Quotes about Expense

An acronym for grace is God's Riches At Christ's Expense. Votes: 3

When You Hold Onto Your History, You Do It At The Expense Of Your Destiny. Votes: 3

Mere parsimony is not economy. Expense, and great expense, may be an essential part in true economy. Votes: 3

Earn your success based on service to others, not at the expense of others. Votes: 2

War grows out of the desire of the individual to gain advantage at the expense of his fellow man. Votes: 2

Forgiveness is the economy of the heart... forgiveness saves the expense of anger, the cost of hatred, the waste of spirits. Votes: 2

Lightness, jesting, and joking, can only be indulged at the expense of barrenness of soul, and the loss of the favor of God. Votes: 2

The life which men praise and regard as successful is but one kind. Why should we exaggerate any one kind at the expense of the others? Votes: 2

Learning has always been made much of, but forgetting has always been deprecated; therefore pedantry has pretty well established itself throughout the modern world at the expense of culture. Votes: 2

Give a girl an education and introduce her properly into the world, and ten to one but she has the means of settling well, without further expense to anybody. Votes: 2

Globally the Greens have arisen like a spontaneous combustion, a reaction to the narrow-minded state-backed exploitation of resources and wealth for a few at the expense of the many. Votes: 2

Fame and power are the objects of all men. Even their partial fruition is gained by very few; and that, too, at the expense of social pleasure, health, conscience, life. Votes: 2

I recognize that I have the ability to be selfish, but I also recognize that you can't be happy if you only care about yourself at the expense of other people. Votes: 2

They will come to learn in the end, at their own expense, that it is better to endure competition for rich customers than to be invested with monopoly over impoverished customers. Votes: 2

Our nation was built by pioneers - pioneers who accepted untold risks in pursuit of freedom, not by pioneers seeking offshore profits at the expense of American workers here at home. Votes: 2

That one woman is capable of loving another is an historical truth; but never yet lived one who could not listen to her own praises at the expense of her adored friend. Votes: 2

Wishful thinking is not idealism. It is self-indulgence at best and self-exaltation at worst. In either case, it is usually at the expense of others. In other words, it is the opposite of idealism. Votes: 2

The conflict between religion and science is inherent and (very nearly) zero-sum. The success of science often comes at the expense of religious dogma; the maintenance of religious dogma always comes at the expense of science. Votes: 2

Racism is a way to gain economic advantage at the expense of others. Slavery and plantations may be gone, but racism still allows us to regard those who may keep us from financial gain as less than equals. Votes: 2

Telling us to obey instinct is like telling us to obey 'people.' People say different things: so do instincts. Our instincts are at war... Each instinct, if you listen to it, will claim to be gratified at the expense of the rest. Votes: 2

Riches and the things that are necessary in life are not evil in themselves. And all of us face cares and troubles in this life. The sin comes in the time and energy we spend in pursuing these things, at the expense of neglecting Christ. Votes: 2

If you thought the advent of the Internet, the spread of cheap and efficient information technology, and the growing fragmentation of the consumer market were all going to help smaller companies thrive at the expense of the slow-moving giants of the Fortune 500, apparently you were wrong. Votes: 2

People didn't always see a person with a disability who had to use a ramp or elevator as people who have been given unnecessary privileges. But I run into that often now. People are saying, 'Why do we have to go to great expense for these people?' Votes: 2

I have no patience for anyone who thinks they've figured things out, no patience for people who think they're right at the expense of everyone else. The world is too connected and too complicated to conform to any of our rigid ideas of what it should be like. Votes: 2

Most comedy is based on getting a laugh at somebody else's expense. And I find that that's just a form of bullying in a major way. So I want to be an example that you can be funny and be kind, and make people laugh without hurting somebody else's feelings. Votes: 2

I think there ought to be a strict separation or wall built between our religious faith and our practice of political authority in office. I don't think the President of the United States should extoll Christianity if he happens to be a Christian at the expense of Judaism, Islam or other faiths. Votes: 2

For all the tough talk about China during the presidential debates, Romney and Obama evaded any mention of China's suspect human rights record, corruption, and rule of law. By not tackling these controversial topics, the candidates are protecting a strategic partnership with China at the expense of essential human values and beliefs. Votes: 2

I think a lot of people get so obsessed with the wedding and the expense of the wedding that they miss out on what the real purpose is. It's not about a production number, it's about a meaningful moment between two people that's witnessed by people that they actually really know and care about. Votes: 2

I carry my own film guys with me now. People think that's a huge expense, but with technology like it is these days, it's not. You can film videos and everything with a Canon Mark II, and shoot a movie. They're doing it for next to nothing, by comparison. I can do ten videos for a project for the price of one mainstream video in the past. Votes: 2

Sarcasm is always at someone's expense. Votes: 0

Forgiveness saves the expense of anger. Votes: 0

Nothing is certain in London but expense. Votes: 0

Avoid witticisms at the expense of others. Votes: 0

Nothing is sure in London, except expense. Votes: 0

Spare no expense on the stuff that matters. Votes: 0

In law, nothing is certain but the expense. Votes: 0

Protocol is etiquette with a government expense account. Votes: 0

Gain at the expense of reputation is manifest loss. Votes: 0

Selfishness at the expense of others happiness is demonism. Votes: 0

Talent is commonly developed at the expense of character. Votes: 0

Taste is pursued at a less expense than fashion. Votes: 0

A man must become wise at his own expense. Votes: 0

Spare no expense to save money on this one. Votes: 0

One may gain one truth at the expense of another. Votes: 0

Economy is an excellent lure to betray people into expense. Votes: 0

Avarice fills its purse at the expense of its belly. Votes: 0

Have your boyfriend add therapy bills to my expense tab. Votes: 0

He who seeks for gain, must be at some expense. Votes: 0

It's always tempting to do good at someone else's expense Votes: 0

Spare no expense to make everything as economical as possible. Votes: 0

The sacred exists only at the expense of the truth. Votes: 0

To balance Fortune by a just expense, Join with Economy, Magnificence. Votes: 0

To eat off another man's plate. [To live an another's expense.] Votes: 0

Foreign aid must be viewed as an investment, not an expense. Votes: 0

Freedom isn't to do what you want at somebody else's expense. Votes: 0

Make no expense but to do good to others or yourself. Votes: 0

Social order at the expense of liberty is hardly a bargain. Votes: 0

I want people to like me but not at my expense. Votes: 0

The cost of quality is the expense of doing things wrong. Votes: 0

I am on an expense account that would blow your mind. Votes: 0

The expense is damnable, the position is ridiculous, and the pleasure fleeting. Votes: 0

