In a dog's life, some plaster would fall, some cushions would open, some rugs would shred. Like any relationship, this one had its costs. They were costs we came to accept and balance against the joy and amusement and protection and companionship he gave us.

~ John Grogan

John Grogan Costs Dogs Life Relationship

Being bored is the price we pay for not being insane.

~ Mokokoma Mokhonoana

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On the opposite wall was a Damien Hirst spot painting, bought by Arabella after a decent bonus season. Roger's considered view of the painting, looking at it from aesthetic, art-historical, interior-design, and psychological points of view, was that it had cost forty-seven thousand pounds, plus VAT.

~ John Lanchester

John Lanchester Art Costs Expenses Paintings Worth

It costs a man just as much or even more to go to hell than to come to heaven. Narrow, exceedingly narrow is the way to perdition!

~ Søren Kierkegaard

Søren Kierkegaard Christ Christian Costs Heaven Hell Man Narrow

Scientific advancement carries risk,” Kohler argued. “It always has. Space programs, genetic research, medicine—they all make mistakes. Science needs to survive its own blunders, at any cost. For everyone’s sake.”Vittoria was amazed at Kohler’s ability to weigh moral issues with scientific detachment. His intellect seemed to be the product of an icy divorce from his inner spirit. “You think CERN is so critical to the earth’s future that we should be immune from moral responsibility?

~ Dan Brown

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Organisms are selected to deploy violence only in circumstances where the expected benefits outweigh the expected costs.

~ Steven Pinker

Steven Pinker Benefits Costs Organisms Violence

In the lean approach, companies are taught that prices are set by the market and that one way to improve profit margin is to reduce costs. This thinking flies in the face of cost plus thinking, where we look first at our own costs and set prices based on our desired profit margin. The reality is that most companies whether manufacturers or hospitals, do not have market power to set prices as they wish.

~ Mark Graban

Mark Graban Costs Economics Lean Profit Margin

Here is the truth about self-discovery: it is never without cost.

~ Angela Flournoy

Angela Flournoy Challenges Costs Self Discovery

Americans have been conditioned to respect newness, whatever it costs them.

~ John Updike

John Updike Whatever Costs Newness

Peace if possible, truth at all costs.

~ Martin Luther

Martin Luther Peace Possible Costs

Money often costs too much.

~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

Ralph Waldo Emerson Too Much Costs Too

A smile costs about $240.

~ Roma Downey

Roma Downey Costs About

Lawsuit abuse is a major contributor to the increased costs of healthcare, goods and services to consumers.

~ Charles W. Pickering

Charles W. Pickering Healthcare Abuse Costs