes: 0

It costs nothing to smile. Do it as often as possible Votes: 0

As a new artist you should ignore trends at all costs. Votes: 0

Too caustic? To hell with the costs, we'll make the picture anyway. Votes: 0

Faith ventures and hazards . . . counting the costs and delighting in the sacrifice. Votes: 0

Therefore 5,000 new video gambling machines costs the economy 5,000 lost jobs each year Votes: 0

The key to building a sustainable content company is to control costs. Votes: 0

Idealism is fine, but as it approaches reality, the costs become prohibitive. Votes: 0

One thing must be avoided at all costs: narrow-mindedness, pedantry, dull pettiness. Votes: 0

Be not niggardly of what costs thee nothing, as courtesy, counsel, & countenance. Votes: 0

Spiritual achievement costs much, though never as much as it is worth. Votes: 0

Poor management can increase software costs more rapidly than any other factor. Votes: 0

Procrastination is one of the most expensive invisible costs in business today. Votes: 0

A laugh, if purchased at the expense of propriety, costs too much. Votes: 0

The more you keep costs down, the more freedom you have creatively. Votes: 0

The U.S. Treasury has got borrowing costs like nobody else has. Votes: 0

A laugh costs too much when bought at the expense of virtue. Votes: 0

On Twitter, I just want to make you laugh at all costs. Votes: 0

We could afford the price of peace. Love is all it costs. Votes: 0

Tis not the belly's hunger that costs so much, but its pride Votes: 0

Nominal damages are in effect, only a peg to hang costs on. Votes: 0

You know why divorce costs so much? Because it is worth it! Votes: 0

Hunger hurts, but starving works, when it costs too much to love. Votes: 0

Money often costs too much, and power and pleasure are not cheap. Votes: 0

That laughter costs too much which is purchased by the sacrifice of decency. Votes: 0

When you have to kill a man, it costs nothing to be polite. Votes: 0

Instead, we linger over a luxury that costs nothing: Imagining what may be. Votes: 0

It costs nothing to say something kind. Even less to shut up altogether. Votes: 0

If you have to ask how much it costs, you can't afford it. Votes: 0

Mental health is an ongoing process of dedication to reality at all costs Votes: 0

Alabama seniors all across the Third Congressional District continue facing high drug costs. Votes: 0

Successful competitors want to win. Head cases want to win at all costs.... Votes: 0

Where faith costs nothing, faith loses respect, even to those who possess it. Votes: 0

Competition is the keen cutting edge of business, always shaving away at costs Votes: 0

A mitzvah that costs money is worth more than one that costs nothing. Votes: 0

A democratic organization has to dare to do the right at all costs. Votes: 0

Fun is like life insurance; the older you get, the more it costs. Votes: 0

You not feeling me, fine. It costs you nothing, pay me no mind.. Votes: 0

As you get bigger, your staff gets bigger, and your costs get bigger. Votes: 0

A religion that gives nothing, costs nothing, and suffers nothing, is worth nothing. Votes: 0

Worship is an endeavor to bring to God that which costs you something. Votes: 0

The miracle of compounding returns is overwhelmed by the tyranny of compounding costs. Votes: 0

It looked exhausting and pointless, two things that should be avoided at all costs Votes: 0

I did what I felt, and I felt what I did, at all costs. Votes: 0

Delivery is about being more efficient, it's about numbers, and it's about extracting costs. Votes: 0

Even limited military actions end up carrying with them great costs and unintended consequences. Votes: 0

The social costs, and the increased tax costs due to addicted gamblers, stay behind Votes: 0

Marriage requires searing honesty at all costs. I learned that from my third wife. Votes: 0

Highlighting expensive repair costs to your vendor can also be a powerful negotiating tool. Votes: 0

Only a large-volume market like space travel can attack the barrier of high costs. Votes: 0

At Georgia Southern, we don't cheat. That costs money and we don't have any. Votes: 0

Educate yourself, welcome life's messiness, read Chekhov, avoid becoming an architect at all costs. Votes: 0

It costs money to stay healthy, but it's even more expensive to get sick. Votes: 0

All types of racing costs a lot of money no matter what you're doing. Votes: 0

It is better to give than to lend, and it costs about the same. Votes: 0

If your job is inspiration you have to go at it at all costs. Votes: 0

Once a film costs a certain amount of money, things have to round off. Votes: 0

Find the best writers, pay them to write, and avoid typos at all costs. Votes: 0

Advice is like kissing: it costs nothing and is a pleasant thing to do. Votes: 0

It's so hard and impossible to shoot in L.A. The costs are astronomical. Votes: 0

Illegal immigration costs taxpayers $45 billion a year in health care, education, and incarceration expenses. Votes: 0

A good word costs as little as a bad one, and is worth more. Votes: 0

Anything free costs twice as much in the long run or turns out worthless. Votes: 0