You cannot have security at the expense of the insecurity of others Votes: 0

Sex: the pleasure is momentary, the position ridiculous, and the expense damnable. Votes: 0

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

Sex: the pleasure is momentary, the position ridiculous, and the expense damnable. Votes: 0

The rapturuous, wild, and ineffable pleasure of drinking at somebody else's expense Votes: 0

For there to be an expense, there must be income somewhere else Votes: 0

There is no happiness for people at the expense of other people. Votes: 0

Honesty and wisdom are such a delightful pastime, at another person's expense! Votes: 0

He is happy in his wisdom who has learned at another's expense. Votes: 0

Every flatterer lives at the expense of him who listens to him. Votes: 0

A writer should never be brief at the expense of being clear. Votes: 0

Too much profit is being made at the expense of unsuspecting patients. Votes: 0

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

My dad worked several jobs to pay for my expense in skating. Votes: 0

At great expense, we have built a vast system of inter-connecting stupidities. Votes: 0

In the long run, stability cannot be purchased at the expense of liberty. Votes: 0

Irony gives us, at little expense, the impression that we are experienced psychologists. Votes: 0

The habit of paying compliments kept a man's tongue oiled without any expense. Votes: 0

Politicians will pander to special-interest groups eager to gain at the public expense. Votes: 0

A feast not profuse but elegant; more of salt [refinement] than of expense. Votes: 0

Whatever you know in your heart, live at the expense of anything else. Votes: 0

I must not serve a distant neighbour at the expense of the nearest. Votes: 0

Every person shall be free to do good ' at his own expense. Votes: 0

Two women seldom grow intimate but at the expense of a third person. Votes: 0

Power always protects the good of some at the expense of all others. Votes: 0

To win a moral victory at the expense of your sanity is dumb. Votes: 0

Postmodernism is among other things a sick joke at the expense of revolutionary avant-gardism. Votes: 0

any experiment of interest in life will be carried out at your own expense Votes: 0

Tis use alone that sanctifies expense And splendor borrow all her rays from sense. Votes: 0

Will you be clever at the expense of others, or will you be kind? Votes: 0

Thou shalt have one God only: who Would be at the expense of two? Votes: 0

Social media is the empowerment of the individual at the expense of the system. Votes: 0

Moral cowardice at the expense of the vulnerable unborn is both wrong and pathetic. Votes: 0

All I learned from Eliel Saarinen was how to make out an expense account Votes: 0

It may be said that his wit shines at the expense of his memory. Votes: 0

I am going to put money into education at the expense of other programs. Votes: 0

To pursue union at the expense of truth is treason to the Lord Jesus. Votes: 0

Ours is an age that's often obsessed with knowledge at the expense of wisdom. Votes: 0

Forgiveness spares the expense of anger, the cost of hatred, the waste of spirits. Votes: 0

I don't like people waiting on me. I feel it is an unnecessary expense. Votes: 0

Mary's mouth cost her nothing for she never opens it but at others' expense. Votes: 0

May the IRS find that you deduct your pet sheep as an entertainment expense. Votes: 0

But principles defended at the expense of pragmatic application is the business of priests. Votes: 0

To breed up the son to common sense is evermore the parent's least expense. Votes: 0

Even in a time of fiscal austerity, education is more than just an expense. Votes: 0

we were raising our standard of living at the expense of our standard of character. Votes: 0

Of children as of procreation -- the pleasure momentary, the posture ridiculous, the expense damnable Votes: 0

One insidious practice which sugar-coats the dose of Federal intrusion is the division of expense . . . Votes: 0

I don't think value to the customer is achieved at the expense of employees' welfare. Votes: 0

You can't show love to someone at the expense of someone else who loves you. Votes: 0

Businesses fail when they over-invest in what is at the expense of what could be. Votes: 0

Be advised that all flatterers live at the expense of those who listen to them. Votes: 0

To gain a livelihood at the expense of all that makes life worth the having. Votes: 0

I don't mind if smiles come at my expense, I'm a small price to pay. Votes: 0

Loving money at the expense of others is an abuse of power to get wealth. Votes: 0

Remind people that profit is the difference between revenue and expense. This makes you look smart. Votes: 0

The passion of acquiring riches in order to support a vain expense corrupts the purest souls. Votes: 0

The bonus for bankers fragilizes the system. Someone has the upside at the expense of others. Votes: 0

That should be regarded as a loss, which is won at the expense of our reputation. Votes: 0

Be not so bigoted to any custom as to worship it at the expense of truth. Votes: 0

Once we considered education a public expense; we know now that it is a public investment. Votes: 0

No expense has been incurred but what has been approved of and provided for by Parliament. Votes: 0

Bigamy is one way of avoiding the painful publicity of divorce and the expense of alimony. Votes: 0

Unfortunately, the show's success comes at the expense of its biggest asset -- the comedians themselves. Votes: 0

I prioritise story over science, but not at the expense of being really stupid about it. Votes: 0

Be not so bigoted to any custom as to worship it at the expense of truth. Votes: 0

Reality is captured in the categorical nets of Language only at the expense of fatal distortion. Votes: 0

Distinction is an eminence that is attained but too frequently at the expense of a fireside. Votes: 0

If you call attention to yourself at the expense of the song, that's the cardinal sin. Votes: 0

Science is a way to pursue one's sense of inquiry at the expense of the State. Votes: 0

It is better to be passionate than to be tolerant at the expense of one's soul. Votes: 0

When we love animals and children too much, we love them at the expense of men. Votes: 0

