#cost

I am certain no one sets out to be cruel, but our treatment of the elderly ill seems to have no philosophy to it. As a society, we should establish whether we have a policy of life at any cost. ↗

— Terry Pratchett

#any #certain #cost #cruel #elderly

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

— Hal Price

#big #big business #business #costs #deal

A laugh costs too much when bought at the expense of virtue. ↗

— Quintilian

#costs #expense #laugh #much #too

A laugh, if purchased at the expense of propriety, costs too much. ↗

— Quintilian

#expense #laugh #much #propriety #purchased

Start-ups like UniversityNow, a network of low-cost, online colleges, allows students to work at their own pace and pay a few hundred dollars a month for a degree. ↗

— Dan Rather

#colleges #degree #dollars #few #hundred

I think they quite like me when I work because I'm one of the safer directors to back, because even if my films don't bring their costs in back home, once they're shown outside of India they manage to cover the costs. ↗

— Satyajit Ray

#because #bring #costs #cover #directors

I support health care reform in this country, but the current bills we have before us are too big, too costly, and the people who send me to Washington to be their voice are opposed to them and this process. ↗

— Mike Ross

#big #bills #care #costly #country

The three main political parties all agree the UK deficit is high and needs to be brought down. All agree that it is easier to get a deficit down if you have faster growth, cutting unemployment-related costs and raising revenues. ↗

— John Redwood

#brought #costs #cutting #deficit #down

Building a house is like producing a movie. There's no right way to do it but a lot of wrong ways. You have to be flexible and creative. You have to move fast, be prepared - or it quickly becomes costly. ↗

— Jeremy Renner

#becomes #building #costly #creative #fast

Profits might also increase, because improvements might take place in agriculture, or in the implements of husbandry, which would augment the produce with the same cost of production. ↗

— David Ricardo

#also #augment #because #cost #implements