#afford

Read through the most famous quotes by topic #afford




We have to instill in them the skills they need to succeed at a young age and open up their imaginations to the very real opportunities they can be afforded if they put their minds to it.


Michael N. Castle


#age #imaginations #instill #minds #need

A wisely chosen illustration is almost essential to fasten the truth upon the ordinary mind, and no teacher can afford to neglect this part of his preparation.


Howard Crosby


#almost #chosen #essential #fasten #his

Rich countries can afford to overpay for things.


Bill Gates


#countries #rich #rich countries #things

We can't afford to see Afghanistan roll backwards into a failed state that could become a base from which terrorist campaigns can be launched anywhere in the world.


Liam Fox


#afghanistan #anywhere #backwards #base #become

My office has a view of low-cost housing, old East German prefabricated apartment buildings. It isn't an attractive view, but it's very helpful, because it reminds me to ask myself, whenever there is a decision to be made, whether the people who live there can afford our decisions.


Sigmar Gabriel


#apartment #ask #attractive #because #buildings

A Louisiana politician can't afford to let his animosities carry him away, and still less his principles, although there is seldom difficulty in that department.


A. J. Liebling


#although #away #carry #department #difficulty

No sane man can afford to dispense with debilitating pleasures. No ascetic can be considered reliably sane.


A. J. Liebling


#ascetic #considered #debilitating #dispense #man

Some people might say, 'Can we afford it?' I think that's asking the wrong question... We should instead be asking, 'Can we really afford not to try?'


Andrew Lo


#asking #i #i think #instead #might

The day is past when schools could afford to give sufficient time and attention to the teaching of the ancient languages to enable the student to get that enjoyment out of classical literature that made the lives of our grandfathers so rich.


James Loeb


#ancient #attention #classical #could #day

You don't have any communication between the Israelis and the Iranians. You have all sorts of local triggers for conflict. Having countries act on a hair trigger - where they can't afford to be second to strike - the potential for a miscalculation or a nuclear war through inadvertence is simply too high.


Dennis Ross


#afford #any #between #communication #conflict