It is easy to be lenient at other people's expense, and call it generosity of mind. Votes: 0

To be safe at the expense of the liberty of other people is a difficult equation. Votes: 0

Stand for something. Don't quest for popularity at the expense of morality and ethics and honesty. Votes: 0

Civilization does everything for the mind and favors it entirely at the expense of the body. Votes: 0

There is no greater dishonesty than man effecting his own private gains at the expense of others. Votes: 0

I compulsively reach for perfection in music, often at the expense of everything else in my life. Votes: 0

There needs no small degree of address to gain the reputation of benevolence without incurring the expense. Votes: 0

What I have a problem with is money and name at the expense of talent and culture. Votes: 0

I can never think of promoting my convenience at the expense of a friend's interest and inclination. Votes: 0

Government is the great fiction, through which everybody endeavors to live at the expense of everybody else. Votes: 0

We don't want to focus on the trees (or their leaves) at the expense of the forest. Votes: 0

The road to ruin is always in good repair, and the travellers pay the expense of it. Votes: 0

Even opinion is of force enough to make itself to be espoused at the expense of life. Votes: 0

I'm a competitive person, but I have never understood people's competitiveness at the expense of their colleagues. Votes: 0

Americans deserve both clean air and clean water and never one at the expense of the other. Votes: 0

The myth of black women profiting at the expense of black men is the oldest rap around. Votes: 0

And there's no getting around the fact that all life lives at the expense of another life. Votes: 0

And the biggest, coldest power play of all in Obamacare came at the expense of the elderly. Votes: 0

Those who prepared for all the emergencies of life beforehand may equip themselves at the expense of joy. Votes: 0

The objective is to enlarge the scope of your advantage which can only happen at someone else's expense. Votes: 0

There are growing concerns that oil companies are making too much in profits at the expense of consumers. Votes: 0

We need to aggressively take on radical Islamic terrorism but not at the expense of our American values. Votes: 0

I'm not dismissing the value of higher education; I'm simply saying it comes at the expense of experience. Votes: 0

Rapine, avarice, expense, This is idolatry; and these we adore; Plain living and high thinking are no more. Votes: 0

Government is a way by which every individual believes he can live at the expense of everybody else. Votes: 0

Stephen had spared no expense in making himself more unhappy, his own position as a rejected lover clearer. Votes: 0

Skeptics would rather, even at their own expense, appear to be right than take the risk of trusting. Votes: 0

Remember, politicians get votes by promising everything to everyone, always at the expense of some other invisible taxpayers. Votes: 0

Raillery is a mode of speaking in favor of one's wit at the expense of one's better nature. Votes: 0

A sure way to lose happiness, I found, is to want it at the expense of everything else. Votes: 0

The state is that great fiction by which everyone tries to live at the expense of everyone else. Votes: 0

Learning to dislike children at an early age saves a lot of expense and aggravation later in life. Votes: 0

Bring a lawsuit against a man who can pay; the poor man's acts are not worth the expense Votes: 0

Rarely has a U.S. president been so wrong about so much at the expense of so many, Votes: 0

war grows out of desire of the individual to gain advantage at the expense of his fellow man. Votes: 0

In all fiction, when a man is faced with alternatives he chooses one at the expense of others. Votes: 0

The state has typically been a device for producing affluence for a few at the expense of many. Votes: 0

In fact, this is a blackmail of the terrorists at the expense of the suffering of the hostages. Votes: 0

It is of the nature of war to increase the executive at the expense of the legislative authority. Votes: 0

The frame is the pimp of painting; it enhances it, but it must never shine at the painting's expense. Votes: 0

People are never more insecure than when they become obsessed with their fears at the expense of their dreams. Votes: 0

Self-realization is a process of permanent auto-creation, an elaboration of the new man at the expense of the old. Votes: 0

We believe, that is, you and I, that education is not an expense. We believe it is an investment. Votes: 0

As governor, Im spending my time focused in three areas: creating jobs, reducing the expense of government and schools. Votes: 0

As governor, I'm spending my time focused in three areas: creating jobs, reducing the expense of government and schools. Votes: 0

Wine takes away reason, engenders insanity, leads to thousands of crimes, and imposes such an enormous expense on nations. Votes: 0

For better or worse, there are few things so disarming as one who laughs well at her own expense. Votes: 0

If you stop and think about it, nearly all great humor is at the expense of someone or something. Votes: 0

I think as a woman it's in our nature to nurture someone else. Sometimes at the expense of ourselves. Votes: 0

In U.S. politics, 'compassion' means giving money and privileges to well organized interest groups at everyone else's expense. Votes: 0

Personally, I think neutral is just another way of saving your own ass at the expense of someone else's. Votes: 0

Precious gems are profoundly buried in the earth and can only be extracted at the expense of great labor. Votes: 0

Doing too much for others (often at their own expense), many persons are more 'human doings' than human beings. Votes: 0

The state is the great fictitious entity by which everyone seeks to live at the expense of everyone else. Votes: 0

Anyone may fairly seek his own advantage, but no one has a right to do so at another's expense. Votes: 0

We must never settle for harmony at the expense of holiness, nor for peace at the expense of principle. Votes: 0

Democracies are expense-averse and they think in terms of short-term, political interests rather than a long-term interest in stability. Votes: 0

The public is not greatly interested in saving a little money on a purchase at the expense of service. Votes: 0

There is a kind of misguided pity that deals gently with false teachers at the expense of their victims. Votes: 0

Vivisection is a social evil because if it advances human knowledge, it does so at the expense of human character. Votes: 0

The will to label will always prevail over what's being labeled, usually at the expense of either truth or understanding. Votes: 0

I'd like to have mass appeal, but not at the expense of what I am and what I do best. Votes: 0

Here at great expense,' [Colonel Groves] moaned to Oppenheimer, 'the government has assembled the world's largest collection of crackpots. Votes: 0

The will to label will always prevail over what's being labeled, usually at the expense of either truth or understanding Votes: 0

An aircraft which is used by wealthy people on their expense accounts, whose fares are subsidized by much poorer taxpayers. Votes: 0