The computer actually may have aggravated management's degenerative tendency to focus inward on costs. Votes: 0

The mechanical food system externalizes a lot of costs like obesity or Type 2 diabetes. Votes: 0

By computerizing health records, we can avoid dangerous medical mistakes, reduce costs, and improve care Votes: 0

The new information technology... Internet and e-mail... have practically eliminated the physical costs of communications. Votes: 0

Avoid negative people at all costs. They are the greatest destroyers of self-confidence and self-esteem. Votes: 0

I love thrift shopping. You can get ten things because everything costs, like, three dollars. Votes: 0

Concentrate on something useful. Having decided to achieve a task, achieve it at all costs. Votes: 0

People 'over-produce' pollution because they are not paying for the costs of dealing with it. Votes: 0

Corporate crime kills far more people and costs taxpayers far more money than street crime. Votes: 0

Taxpayers need a businessman who knows how to create jobs, cut costs and balance budgets. Votes: 0

The result of long-term relationships is better and better quality, and lower and lower costs. Votes: 0

Keeping a guy in prison costs 50,000 bucks a year. Executing one costs a couple million. Votes: 0

Before containers, transport costs ate up 25 percent of the value of whatever was being shipped. Votes: 0

Business and the environment: Wasting resources costs the earth - and lowers your competitive edge Votes: 0

I want everyone to tell me the truth, even if it costs him his job. Votes: 0

When God gives a vision, transact business on that line, no matter what it costs. Votes: 0

Wellness is cheaper than illness. It costs us time and money when children get sick. Votes: 0

Health care costs are an issue both for the government and for our larger economy. Votes: 0

I'm not a win at all costs guy. Winning isn't everything. It's second to breathing Votes: 0

The thing about real life is, when you do something stupid, it normally costs you. Votes: 0

All I want to do, if you've already got health care, is lower your costs. Votes: 0

It now costs more to amuse a child than it once did to educate his father. Votes: 0

Women know the financial, social and physical costs of not having access to basic health care. Votes: 0

It will cost you to follow Christ, but it costs even more not to follow Him. Votes: 0

To be avoided at all costs is the solace of opinion without the pain of thought. Votes: 0

Banks can't recoup the costs of serving customers who save in small amounts and transact frequently. Votes: 0

With lab courses, we may be able to simulate a lot of that and reduce costs. Votes: 0

It has been a top priority of Congress to reduce the drug costs of all seniors. Votes: 0

If governments encourage people to become more spiritual there will be a reduction in healthcare costs. Votes: 0

To know one's own desires, their meaning and their costs requires the highest human virtue: rationality. Votes: 0

If the Wright brother were alive today Wilbur would have to fire Orville to reduce costs. Votes: 0

It costs us so little to go vegan. It costs animals so much if we don't. Votes: 0

It is past all controversy that what costs dearest is, and ought to be, most valued. Votes: 0

Jesus wants to make us holy at all costs. . .He offers you continual proof of this. Votes: 0

You seldom improve quality by cutting costs, but you can often cut costs by improving quality. Votes: 0

The only medicine that needs no prescription, has no unpleasant taste, and costs no money is laughter. Votes: 0

Health care costs blunt the competitive edge of American entrepreneurs, from the auto industry to internet start-ups. Votes: 0

The fossil fuel industry for too long has shifted enormous costs of carbon pollution onto the public. Votes: 0

Lawsuit abuse is a major contributor to the increased costs of healthcare, goods and services to consumers. Votes: 0

I don't think architecture is radical. How can something that takes years and costs millions be radical? Votes: 0

Climate change is a fact. Its consequences, damages and costs are already being felt around the globe. Votes: 0

Finland has produced so many brilliant distance runners because back home it costs $2.50 a gallon for gas. Votes: 0

Peace, which costs nothing, is attended with infinitely more advantage than any victory with all its expence. Votes: 0

Nothing is ever lost by courtesy. It is the cheapest of pleasures, costs nothing, and conveys much. Votes: 0

The Republicans have chosen to neglect young Americans who need assistance with the costs of higher education. Votes: 0

Doing something costs something. Doing nothing costs something. And, quite often, doing nothing costs a lot more! Votes: 0

It isn't what the book costs. It's what it will cost you if you don't read it. Votes: 0

You don't have to carry a designer bag that costs more than a car to look cool. Votes: 0

Though justification costs us nothing but the sacrifice of our pride, it has cost Christ His blood. Votes: 0

Doing the right thing at all costs is an absolute, and only a sith deals in absolutes. Votes: 0

I started to realise that being impolite saves an awful lot of time and costs you nothing. Votes: 0

A movie that costs only $1.6 million doesn't have to be a cultural event to turn a profit. Votes: 0

You may be liberal in your praise where praise is due: it costs nothing; it encourages much. Votes: 0

If I have a problem, it is this: there is a store where everything costs a dollar. Votes: 0

