John Brown: A Biography (1909): "The Legacy of John Brown"
“The price of inaction is far greater than the cost of making a mistake.”
“The price of doing nothing is far greater than the cost of error.”
All Will be Well (2004)
“Old houses mended,
Cost little less than new before they're ended.”
The Double Gallant, prologue (1707).
“Nothing is without cost. There is a price to all power, and it is not always obvious.”
Source: Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn, The Dragonbone Chair (1988), Chapter 10, “King Hemlock” (p. 142).
“A price is something you get. A cost is something you lose.”
Vorkosigan Saga, Shards of Honor (1986)
Source: 1930s-1950s, "The Nature of the Firm" (1937), p. 404
Source: Debunking Economics - The Naked Emperor Of The Social Sciences (2001), Chapter 4, Size Does Matter, p. 101
“Now young people can get insurance for as little as $50 a month, less than the cost of gym shoes.”
During appearance on "Tonight Show" (21 February 2014) http://washingtonexaminer.com/michelle-obama-young-people-are-knuckleheads/article/2544377
2010s