I am indeed rich, since my income is superior to my expenses, and my expense is equal to my wishes. Votes: 0

One marvels why the middle classes still insist on so much discomfort for their children at such expense to themselves. Votes: 0

A Financial Research Corporation study determined that the expense ratio is the only reliable predictor of future mutual fund performance. Votes: 0

It is the custom when praising a Russian writer to do so at the expense of all other Russian writers. Votes: 0

We believe in healthy, hearty laughter -- at the expense of the whole human race, if needs be. Needs be. Votes: 0

Above all, I would not expect a wise race, at great expense, to set loose an army of self-replicating robots. Votes: 0

Active management is a zero-sum game before cost, and the winners have to win at the expense of the losers. Votes: 0

The business man who gains success at the expense of the poor and miserable gains nil respect from his peers. Votes: 0

You really can't spend money on socail media unless you really try. Socia media is really more about effort than expense. Votes: 0

One should connect language learning with either work or leisure. And not at the expense of them but to supplement them. Votes: 0

Film is the cheapest part of the movie making process. The expense is the 100-man crew and the financing and everything. Votes: 0

One should connect language learning with either work or leisure. And not at the expense of them but to supplement them. Votes: 0

As creators, our pursuit of perfection might be misguided, particularly if it comes at the expense of the things that matter. Votes: 0

In Bengal, Hindus are known to crack jokes at the expense of their gods and goddesses and that's what I did. Votes: 0

Almost anything makes me laugh, especially jokes at my own expense. And I will never, ever admit to being ticklish anywhere. Votes: 0

We must have design in a picture even at the expense of truth. You are using nature for your artistic needs. Votes: 0

I was pursuing the inner path at the expense of the rest of my being and the rest of the world. Votes: 0

When I was a child . . . Only virtue was prized, virtue at the expense of intellect, health, happiness, and every mundane good. Votes: 0

Academies that are founded at public expense are instituted not so much to cultivate men's natural abilities as to restrain them. Votes: 0

Companies typically borrow money at less than their return on equity and therefore compound their return at the expense of lenders. Votes: 0

Shame on the men who can court exemption from present trouble and expense at the price of their own posterity's liberty! Votes: 0

I think that deep in our hearts we know that our comforts, our conveniences are at the expense of other people. Votes: 0

In Bengal, Hindus are known to crack jokes at the expense of their gods and goddesses and that's what I did. Votes: 0

All gaming, since it implies a desire to profit at the expense of another, involves a breach of the tenth commandment. Votes: 0

The glory of the nation you love is a desirable end, "” but generally to be obtained at your neighbor's expense. Votes: 0

I started out in stand-up, so it's very satisfying to make people laugh, but it usually means at your own expense. Votes: 0

Beautiful forms and compositions are not made by chance, nor can they ever, in any material, be made at small expense. 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

I always thought that being at Time and tweaking your bosses and exploiting your expense account was just fun. Just joyous. Votes: 0

Society demands conformity at the expense of individual liberty. Let us be for once a non conformist to be fully alive. Votes: 0

If I'd been listening closely, I'd have caught the sound of the gods having a great big old tee-hee at my expense. Votes: 0

The trade-unionist has the same limitation imposed upon him as the capitalist. He cannot advance his interests at the expense of society. Votes: 0

The difference now is that the paparazzi get paid fortunes. That's what motivates people; it's about the money, sadly, at anyone's expense. Votes: 0

I'm a big believer in pushing yourself outside your comfort zone and stretching yourself artistically, but not at the expense of foolishness. Votes: 0

You can't substitute promise after promise with known violators of prior promises at the expense of protecting ourselves or setting an example. Votes: 0

It isn't easy to be the person who sometimes has to try to preserve your happiness at the expense of your fun. Votes: 0

Avoid getting wrapped up in things - especially status purchases - as these often come at the expense of people and relationships. Votes: 0

Eliminating or substantially lowering just one major monthly expense can give you enough cushion to move into a more comfortable place financially. Votes: 0

Man's destiny lies half within himself, half without. To advance in either half at the expense of the other is literally insane. Votes: 0

We want freedom for our country, but not at the expense or exploitation of others, not so as to degrade other countries. Votes: 0

Selfish is caring for ourselves at others' expense ... Self-care is taking care of ourselves so that we can be there for others. Votes: 0

No idea can succeed except at the expense of sacrifice; no one ever escapes without enduring strain from the struggle of life. Votes: 0

You were right. My whole crew. Gone. Arrested. Perfect. Shoot me now and save me the expense of a bullet later. (Tory) Votes: 0

Once Congress establishes that one person can live at the expense of another, it pays for everyone to try to do so. Votes: 0

All the keys to joy can be reduced to these two. Laugh but at no one's expense and love but without expectation. Votes: 0

The truly greedy, it seems to me, are those who think they've a right to live well at the expense of others. Votes: 0

That peculiar disease of intellectuals, that infatuation with ideas at the expense of experience, that compels experience to conform to bookish expectations. Votes: 0

Love of one is a piece of barbarism: for it is practised at the expense of all others. Love of God likewise. Votes: 0

In the United States large corporations control some members of Congress. All this does is delay the corporation's funeral at our expense. Votes: 0

How wide is all this long pretense! There is in love a sweetness ready penned, Copy out only that, and save expense. Votes: 0

Strive to make proposed solutions as self-executing as possible. As the degree of discretion increases, so too does bureaucracy, delay, and expense. Votes: 0

We now have a global community that calculates how to maximize the benefits for a few at the expense of the majority Votes: 0

Every government interference in the economy consists of giving an unearned benefit, extorted by force, to some men at the expense of others. Votes: 0

Despite the warnings of other times, the impetuous and the confident continue their indiscriminate cultivation of weeds at the expense of occasional flowers. Votes: 0

A clergyman is one who feels himself called upon to live without working at the expense of the rascals who work to live. Votes: 0

Christians and non-Christian voters alike have become far too comfortable slinging rocks at the expense of making any real political or social progress. Votes: 0

A man who has drank his drinks cold at the same expense for one week can never be presented with them warm again. Votes: 0