The only tough thing is admitting to my wife how much a certain article of clothing costs. Votes: 0

when the people of any country choose peace at all costs, not even generals can make war. Votes: 0

In corporate culture, in sports culture, in the media, we honor those who win at all costs. Votes: 0

We're going to do everything we can to make sure workers are treated like assets, not costs. Votes: 0

The Candor sing the praises of the truth, but they never tell you how much it costs. Votes: 0

Freedom isn't free at all, that it comes with the highest of costs. The cost of blood. Votes: 0

In a digital world, the gift I give you almost always benefits me more than it costs. Votes: 0

At the devil's booth are all things sold. Each ounce of dross costs its ounce of gold. Votes: 0

Honestly, shopping beats therapy, anytime. It costs the same and you get a dress out of it. Votes: 0

By electrifying our lives, we reduce our energy costs by 39 percent, which is a huge savings in itself. Votes: 0

The stigma of self-inflicted death is for some people a hateful blot that demands erasure at all costs. Votes: 0

Mailer's Law: A thing either gets better or it costs more to run it the way it was. Votes: 0

People romanticize, I think, this notion of life. But life at all costs is not life, it's ego-extension. Votes: 0

I question why the Department continued to watch the costs escalate without informing Parliament and without considering alternatives. Votes: 0

The principal villain in rising health care costs is the government. Not pharmaceutical companies, not doctors, but government. Votes: 0

Adaptation can efficiently reduce the costs of climate change while atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases are being stabilised Votes: 0

Today, its expensive prescription medications burdening seniors on fixed incomes with thousands of dollars in yearly out-of-pocket costs. Votes: 0

A war must be avoided at all costs. Russia is against any type of use of external force. Votes: 0

Sometimes overturning brutal regimes takes time and costs lives. I wish it weren't so. I really, really do. Votes: 0

Adaptation is the only means to reduce the now-unavoidable costs of climate change over the next few decades Votes: 0

Your social costs, your costs to the taxpayers, are $3 for every $1 of benefits, it's not good economic development Votes: 0

Yahoo is free, it's fast and it's Web-centric. AOL is slow, it costs money and requires proprietary software. Votes: 0

There's this thing called freebasing. It's not free, it costs you your home. It should be called 'homebasing'. Votes: 0

One unrepaired broken window is a signal that no one cares, and so breaking more windows costs nothing. Votes: 0

Keep costs low and spirits high, and the people of Southwest Airlines will keep LUV in the air. Votes: 0

The more you socialize the costs of personal liberty, the more license you give others to regulate it. Votes: 0

Nothing costs so little, goes so far, and accomplishes so much as a single act of merciful service. Votes: 0

I love to design things that people can actually buy. I'm staggered by what a boot costs today. Votes: 0

Love always costs more than you can afford to pay," he said. "And it's always worth the price. Votes: 0

Keep costs low and spirits high, and the people of Southwest Airlines will keep LUV in the air." Votes: 0

It costs $2,500 to purchase a song and I know from experience that I like to score with songs. Votes: 0

English businesses would face massive transaction costs if Scotland, their second biggest export market, used a different currency. Votes: 0

War is evitable if conditions are such that the costs of making war are higher than the benefits. Votes: 0

There's a financial cost, but the only costs that are ever real are the costs of our soldiers. Votes: 0

While it costs us a lot to adopt children, it cost God the blood of His own Son. Votes: 0

It costs the same to send a person to prison or to Harvard. The difference is the curriculum. Votes: 0

We need a price on carbon that accurately reflects its real costs on our society and our wellbeing. Votes: 0

Child-care costs are now the largest family expenditure in much of America, even exceeding the cost of housing. Votes: 0

I really don't know one plane from the other. To me they are just marginal costs with wings. Votes: 0

If you think health care is expensive now, wait until you see what it costs when it's free. Votes: 0

Nothing is more likely to destroy a species or a nation than a determination to survive at all costs Votes: 0

To persist with a goal, you must treasure the dream more than the costs of sacrifice to attain it. Votes: 0

We never realize the power of real love unless we witness or experience a transaction, because real love costs. Votes: 0

It used to cost money to disclose and distribute information. In the digital age it costs money not to. Votes: 0

Saying we can't afford to invest in early child development means we're storing up bigger costs in the future. Votes: 0

We don't think that someone who effectuates creative suicide and costs the company revenue should be on the lot, Votes: 0

You have to think about whether that Mercedes-Benz you have is actually worth how much it costs to you. Votes: 0

We cannot continue. Our pension costs and health care costs for our employees are going to bankrupt this city. Votes: 0

Reducing health costs and increasing access to health care are worthy goals that every Member of Congress should support. Votes: 0

Our biggest cost is not power, or servers, or people. It's lack of utilization. It dominates all other costs. Votes: 0

