Value Quotes

If the amount of money going into the war economy were invested in landscape restoration, we would be in a far more positive position. It may get a little dire before we pull together, but I think when the prosperous nations, and in particular the U.S., realize they're wrecking their own kids' lives, there will be a mass change in value.

If one has a good disposition, what other virtue is needed? If a man has fame, what is the value of other ornamentation?

Honesty is the quality I value most in a friend. Not bluntness, but honesty with compassion.

The past has infinite value if one learns from it.

A stockbroker urged me to buy a stock that would triple its value every year. I told him, "At my age, I don't even buy green bananas."

It is, I think, an indisputable fact that Americans are, as Americans, the most self-conscious people in the world, and the most addicted to the belief that the other nations of the earth are in a conspiracy to under value them.

If you would know the value of money, go and try to borrow some.

The scientific spirit is of more value than its products, and irrationally held truths may be more harmful than reasoned errors.

I think the value of venues like CNBC is that they give investors an opportunity to reevaluate the situation minute by minute, but maybe we don't need to follow the market so closely.

For things to have value in man's world, they are given the role of commodities. Among man's oldest and most constant commodity is woman.

From an early age I didn't buy into the value systems of working hard in a nine-to-five job. I thought creativity, friendship and loyalty and pushing the boundaries of what was acceptable was much more interesting.

This is the key to time management - to see the value of every moment.

Theories are patterns without value. What counts is action.

Philosophy, most broadly viewed, is the critical survey of existence from the standpoint of value.

It is the service we are not obliged to give that people value most.

My father taught me to paint when I was young with watercolors and so I learned at a very young age the essential elements of the value of light and composition.

The high food value of field beans and the shortage of supply due to the light yields of 1915 and 1916 render them of great importance in the regions to which they are adapted.

We must pay greater attention to keeping our bodies and minds healthy and able to heal. Yet we are making it difficult for our defences to work. We allow things to be sold that should not be called food. Many have no nutritive value and lead to obesity, salt imbalance, and allergies.

Well, I make a practice of not commenting on the role of the relative exchange value of our currency.

It is easier to discover a deficiency in individuals, in states, and in Providence, than to see their real import and value.

Pollution is nothing but the resources we are not harvesting. We allow them to disperse because we've been ignorant of their value.

We do not get to this age to be written off. Older people can act as a support system, which is what happens more in Mediterranean countries. People become much wiser as they get older and we should value that.

A certain degree of neurosis is of inestimable value as a drive, especially to a psychologist.

For this reason, it is essential that our Nation's rural transportation professionals be provided with the necessary tools and support to promote and showcase the value, benefits, and accomplishments of rural transportation planning and development.

For the state of our union to be strong, we need to place value in Americans.

The value of life lies not in the length of days, but in the use we make of them... Whether you find satisfaction in life depends not on your tale of years, but on your will.

I sort of have a love affair with my work. Many of us work far too hard and we don't put enough value in the epicurean, sensual part of life.

The best rules to form a young man, are, to talk little, to hear much, to reflect alone upon what has passed in company, to distrust one's own opinions, and value others that deserve it.

The aesthetic of architecture has to be rooted in a broader idea about human activities like walking, relaxing and communicating. Architecture thinks about how these activities can be given added value.

It is better wither to be silent, or to say things of more value than silence. Sooner throw a pearl at hazard than an idle or useless word; and do not say a little in many words, but a great deal in a few.