Oftentimes, those special brains, the ones that are capable of focusing more intently than others, do so at the expense of emotional maturity Votes: 0

Companies that only focus on expense reduction are all but dead as they will find themselves sooner or later unable to reduce anymore. Votes: 0

It's not uncommon for people to overvalue the importance of demonstrating their competence and power, often at the expense of demonstrating their warmth. Votes: 0

In truth, the care and expense of our fathers aims only at furnishing our heads with knowledge; of judgement and virtue, little news. Votes: 0

Society is always engaged in a vast conspiracy to preserve itself - at the expense of the new demands of each new generation. Votes: 0

Riches are for spending, and spending for honor and good actions; therefore extraordinary expense must be limited by the worth of the occasion. Votes: 0

I make fun of situations and try and find the humor in things, but it's never at the expense of the other guy. Votes: 0

If we did not take great pains, and were not at great expense to corrupt our nature, our nature would never corrupt us. Votes: 0

Everyone wants to live at the expense of the state. They forget that the state wants to live at the expense of everyone. Votes: 0

England would be better off without Canada; it keeps her in a prepared state for war at a great expense and constant irritation. Votes: 0

Congratulations on your job at the bank! Yes. You work for the bank. After taxes, your largest expense is your mortgage and credit-card debt. Votes: 0

Towering genius...thirsts and burns for distinction; and, if possible, it will have it, whether at the expense of emancipating slaves or enslaving freeman. Votes: 0

Airport take their own commercial decisions on their ownership structure. But this must not be at the expense of exploiting airlines through higher charges Votes: 0

I think our trade policies, for many, many years, have been a disaster. They have benefited corporate America at the expense of working people. Votes: 0

All the freedom enjoyed in America, beyond what is enjoyed in England, is enjoyed solely by the disorderly at the expense of the orderly ... Votes: 0

We have created a culture of leadership "development" in the Church at the expense of ignore the ministry of the Church to making disciples. Votes: 0

A moral rule is essentially 'advantage-reducing.' It prohibits you doing something you could do that would serve your interests at someone else's expense. Votes: 0

The Bible says we're to be moderate in all things. It's good to help others but not at the expense of your own family. Votes: 0

Pleasure which must be enjoyed at the expense of another's pain, can never be enjoyed by a worthy mind. Pleasure's couch is virtues grave. Votes: 0

It's a basic rule of humor that a joke is always at somebody's expense. Really good jokes, however, tend to be at everyone's expense. Votes: 0

I certainly understand very much what it's (like when) an expense comes up and you're trying to figure out how to pay for it. Votes: 0

I learned the hard way that people are quick to judge, will jump at the chance of a cheap ego boost at another's expense. Votes: 0

Modern life is organised so that you benefit at the expense of the other, and the most extreme example of that is a camp. Votes: 0

As in roulette, same is true of the stock trader, who will find that the expense of trading weights the dice heavily against him. Votes: 0

We preferred our own way of living. We were no expense to the government. All we wanted was peace and to be left alone. Votes: 0

Raw in the fields the rude militia swarms, Mouth without hands; maintained at vast expense, In peace a charge, in war a weak defence. Votes: 0

Each generation should be made to bear the burden of its own wars, instead of carrying them on, at the expense of other generations. Votes: 0

The closest thing to a law of nature in business is that form has an affinity for expense, while substance has an affinity for income. Votes: 0

Journey over all the universe in a map, without the expense and fatigue of traveling, without suffering the inconveniences of heat, cold, hunger, and thirst. Votes: 0

A man who makes a one-dollar profit on his expense account is dishonest. A man who loses five cents on one is a damned fool. Votes: 0

That is suitable to a man, in point of ornamental expense, not which he can afford to have, but which he can afford to lose. Votes: 0

Democracy means the organization of society for the benefit and at the expense of everybody indiscriminately and not for the benefit of a privileged class. Votes: 0

I'm pretty irreverent. There is a lot of need to find humour in life. Although I'd never be as disrespectful to laugh at someone's expense. Votes: 0

Whenever a youth is ascertained to possess talents meriting an education which his parents cannot afford, he should be carried forward at the public expense. Votes: 0

Contentment is a pearl of great price, and whoever procures it at the expense of ten thousand desires makes a wise and a happy purchase. Votes: 0

We can't win at somebody else's expense. We can only fully be satisfied when the other person's needs are fulfilled as well as our own. Votes: 0

The American political machinery is awesome to behold in its scale and expense and waste and madness. It's the greatest circus on Earth I suppose. Votes: 0

I'm competitive with myself, not at the expense of everything around me. I never wanted to be a movie star. I just wanted to act. Votes: 0

In the struggle for survival, the fittest win out at the expense of their rivals because they succeed in adapting themselves best to their environment. Votes: 0

If you want to gain market share at your competitor's expense - look for a customer that's suffering from too much complexity and simplify it. Votes: 0

Our military should spare no expense to ensure the safety of our troops, particularly as they confront a hostile insurgency and roadside bombs throughout Iraq. Votes: 0

Draw with the brush. Carve the form. Don't be carried away by subtleties of modeling and nice pigmentation at the expense of losing the form. Votes: 0

A culture that values production over life values the wrong things, because it will produce things at the expense of living beings, human or otherwise. Votes: 0

The multiplication of public offices, increase of expense beyond income, growth and entailment of a public debt are indications soliciting the employment of the pruning knife. Votes: 0

With the continued support of citizens who refuse to accept inaction at the expense of future generations, we will lead the world toward a sustainable future. Votes: 0

Facts have proved that prosperity at the expense of the environment is only delaying disaster. We cannot passively protect our environment by simply stopping economic development. Votes: 0

For 60 years, my country, the United States, pursued stability at the expense of democracy in this region, here in the Middle East, and we achieved neither. Votes: 0

Military officers from different countries, when they meet each other, tend to sort of fall in love, become mutual admiration societies, at the expense of realities. Votes: 0

Are we going to fire the father to hire the son? We want to create jobs for young people, but not at the expense of others. Votes: 0