A firm is successful when the costs of directing employee effort are lower than the potential gain from directing. Votes: 0

Our goal is to make Maine the healthiest state in the nation and reduce our overall health care costs. Votes: 0

As long as we keep our fundamentals strong...the dollar (and) U.S. borrowing costs will do just fine. Votes: 0

He who serves God with what costs him nothing, will do very little service, you may depend on it. Votes: 0

Integrity - one word that means so much; costs so little yet makes a real difference in this world. Votes: 0

If it is true in anything, it is especially true of divine things, what costs little is worth little. Votes: 0

We uniformly applaud what is right and condemn what is wrong, when it costs us nothing but the sentiment. Votes: 0

Government restrictions are attractive to people who want to impose their pet notions without having to count the costs. Votes: 0

Higher educating has so many challenges, and private higher education has a special challenge of ever rising tuition costs. Votes: 0

Forty states have sued tobacco companies over the costs of health care for residents on Medicaid and public assistance. Votes: 0

Balance Sheets are meaningless. Our accounting systems are still based on the assumption that 80% of costs are manual labor. Votes: 0

Inflation has ... become the cruelest tax, destroying the value of the dollar and adding new costs to every purchase. Votes: 0

Politeness costs nothing. Nothing, that is, to him that shows it; but if often costs the world very dear. Votes: 0

We have some concerns if student financial aid is not keeping pace, and college costs continue to outstrip inflation. Votes: 0

Diverse groups of countries can do a lot by trading amongst themselves, exploiting differences in costs, resources, and technologies. Votes: 0

13 to $20 billion a year could be saved in health care costs by demedicalizing childbirth, developing midwifery, and encouraging breastfeeding. Votes: 0

Humoring them costs nothing and adds to happiness in a world in which happiness is always in short supply. Votes: 0

Higher costs naturally translate into fewer employers offering insurance coverage, and fewer employees accepting it, even when it is offered. Votes: 0

To come to Christ costs you nothing, to follow Christ costs you something, to serve Christ will cost you everything. Votes: 0

Real benefits come when managers begin to understand the profound difference between 'cost cutting' and 'eliminating the causes of costs' Votes: 0

Sanctimony is the most inexpensive form of morality. It costs us nothing to make much of small matters in others. Votes: 0

In reality, we've had more spending, more bureaucracy, more waste and higher costs but without necessary reform nor rising productivity. Votes: 0

It costs more to doe ill then to doe well. [It costs more to do ill than to do well.] Votes: 0

India needs to be liberated both from the 'high GDP growth hedgehogs' and the 'conservation at all costs hedgehogs.' Votes: 0

Improve constantly and forever the system of production and service, to improve quality and productivity, and thus constantly decrease costs. Votes: 0

The rising costs of higher education coupled with the stress of paying student loans are putting increasing pressure on students. Votes: 0

At all costs we must re-establish faith in spiritual values. We must worship something beyond ourselves, lest we destroy ourselves. Votes: 0

Just as there's some technologies that jeopardize revenue for traditional products, there are also technologies that can significantly lower costs. Votes: 0

I have bought pole vault equipment, the landing areas, posts, which costs a lot of money. We pay for coaches Votes: 0

States and counties routinely bear the costs associated with incarcerating undocumented criminal aliens once they enter the criminal justice system. Votes: 0

It takes two seconds to tell the truth and it costs nothing. A lie takes time and it costs everything. Votes: 0

One of the most difficult things in the world is to convince a woman that even a bargain costs money. Votes: 0

Character is the moral strength to do the right thing even when it costs more than you want to pay. Votes: 0

When it costs $50 to fill up our gas tanks, it impacts every aspect of our daily lives and the community. Votes: 0

Be dramatically willing to focus on the customer at all costs, even at the cost of obsoleting your own stuff. Votes: 0

I have bought pole vault equipment, the landing areas, posts, which costs a lot of money. We pay for coaches. Votes: 0

Be dramatically willing to focus on the customer at all costs, even at the cost of obsoleting your own stuff. Votes: 0

A good word is an easy obligation; but not to speak ill requires only our silence, which costs us nothing. Votes: 0

It costs ten times more to govern us than it used to, and we are not governed one-tenth as good. Votes: 0

A ship is always referred to as 'she' because it costs so much to keep one in paint and powder. Votes: 0

Getting an audience requires luck as well as talent. Some artists are private and shy. It costs them too much. Votes: 0

We have a few artists that seem to sell enough to pay back what it costs to make a record. Votes: 0

Enough people have now mentioned Bill Nye the Science Guy to me that I now desperately avoid it all costs. Votes: 0

No woman is worth more than a fiver unless you're in love with her. Then she's worth all she costs you. Votes: 0

In my spiritual and academic journeys, I have learned that it is imperative for Christians to pursue truth at all costs. Votes: 0

Opera is credible drama now, and it costs less than going to a football match. What have you got to lose? Votes: 0

