“If you have to ask the price, you can't afford it.”

— J. P. Morgan

About purchasing a yacht; quoted in "Business Education World" (Gregg Publishing Company, 1961)
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American financier, banker, philanthropist and art collector 1837–1913

Eloisa James (1962) American academic

Source: A Kiss at Midnight

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

Paullina Simons book The Summer Garden

Source: The Summer Garden

“Being rich is not about how much money you have or how many homes you own; it's the freedom to buy any book you want without looking at the price and wondering if you can afford it.”

John Waters (1946) American filmmaker, actor, comedian and writer

Variant: [W]hat I like best is staying home and reading. Being rich is not about how many homes you own. It’s the freedom to pick up any book you want without looking at the price and wondering whether you can afford it.
Source: Role Models

“All this money can't buy me a time machine, no
Can't replace you with a million rings, no.
I should have told you what you meant to me, whoa.
Cause now I pay the price.”

Katy Perry (1984) American singer, songwriter and actress

The One That Got Away
Song lyrics, Teenage Dream (2010)

“And she beckons to you with her fingers and lies
She says: can't you slice the price of your paradise. ~ A Month of Sundays”

Steve Kilbey (1954) British artist

Lyrics

“Ladies, your self-worth is like your price tag. If he's not offering what your worth, he can't have you. No bargains, no sales.”

Keshia Chante (1988) Canadian actor and musician

Official Website (2009)

“I can't stand Willy wet-leg,
can't stand him at any price.
He's resigned, and when you hit him
he lets you hit him twice.”

D.H. Lawrence (1885–1930) English novelist, poet, playwright, essayist, literary critic and painter

Willy Wet Leg (1929)

“I heard you asking questions of each: Who killed the pork chops? What price bananas? Are you my Angel?”

Allen Ginsberg (1926–1997) American poet

“It's funny how the music industry is enraged about the Internet and the way things are copied without being paid for. But you know why people steal the music? Because they can't afford the music. I'm not condoning downloading music for free. I don't think that's really fair, but I understand it. If you brought CD prices back down to $8.98, you would solve a lot of the industry's problems.”

Tom Petty (1950–2017) American musician

Rolling Stone interview (2002)

“But surely for everything you love you have to pay some price.”

Agatha Christie (1890–1976) English mystery and detective writer

Source: An Autobiography

“If you have to ask the price, you can't afford it.”

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