...By allowing businesses to expense up to $75,000, it means somebody is more likely to buy a copying machine, or in this case, an architectural... fancy machine. Votes: 0

Avoiding occasions of expense by cultivating peace, we should remember also that timely disbursements to prepare for danger frequently prevent much greater disbursements to repel it Votes: 0

Military officers from different countries, when they meet each other, tend to sort of fall in love, become mutual admiration societies, at the expense of realities. Votes: 0

One of the most ordinary weaknesses of the human intellect is to seek to reconcile contrary principles, and to purchase peace at the expense of logic. Votes: 0

The life without men praise and regard as successful is but one kind. Why should we exaggerate any one kind at the expense of the others? Votes: 0

Most economic fallacies derive from the tendency to assume that there is a fixed pie, that one party can gain only at the expense of another. Votes: 0

The expense of a war could be paid in time; but the expense of opium, when once the habit is formed, will only increase with time. Votes: 0

Lord, bring honor to thy Son at my expense, whatever the cost, and send me the bill. It is my reasonable service - He paid mine. Votes: 0

The rights of some must not be enjoyed by denying the rights of others. Neither can we permit states' rights at the expense of human rights. Votes: 0

I cannot imagine why we should be at the expense to furnish wit for succeeding ages, when the former have made no sort of provision for ours. Votes: 0

Tax breaks can serve a vital role in keeping and bringing jobs to our state; however, without accountability, they are little more than loopholes at taxpayers' expense. Votes: 0

All sacrifices of common sense, and all recourse to plausible political combinations, whether of individuals or of men, are uniformly made at the expense of the majority. Votes: 0

The interventionist policy (big government) provides thousands and thousands of people with safe, placid, and not too strenuous jobs at the expense of the rest of society. Votes: 0

Remember,the press is a business: Newspapers and magazines are in business to make money - sometimes at the expense of accuracy, fairness and even the truth. Votes: 0

I spend an extraordinary amount of time in my car, so I can justify the expense. That's the only extravagance in my life - it's my car. Votes: 0

It is my considered opinion that in the fullness of time history will record the greatness of Michael Collins and it will be recorded at my expense. Votes: 0

Legislation can neither be wise nor just which seeks the welfare of a single interest at the expense and to the injury of many and varied interests. Votes: 0

Grudge no expense - yield to no opposition - forget fatigue - till, by the strength of prayer and sacrifice, the spirit of love shall have overcome . Votes: 0

If there had been any formidable body of cannibals in the country, Harry Truman would have promised to provide them with free missionaries fattened at the taxpayer's expense. Votes: 0

It is not very unreasonable that the rich should contribute to the public expense, not only in proportion to their revenue, but something more than in that proportion. Votes: 0

Christopher Columbus was the first socialist: he didn't know where he was going, he didn?t know where he was? and he did it all at taxpayers expense. Votes: 0

..no meal is good enough to justify all the money and effort wasted in preparing it. It is an illusion and an expense. Live as I do, undeceived. Votes: 0

It must always be remembered, however, that it is the luxuries, and not the necessary expense of the inferior ranks of people, that ought ever to be taxed. Votes: 0

The term 'income inequality' is a bit misleading because it suggests in a somewhat pejorative way that the rich are getting richer at the expense of the poor, Votes: 0

No sustainable prosperity or security can be attained at the expense or marginalization of others. Indeed, in today's world, humanity will either triumph or fail as a whole. Votes: 0

Never build after you are five and forty; have five years' income in hand before you lay a brick; and always calculate the expense at double the estimate. Votes: 0

Voltaire, as full of life as summer is full of blossoms, giving his ideas upon all subjects at the expense of prince and king, was exiled to England. Votes: 0

People across America who value bicycling should have a voice when it comes to transportation planning. This is the end of favoring motorized transportation at the expense of non-motorized. Votes: 0

What I've come to learn with self-publishing is that if you want to provide readers with something of equal quality, it requires the same amount of time and expense. Votes: 0

I think, though, as African-American women, we are always trained to value our community even at the expense of ourselves, and so we attempt to protect the African-American community. Votes: 0

Most people seem unaware that corporate influence and wealth has taken over public policy, such that government policy now favors the wealthy few at the expense of the people. Votes: 0

We have to move from the unbridled pursuit of self-gain at the expense of others to recovering appreciation for what we gain by caring and sharing with one another. Votes: 0

Clients do not expect the infrastructure to be any less reliable just because the service is being delivered from an offshore location; thus, the uptime requirements justify the expense. Votes: 0

I got used to dealing with groups of boys and getting on with life in unpleasant circumstances and being smart and funny and subversive at the expense of authority. Votes: 0

When I first became recognizable from appearing on television, I abused my notoriety as much as I possibly could, at the expense of both my health and personal relationships. Votes: 0

Christopher Columbus was the first socialist: he didn?t know where he was going, he didn?t know where he was? and he did it all at taxpayers expense. Votes: 0

"People's minds are trained largely at the expense of their hearts." This is not so; it is only that there are more educable minds than there are educable hearts. Votes: 0

The US wants to subdue Russia, to solve US problems at Russia's expense. No one in history ever managed to do this to Russia, and no one ever will. Votes: 0

It is very creditable when a woman gets into politics. She does this at the expense of responsibilities toward her home and family and should be lauded for this. Votes: 0

There is pleasure And there is bliss. Forgo the first to possess the second. If you are happy At the expense of another man's happiness, You are forever bound. Votes: 0

When you become a slave to a public persona and don't feel comfortable without it, it becomes a shield, and it shouldn't come at the expense of your self-worth. Votes: 0

Militarism has been by far the commonest cause of the breakdown of civilizations. The single art of war makes progress at the expense of all the arts of peace. Votes: 0

Tax is a big expense. And I wouldn't mind paying taxes a lot less if our politicians knew how to spend the money, but they don't. They waste the money. Votes: 0

When kindness comes at the expense of truth, it is not a kindness worth having. And when generosity leads to silence or abuse, it is not a generosity worth giving. Votes: 0