Man must at all costs overcome the Earth's gravity and have, in reserve, the space at least of the Solar System. Votes: 0

Doing politics in a democracy costs money for campaigning and getting our message across and that's what we intend to do. Votes: 0

Just keep following your damn dreams, it just costs a lot of damn money. I'm broke, but I have a dream. Votes: 0

Next time a man tells you talk is cheap, ask him if he knows how much a session of Congress costs. Votes: 0

Often you see big companies, big banks who are eager to embrace crushing regulatory burdens because they drive up everyone's costs. Votes: 0

Vanity costs money, labor, horses, men, women, health and peace, and is still nothing at last,--a long way leading nowhere. Votes: 0

It is critical to bundle all future variable costs of supporting the customer in order to fairly estimate the future contribution. Votes: 0

The hybrid engine costs a lot of money, and customers are hardly willing to spend so much more for a car. Votes: 0

It is so easy to be wrong-and to persist in being wrong-when the costs of being wrong are paid by others. Votes: 0

What are they doing, examining last month's costs with a microscope when they should be surveying the horizon with a telescope? Votes: 0

The most important resources you will ever have are your mind and your mind-set. You must protect them at all costs. Votes: 0

Entrepreneurs often underestimate costs and overestimate rewards. But the fact that they estimate & still take action sets them apart from peers. Votes: 0

If it costs ten years, and ten to recover the general prosperity, the destruction of the South is worth so much. Votes: 0

That's what I consider true generosity: You give your all, and yet you always feel as if it costs you nothing. Votes: 0

Then hast our the Red Stone perfect with less labour, expense of time and costs, for the which ever thank God. Votes: 0

Oh, no. It costs a lot more than your life. To murder innocent people?" says Peeta. "It costs everything you are. Votes: 0

Only if everyone buys insurance can insurers afford to cover people with preexisting conditions or pay the costs of catastrophic diseases. Votes: 0

The big difference between sex for money and sex for free is that sex for money usually costs a lot less. Votes: 0

I want to go public because I have the right reason to go public - because the benefits outweigh the costs. Votes: 0

Willie Nelson's the one who told me the reason it costs so much to get divorced is because it's worth it. Votes: 0

Think about how much it costs to learn more. Sometimes you want to build confidence by knocking off the easy things. Votes: 0

I am hopeful for the American people that we can actually improve the outlook for bringing down costs in health care. Votes: 0

Most companies can survive even if their debt ratings are lowered below investment grade, although they will have higher borrowing costs. Votes: 0

It costs God nothing, so far as we know, to create nice things: but to convert rebellious wills cost Him crucifixion. Votes: 0

If I believe we need free personal care, we need an honest discussion about what it costs with a well-managed, well-trained workforce. Votes: 0

To be admitted to Nature's hearth costs nothing. None is excluded, but excludes himself. You have only to push aside the curtain. Votes: 0

A basic principle of modern state capitalism is that costs and risks are socialized to the extent possible, while profit is privatized. Votes: 0

Like cellulite creams or hair-loss tonics, capital punishment is one of those panaceas that isn't. Only it costs a whole lot more. Votes: 0

What the American family does not want is to pay an increasing fraction of their budget, their precious dollars, for energy costs. Votes: 0

A basic principal of modern state capitalism is that costs and risks are socialized to the extent possible, while profit is privatized. Votes: 0

Even when you are right, there are costs and taxes associated with being tactical. When you are wrong, there are opportunity costs. Votes: 0

There has always been a certain romanticism associated with the airline business. We must avoid its perpetuation at Eastern at all costs. Votes: 0

We need a much better understanding of the climate before making policy choices that would impose substantial economic costs on our Nation. Votes: 0

Western governments should bear their responsibilities toward the welfare of their people and not try to make oil producers pay the costs Votes: 0

I am moneys medium. It passes through me- taxes, insurance, mortgage, child support, rent, legal fees. All this dignified blundering costs plenty. Votes: 0

The costs of poor quality are tangible; they will cost you customers and money, and ultimately affect the success of your business. Votes: 0

You know that a majority of the medical costs that are bankrupting families, companies, and nations could be eliminated with better nutrition. Votes: 0

I believe that government is too large, costs too much, spends too much, and has too much regulatory power in our lives. Votes: 0

I don't want any yes-men around me. I want everybody to tell me the truth even if it costs them their job. Votes: 0

A painting probably is the most shocking increase in value, from what it costs to make to what you sell it for. Votes: 0

As someone who has grown up living in Southern California, I know all too well about the costs and scarcities of water. Votes: 0

Sometimes the prize is not worth the costs. The means by which we achieve victory are as important as the victory itself. Votes: 0

At all costs, avoid clothes that are too big. The more volume your clothes have, the more volume you appear to have. Votes: 0

