#pensive

At her birthday, my seven-year-old daughter will say that she wants these big cakes and certain expensive toys as presents, and I can't say no to her. It would just break my heart. But when I was little, for birthdays we just played outside and we were happy if we got any cake. ↗

— Goran Ivanisevic

#big #birthday #birthdays #break #cake

This could be done in part, because the equipment was very inexpensive. Not much money was involved in tooling so that basic changes of that type could be accomplished. ↗

— Jack Kilby

#basic #because #changes #could #done

I just kind of opened up and said, 'I feel like a rag doll. I have hair and makeup people coming to my house every day and putting me in new, uncomfortable, weird dresses and expensive shoes, and I just shut down and raise my arms up for them to get the dress on, and pout my lips when they need to put the lipstick on.' ↗

— Jennifer Lawrence

#coming #day #doll #down #dress

It's very expensive to bring a band to New York. ↗

— Dee Dee Ramone

#bring #expensive #new #new york #very

Another time factor is output: proofing and printing. That is, getting your work out of the computer and onto paper and having it satisfy you. It can be time consuming and expensive. ↗

— Buffy Sainte-Marie

#another time #computer #consuming #expensive #factor

London changes because of money. It's real estate. If they can build some offices or expensive apartments they will, it's money that changes everything in a city. ↗

— David Bailey

#build #changes #city #estate #everything

Being constantly with children was like wearing a pair of shoes that were expensive and too small. She couldn't bear to throw them out, but they gave her blisters. ↗

— Beryl Bainbridge

#being #blisters #children #constantly #expensive

Anyone who has ever struggled with poverty knows how extremely expensive it is to be poor. ↗

— James A. Baldwin

#ever #expensive #extremely #how #knows

Anger is an expensive luxury in which only men of certain income can indulge. ↗

— George William Curtis

#certain #expensive #income #indulge #luxury

How many unuttered words died in the heads of those for whom a word was too expensive. ↗

— Dejan Stojanovic

#expensive #heads #literature #literature-quotes #philosophy