Gain may be temporary and uncertain; but ever while you live, expense is constant and certain: and it is easier to build two chimneys than to keep one in fuel. Votes: 0

I've reached a new level of closeness with a new friend when I can make a joke at their expense. That's one of the great joys of life for me. Votes: 0

So long as the millions live in hunger and ignorance, I hold every man a traitor who, having been educated at their expense, pays not the least heed to them. Votes: 0

Buying and selling securities on the Stock Exchange do not start new industries. Big business never starts anything new. It merely absorbs, consolidates and profits at the expense of others. Votes: 0

Foreign aid must be viewed as an investment, not an expense...but when foreign aid is carefully guided and targeted at a specific issue, it can and must be effective. Votes: 0

I hope that when people see my body of work, they will say, 'That brother dropped it for real on us, even at the expense of his own image.' Votes: 0

There is something out of gear about graded schools and all that. Memory is developed at the expense of what in general we are pleased to call thought and character. Votes: 0

The basic principle that we must follow in directing the armies of the Republic is this: that they must feed themselves on war at the expense of the enemy territory. Votes: 0

It was appointed by law in Athens, that the obsequies of the citizens who fell in battle should be performed at the public expense, and in the most honorable manner. Votes: 0

In a culture whose already classical dilemma is the hypertrophy of the intellect at the expense of energy and sensual capability, interpretation is the revenge of the intellect upon art. Votes: 0

But when you become a slave to a public persona and don't feel comfortable without it, it becomes a shield and it shouldn't come at the expense of your self-worth. Votes: 0

The public treasure has been duly applied to the uses to which it was appropriated by Parliament, and regular accounts have been annually laid before Parliament, of every article of expense. Votes: 0

The determined scholar and the man of virtue will not seek to live at the expense of injuring their virtue. They will even sacrifice their lives to preserve their virtue complete. Votes: 0

Romney is right that the Obama vision is too centered on government. But his is too centered on the promotion of business and wealth creation at the expense of everything else. Votes: 0

Any seeming deception in a statement is costly, not only in the expense of the advertising but in the detrimental effect produced upon the customer, who believes she has been misled. Votes: 0

We will reverse course on the heavy hand of regulation, discarding Dodd-Frank and any other regulations that advance a political agenda at the expense of jobs and investment on Main Street. Votes: 0

Our expense is almost all for conformity. It is for cake that we run in debt; 'tis not the intellect, not the heart, not beauty, not worship, that costs so much. Votes: 0

From now on - specialize; never again make any concession to the ninety-nine percent of you which is like everyon else at the expense of the one percent which is unique. Votes: 0

Two kinds of people are good at foreseeing danger: those who have learned at their own expense, and the clever people who learn a great deal at the expense of others. Votes: 0

I imagine, like all his predecessors, Barak Obama would like to achieve greatness in bringing peace in the Middle East. I hope it will not be at the expense of Israel. Votes: 0

I want my country to be trusted. I don't want anybody running for president telling the unions what they want to hear at the expense of the credibility of the United States. Votes: 0

The important prediction is not the automobile, but the parking problem; not radio, but the soap opera; not the income tax, but the expense account; not the Bomb, but the nuclear stalemate Votes: 0

I was funny -- ha-ha, not peculiar. It was a modest currency, like pennies: pedestrian, somewhat laborious, but a currency nonetheless. I was funny, in public, most often at my own expense. Votes: 0

Suicides pay the world a bad compliment. Indeed, it may so happen that the world has been beforehand with them in incivility. Granted. Even then the retaliation is at their own expense. Votes: 0

Be at the pains of putting down every single item of expenditure whatsoever every day which could possibly be twisted into a professional expense and remember to lump in all the doubtfulls. Votes: 0

In a government whose distinguishing characteristic should be a diffusion and equalization of its benefits and burdens the advantage of individuals will be augmented at the expense of the community at large. Votes: 0

I want to get the American people to start sitting at a table together and talking to each other, holding court, and enjoying a meal - and it doesn't have an expense. Votes: 0

If I can enjoy a joke at the expense of another; if I can in any way slight another in conversation, or even in thought, then I know nothing of Calvary love. Votes: 0

If slavery, as a national evil, is to be abolished, and it be just that it be done at the national expense, the amount of the expense is not a paramount consideration. Votes: 0

At an expense trifling indeed, compared to what she frequently spends upon unprofitable contests, she might place the moral world on a new foundation, and to rise the pinnacle of moral glory. Votes: 0

We need policies for long-term security that are designed by women, focused on women, executed by women not at the expense of men, or instead of men, but alongside and with men. Votes: 0

I'm a kindhearted but highly competitive pragmatist. When I seek to win something, I always make certain it's never at the expense of anything more serious than the inadequate efforts of others. Votes: 0

I'm a forthright person and I am ambitious and I do hope that I get to do more, interesting work but not at the expense of me not being who I am. Votes: 0

We make a lot of fun at President Clinton's expense. But this transition is going to be tough because it's been 25 years since this guy has gotten laid in the private sector. Votes: 0

The function of Government must be to favor no small group at the expense of its duty to protect the rights of personal freedom and of private property of all its citizens. Votes: 0

On this question of war, three things are to be considered. First, the right of declaring it: secondly, the expense of supporting it: thirdly, the mode of conducting it after it is declared. Votes: 0

There is absolutely nothing in what Jesus himself or his early followers taught that suggests you can decide just to enjoy forgiveness at Jesus' expense and have nothing more to do with him. Votes: 0

Taboos are always going to be interesting.Our [ with Michael Dumontier] style has its range and there is room for explicitness in violence, but not at the expense of our classy, highbrow image. Votes: 0

The term "Socialism" becomes a common label for the various theories of attack upon the principle of property, the various policies of communal control at the expense of the family and individual freedom. Votes: 0

Those who bequeath unto themselves a pompous funeral, are at just so much expense to inform the world of something that had much better be concealed; namely, that their vanity has survived themselves. Votes: 0

Any measure that establishes legal charity on a permanent basis and gives it an administrative form thereby creates an idle and lazy class, living at the expense of the industrial and working class. Votes: 0