You are affluent when you buy what you want, do what you wish and don't give a thought to what it costs. Votes: 0

It costs a hell of a lot more money to put somebody in jail than send them to the University of Virginia. Votes: 0

It costs something to be a true Christian. It will cost us our sins, our self-righteousn ess, our ease and our worldliness. Votes: 0

On my view there is no net benefit to coming into existence and thus coming into existence is never worth its costs. Votes: 0

He who lives for nothing costs the lives of many, but he who lives for something greater than himself preserves those he loves. Votes: 0

Every time government attempts to handle our affairs, it costs more and the results are worse than if we had handled them ourselves. Votes: 0

I don't want to be surrounded by 'yes men'. I want people who'll disagree with me, even if it costs them their jobs. Votes: 0

It is a miracle a musical gets up because of all the different departments and how much it costs. It is a miracle. Votes: 0

It costs an unreasonable woman no more to pass over one reason than another; they cherish themselves most where they are most wrong. Votes: 0

It costs a great deal of money to do a musical, and the more money involved, the more big business influences the artform. Votes: 0

Clearly in the eyes of the consumer; the brand has not been diluted, but we must guard against that happening at all costs. Votes: 0

Then why flounder around waiting for good business? Get the costs down by better management. Get the prices down to the buying power. Votes: 0

Keep it kickwriting at all costs too, that is, write only what kicks you and keeps you overtime awake from sheer mad joy. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

Failure in the theater is more dramatic and uglier than any other form of writing. It costs so much, you feel so guilty. Votes: 0

But the thing we do know is whatever it costs to save and protect American lives in this conflict, we're going to spend. Votes: 0

Co-creation is much more work than writing somewhere in a hidden corner and then publishing your content. However, the benefits outweigh the costs. Votes: 0

I don't own any of my own paintings because a Picasso original costs several thousand dollars and that's a luxury I cannot afford. Votes: 0

Never invest so much in anyone romantically that you lose your head. The Buddha of casual sex, I remain detached at all costs. Votes: 0

Forgiveness costs us nothing. All our costly obedience is the fruit, not the root, of being forgiven. That's why we call it grace. Votes: 0

Bottled water costs about 2000 times more than tap water. Can you imagine paying 2000 times the price of anything else? How about a $ 10,000 sandwich? Votes: 0

Harold, the young kids out there are not going to be willing to go to the barricades in defense of lowered transaction costs. Votes: 0

Look, any cut in greenhouse gases is going to be expensive for American consumers, who are in no mood to bear additional costs. Votes: 0

It costs about $27 million to win a seat in the United States Senate, so when you win one, you like to sit down. Votes: 0

Love costs all we are and will ever be. Yet it is only love which sets us free. A Brave and Startling Truth. Votes: 0

India wants to avoid a war at all costs but it is not a one-sided affair, you cannot shake hands with a clenched fist. Votes: 0

I will set a target for the reduction of (government) employees ... I will implement the reduction of the total personnel costs of the employees. Votes: 0

Every retailer, when they price their goods, looks at their total cost overall. When they have costs go up, they'll price their products accordingly. Votes: 0

Six Sigma is a quality program that, when all is said and done, improves your customers' experience, lowers your costs, and builds better leaders. Votes: 0

As in the past, the costs and risks of the coming phases of the industrial economy were to be socialized, with eventual profits privatized ... Votes: 0

The thing that goes the farthest towards making life worth while, That costs the least, and does the most, is just a pleasant smile. Votes: 0

I don't think we will put higher-ed out of business. I think we'll evolve it. More access, higher quality, lower costs, more global reach. Votes: 0

I think I hate cynicism more than anything else. It's the curse of our age, and I want to avoid it at all costs. Votes: 0

Make it a priority to have at least eight months of living costs set aside in a federally insured bank or credit union account. Votes: 0

This is why angels choose sides, why people join teams. It costs too much not to; it weighs too heavily to soldier on alone. Votes: 0

It's necessary in order to attract attention, to dazzle at all costs, to be disapproved of by serious people and quoted by the foolish. Votes: 0

We must at all costs avoid saying no because people prefer those who say yes, and this allows us to survive in hostile territory. Votes: 0

What people don't realize is how much religion costs. They think faith is a big electric blanket, when of course it is the cross. Votes: 0

The same ten dollars you spend on lunch is all it costs for City Harvest to feed 37 kids who are hungry. That's pretty astounding. Votes: 0

Life is inherently risky. There is only one big risk you should avoid at all costs, and that is the risk of doing nothing. Votes: 0

A smile costs nothing in money, time, or effort but it is literally true that it can be of supreme importance in ones life. Votes: 0

Or will it take some cataclysmic act of violence on U.S. soil to finally awaken our gamesmen to the costs of global hegemony? Votes: 0

Let a gentleman be known to have been cheated of twenty pounds, and it costs him forty a-year for the remainder of his life. Votes: 0

