Famous Quotes & Sayings

Peter Kreeft

We sin because we see sin as a bargain. We unconsciously calculate that it’s worth it, that it pays.

Phyllis Bottome

When we refuse to accept our limitations, Nature, who is a stern realist, pays us out.

Kelly Miller

The Negro pays for what he wants and begs for what he needs.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Persons are fine things, but they cost so much! for thee I must pay me.

Liam Fox

But while we can never predict where events will take us or the unavoidable bills we will have to pay as a consequence, we must confront the ghastly truth of Labour's legacy.

Joseph Stiglitz

As I noted in my Nobel lecture, an early insight in my work on the economics of information concerned the problem of appropriability - the difficulty that those who pay for information have in getting returns.

Josh Billings

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

Josh Billings

It is easier to be virtuous than it is to appear so, and it pays better.

Oscar Wilde

Sooner or later we have all to pay for what we do.

Paul McCartney

Somewhere down the line everyone must pay for their misdeeds.

Paullina Simons

Everything comes at a price. Everthing in your life. The question you have to ask yourself is, what price are you willing to pay?

Justin Kirk

I used to say that pot took away from my rent, and now it pays it.

Ellie Goulding

I guess I'm just quite observant and I pay attention to a lot of things. Human behavior really fascinates me.

Elizabeth Gilbert

I'm afraid many women do choose the wedding over the marriage. It seems a steep price to pay, but it comes from a place of deep, sad longing to be loved and to have it proven that you are of value.

Elaine Chao

Our intention is to clarify and modernize overtime pay rules,

Elaine Chao

Those who come forward will not be offered an automatic pass to citizenship and should be expected to pay a substantial fine or penalty to participate in the temporary program.

Joseph Lancaster

The complaint of bad pay, and difficulty in obtaining it, is almost generally reiterated through every department of education.

John Mellencamp

I do things my way and I pay a high price.

Joel Edgerton

That's one of the great privileges, being an actor, is that someone pays you and sends you off to learn about something that otherwise you'd never know about.

George Ade

A good jolly is worth what you pay for it.

George Duke

Well, since I produce and pay for my own albums, it is the ultimate freedom.

Louis D. Brandeis

The tax-exempt privilege is a feature always reflected in the market price of [municipal] bonds. The investor pays for it.

Lorenzo Snow

The time has now come for every Latter-day Saint ... to do the will of the Lord and to pay his tithing in full. That is the word of the Lord to you...

Gael Garcia Bernal

To be absolved, especially if you commit a crime, there is no absolution, you must pay. But for forgiveness, with God or nature, you have to accept what you've done.

Joe Manganiello

The reason I couldn't pay my rent was because I was one of the worst drinkers you'd ever seen in your life.

John C. Maxwell

Failure is simply a price we pay to achieve success

The legislators need to work on property tax relief as vigorously as they worked on their pay increase.

James Sinegal

In the final analysis, you get what you pay for.

Elmore Leonard

I don't get in a position to be frightened. I don't do anything dangerous, and I always pay my bills.

All the investments we have made over the years are starting to pay off. That is not to say there isn't a lot of work to do.

Edie Falco

All I ever wanted to do was act. And pay my bills

Hattie McDaniel

We all respect sincerity in our friends and acquaintances, but Hollywood is willing to pay for it.

Heather Donahue

I don't know anyone who ever got deferred pay. I'm the first of my friends to ever actually get a deferred paycheck.