The reputation of those countries which cater to the foreign policy interests of other states at the expense of their own national interests will go down regardless of how they explain their actions. Votes: 0

Today, energy prices are at historic highs. Some analysts estimate that energy price shocks this year could cost American consumers more than $40 billion. Speaking very frankly, we cannot afford this kind of expense. Votes: 0

Wages is a cunning device of the devil, for the benefit of tender consciences, who would retain all the advantages of the slave system, without the expense, trouble, and odium of being slave-holders. Votes: 0

If the happiness of the mass of mankind can be secured at the expense of a little tempest now and then, or even of a little blood, it will be a precious purchase. Votes: 0

I plan to write more songs of my own, especially on behalf of the animals we needlessly raise for food, at their great expense, and at great expense to our precious, deteriorating planet. Votes: 0

After all, I do not have so many ways of proving that I am free. We is always free at the expense of someone else. It is a bother,but it is normal. Votes: 0

And this is what has taken place. The delusion of the day is to enrich all classes at the expense of each other; it is to generalize plunder under pretense of organizing it. Votes: 0

I spent most of high school working on the debate team, probably at some expense to my grades. Being a member of the team was great training in critical analysis, organization, and logic. Votes: 0

My teacher sent me all over the world to talk about meditation - Europe, all over America, Canada. I would drive thousands of miles, travel, all at my own expense, to do this. Votes: 0

Western society has many flaws, and it is good for an educated person to have thought some of these through, even at the expense of losing a lecture or two to tear gas. Votes: 0

Don't fall in love with your wit. Your cleverly turned phrase may not, as you hope, show off how much gray matter you have, especially if the phrase is at someone else's expense. Votes: 0

It seems to me that all of the evil in life comes from idleness, boredom, and psychic emptiness, but all of that is inevitable when you become accustomed to living at others' expense. Votes: 0

Can you support the expense of a husband, hussy, in gaming, drinking and whoring? Have you money enough to carry on the daily quarrels of man and wife about who shall squander most? Votes: 0

I do know that I fell in love with the moment of falling in love and I wanted to keep that moment alive forever, at the expense of all those moments to follow. Votes: 0

For to enter the palace of learning at the great gate requires an expense of time and forms, therefore men of much haste and little ceremony are content to get in by the back-door Votes: 0

It is the large aggregate of small things perpetually occurring that robs me of all my time. The expense of learning to read might have been spared in my education, for I never read. Votes: 0

Human beings "belong" to some minor comity or enclave of faith at the expense of the clarity and autarkia of their intelligence and conscience, of course. "Belonging" is another way of saying: "capitulating to." Votes: 0

But money spent while manic doesn't fit into the Internal Revenue Service concept of medical expense or business loss. So after mania, when most depressed, you're given excellent reason to be even more so. Votes: 0

To say that New York came up to its advance billing would be the baldest of understatements. Being there was like being in heaven without going to all the bother and expense of dying. Votes: 0

The Center for Immigration Studies found that illegal immigrants cost the United States taxpayer about $10.4 billion a year. A large part of that expense stems from the babies born each year to illegal immigrants. Votes: 0

Today the devil as a wolf in supposedly a new suit of sheep's clothing is enticing some men to parrot his line by advocating planned government guaranteed security at the expense of our liberties. Votes: 0

The art of walking is at once suggestive of the dignity of man. Progressive motion alone implies power, but in almost every other instance it seems a power gained at the expense of self-possession. Votes: 0

Cuban cigars is a big expense because I do smoke a lot of them, eight to 12 a day, so that would be almost as bad as a cocaine habit, a hundred bucks a day. Votes: 0

When any man accumulates more than he can earn with his own hands, he begins to enrich himself at the expense of the youth, the sweat, the blood, the joy of his fellow men. Votes: 0

The key to pursuing excellence is to embrace an organic, long-term learning process, and not to live in a shell of static, safe mediocrity. Usually, growth comes at the expense of previous comfort or safety. Votes: 0

It gives me no joy to be praised at the expense of a better artist, by someone who does not know the difference or who thinks me too vain to be aware of it myself. Votes: 0

The Athenians regularly maintained a number of degraded and useless beings at the public expense; and when any calamity, such as plague, drought, or famine, befell the city, they sacrificed two of these outcast scapegoats. Votes: 0

FCC Commissioner Robert McDowell has said that several foreign dignitaries personally spoke to him about creating a new Internet user fee to subsidize an international universal service fund at the expense of traditional end users. Votes: 0

As soon as I think that I am a little body, I want to preserve it, to protect it, to keep it nice, at the expense of other bodies; then you and I become separate. Votes: 0

The men and women who serve in our military have won for us every hour we live in freedom, sometimes at the expense of the very hours of the lifetimes they had hoped to live. Votes: 0

Unicef's education initiative does not seek to impose, but to initiate and integrate. It does, however, aim to address the huge bias towards education for boys at the expense of girls in so many cultures. Votes: 0

We believe that government in Britain is there to protect people from terrorism and from the worst criminality, but never at the expense of our civil liberties and the basic tenets of our legal system. Votes: 0

I'll regularly just burst out into laughter at funerals, at the expense of the dead. What's the difference between a dead person and Thom Yorke? One is talented and the other is dead. **** you grandma Votes: 0

It seems hopeless, hopeless. Those who eat meat [at public expense] are a mean, selfish lot, and so the country is doomed. Our only hope lies in the grass-roots folk who eat our traditional food. Votes: 0

To my great-grandfather I owed the advice to dispense with the education of the schools and have good masters at home instead - and to realize that no expense should be grudged for this purpose. Votes: 0

My audience wants to see me beautifully gowned, and I have spared no expense or pains . . . For I feel that the best is none too good for the public that pays to hear a singer. Votes: 0

The international community is pushing things forward in Bosnia... but it is doing it at expense of the Muslim people. I feel it as an injustice, these are the things that I cannot live with. Votes: 0

Like all religious people, Christians repress, remember, and retell their core stories selectively. They emphasize this episode at the expense of that episode, in keeping with their own biases and the preoccupations of their times. Votes: 0