When we teach kids to follow the rules that there's only one right answer & to avoid mistakes at all costs, we're resigning them to average. Votes: 0

The reason why many people remain on the bottom is because they play to 'not lose', as opposed to playing to win at all costs. Votes: 0

The real price of everything, what everything really costs to the man who wants to acquire it, is the toil and trouble of acquiring it. Votes: 0

Sanctification costs to the extent of "an intense narrowing of all our interests on earth and an immense broadening of all our interests in God. Votes: 0

China is investing in factories in Eastern Europe, not because their labor costs are lower, but because they want to be closer to their markets. Votes: 0

For three long years I have been going up and down this country preaching that government . . . costs too much. I shall not stop that preaching. Votes: 0

High birth is a gift of fortune which should never challenge esteem towards those who receive it, since it costs them neither study nor labor. Votes: 0

Liquid oxygen is one of the cheapest manufactured substances on Earth. In large quantities, it costs pennies per kilogram - cheaper than milk or beer. Votes: 0

Taste cannot be controlled by law. We must resist at all costs any attempt to regulate our individual freedoms and to legislate our personal moralities. Votes: 0

Prosperity is very liable to bring pride among the other goods with which it endows an individual; it is then that prosperity costs too dear. Votes: 0

Obedience to the call of Christ nearly always costs everything to two people- the one who is called, and the one who loves that one. Votes: 0

Obamacare needs the premiums of healthier people to cover the costs of sicker people. It's a devious con that can only be described as insurance. Votes: 0

If any American really believes that Obamacare is going to control costs, I've got some real estate in Whitewater, Arkansas I'd like to sell them. Votes: 0

A religion that costs nothing is worth nothing. A cheap Christianity, without a cross, will prove in the end a useless Christianity, without a crown. Votes: 0

The minimum wage has not kept pace with rising costs. This legislation is overdue and will help families that are struggling in this harsh economy. Votes: 0

This is the feeling that gives a man true courage-the feeling that he has a work to do at all costs; the sense of duty. Votes: 0

It costs $30,000 to $50,000 per year to send someone to jail. You don't have to pay so much to send someone to school at Johns Hopkins. Votes: 0

For years, my job was to make the movie inexpensively. And I could bring it in. What I can't control are the costs of marketing. Votes: 0

Changing how you think costs you no money and it takes no special talent. It does take a commitment on your part to be different. Votes: 0

I think that as the market moves and costs get higher and fares get higher, it always creates opportunity. That's been the cycle over the years. Votes: 0

I don't think any man writing can worry about what the act of writing costs him, even though at times he is very aware of it. Votes: 0

If you crave something, I'll be the one to give it to you. All of your needs, Eva, are mine to fulfill. Whatever it costs me. Votes: 0

Do not forget, some give little, and it is much for them, others give all, and it costs them no effort; who then has given most? Votes: 0

I really do believe most people understand raising tax rates is bad for the economy, it costs jobs. It actually in the long term undermines revenue. Votes: 0

Books are easy to find and easy to buy. A paperback these days only costs six or seven dollars. You can borrow that from your kids! Votes: 0

Having started and owned two small businesses, I know what a challenge it is to keep up with the rising costs of your employees' healthcare premiums. Votes: 0

The value of a thing sometimes lies not in what one attains with it, but in what one pays for it - what it costs us Votes: 0

If you look up into His face and say, "Yes, Lord, whatever it costs," at that moment He'll flood your Life with His presence and power. Votes: 0

I'm not wanting and I don't live in a hovel, but if you keep your costs low, you can do what you want to do creatively. Votes: 0

The more people are involved in a given task, the more potential agreements need to be negotiated to do anything, and the greater the transaction costs. Votes: 0

We need to work on drug costs, and there's things we can work on on drug costs, especially Medicare Part D, to bring drug costs down. Votes: 0

A cap of good acid costs five dollars and for that you can hear the Universal Symphony with God singing solo and Holy Ghost on drums. Votes: 0

The most troubling aspect of social policy towards the poor in late 20th century America is or how much it costs, but what it has bought. Votes: 0

We asked the workers to give up 25 percent of their salaries. Imagine! We asked the industrialists to freeze all costs, no matter what the inflation is. Votes: 0

Big money isn't hard to come by. All it costs is a lifetime of single-minded devotion to acquiring it and making it grow into more money. Votes: 0

Avoid at all costs that vile spew you see rotting in oil in screwtop jars. Too lazy to peel fresh? You don't deserve to eat garlic. Votes: 0

People don't like it, but inevitably we need to think about both the costs and the benefits of health care. We cannot avoid the financial consequences. Votes: 0

A fully equipped duke costs as much to keep up as two Dreadnoughts, and dukes are just as great a terror - and they last longer. Votes: 0

No loan is free. The costs are in your loan somewhere, maybe rolled into the amount to be refinanced or even coming at a higher interest rate. Votes: 0

I've never got into debt and I've always been in control of my taxes and VAT, but having four children costs a lot. They are my weakness. Votes: 0

If there are healthy - and growing - numbers of people working and paying taxes, we are better able to pay the costs of people living longer. Votes: 0

Dabbling in astrology is like carrying a lucky rabbit's foot as an omen of good luck which costs us very little and might have some beneficial effects. Votes: 0

The reality is the stakes are very high. If your industry is targeted or your company is sued in a class action, your legal costs will soar. Votes: 0

If it's red, French, costs too much, and tastes like the water that's left in the vase after the flowers have died and rotted, it's probably Burgundy. Votes: 0

There's no way you can shoot low-budget stuff on lots of locations. It's just a practicality thing because every time you move, it costs time and money. Votes: 0

If you're working at the factory and you're cursing every day that you get up, at all costs get out of it. You'll just make yourself ill. Votes: 0

Men tell me that I've saved their marriages. It costs them a fortune in shoes, but it's cheaper than a divorce. So I'm still useful, you see. Votes: 0

(So I heard the boom of my fathr's rifle when he shot my best friend.) A bullet only costs about two cents, and anybody can afford that.(14) Votes: 0

I don't have that much experience in the studio, but I'm always really uncomfortable when I'm there. You're on the clock and it costs a lot of money. Votes: 0

Folks trying to plan their personal fiscal '15 are at a loss. They can't do a budget because they don't know what their health insurance costs will be. Votes: 0

If we don't reform how healthcare is delivered in this country, then we are not going to be able to get a handle on that escalating healthcare costs. Votes: 0

Loving others always costs us something and requires effort. And you have to decide to do it on purpose. You can't wait for a feeling to motivate you. Votes: 0

Mitt Romney privatizes the gains from his enterprises, but spreads the costs to the rest of us. Seems that 'free stuff' is in the eye of the beholder. Votes: 0

In the flush of love's lightwe dare be braveAnd suddenly we seethat love costs all we areand will ever be.Yet it is only lovewhich sets us free. Votes: 0

If the total energy of the universe must always remain zero, and it costs energy to create a body, how can a whole universe be created from nothing? Votes: 0

Desert Storm II would be in a walk in the park... The case for 'regime change' boils down to the huge benefits and modest costs of liberating Iraq. Votes: 0

It's possible to go to the market, buy good ingredients, and make yourself a healthy meal for less than it costs to buy a value meal at McDonald's. Votes: 0

Her mom and dad are both doctors and want her to follow her dream, not turn out the way they have, no matter how much it costs them. Votes: 0

And we will win the war, and there will be costs. But the military folks understand that, and so do I, and so does the Secretary of Defense. Votes: 0

It is now time to reverse the trend we have seen developing over the years, that of beauty at all costs and health will take care of itself. Votes: 0

In a world of pushing, shoving, striving to get ahead at all costs people; to those who knew him well, John Mann was a breath of fresh air. Votes: 0

Have you given your child unreservedly to the Lord for whatever He will? ...O may He strengthen you to say YES to Him if He asks something which costs. Votes: 0

I think we do better as a country when we go step by step toward a goal, and the goal in this case should be reducing health care costs. Votes: 0

It costs me never a stab nor squirm / To tread by chance upon a worm. / Aha, my little dear, / I say, Your clan will pay me back one day. Votes: 0

It costs a lot to sue a magazine, and it's too bad that we don't have a system where the losing team has to pay the winning team's lawyers. Votes: 0

Whiskey's to tough, Champagne costs too much, Vodka puts my mouth in gear. I hope this refrain, Will help me explain, As a matter of fact, I like beer. Votes: 0

To me, the box-office is basically the cost of film. If your film costs so much and your box-office is so much and a bit more, you are okay. Votes: 0

I would say that kids are great in many ways, because I think that we are less hampered when it comes to 'this costs too much' or 'that's impossible'. Votes: 0

I think we do better as a country when we go step by step toward a goal, and the goal in this case should be reducing health care costs Votes: 0

It'd be nice to make lots of money but it's quite difficult, because every time I make lots of money I make a bigger piece that costs lots of money. Votes: 0

I always have a very strong sense of shaming oneself, and you can do that a lot in the public eye, so it's best avoided at all costs I think. Votes: 0

I can see his pain, see it in the way he runs his fingers through his hair, over and over, and I understand what it costs him to hide it all. Votes: 0

The most dangerous thing you can do is to take any one impulse of your own nature and set it up as the thing you ought to follow at all costs. Votes: 0

I've always said I didn't have a Plan B in life. I was in pursuit of my dream from the very beginning. It's all about desire and passion. At all costs. Votes: 0

I want to give the audience what they want, but not at all costs. I want to leave them with something. I try to do that with every single movie I make. Votes: 0