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“Investing in infrastructure is key. If we can create a revenue base outside oil, we will be less exposed to the volatility of crude prices.”

Kemi Adeosun (1967) Nigerian accountant, investment banker and politician (born 1967)

Source: https://oxfordbusinessgroup.com/interview/greater-accountability-obg-talks-kemi-adeosun-minister-finance Kemi Adeosun interview with oxford business group.

“As property prices started rising, developers snatched up bomb sites and derelict buildings and erected the shapeless concrete lumps that have made the ’70s the shining beacon of architectural splendor that it is.”

Ben Aaronovitch book Moon Over Soho

Source: Moon Over Soho (2011), Chapter 9, “The Forcing House” (p. 194)

“Do not confuse dreams with wishes. There is a difference. Dreams are where you visualize yourself being successful at what's important to you to accomplish. Now, dreams build convictions because you work hard to pay the price to make sure that they come true. Wishes are are hoping good things will happen to you, but there's no fire in your gut that causes you to put everything forth to overcome all the obstacles. So you have to dream more and never, ever, ever blame somebody else if it doesn't happen. That is in your department.”

Dolly Parton (1946) American singer-songwriter and actress

Source: " Dolly Parton Delivers Commencement Address at the University of Tennessee 2009 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EuOm2lLIOoU&t=6m35s" (at 6m35s), University of Tennessee, Knoxville on YouTube.

Dreams, Hope, Success

“'Tis a world
Where all is bought, and nothing's worth the price.”

Alfred Austin (1835–1913) British writer and poet

Source: Fortunatus the Pessimist (1892), Fortunatus in Act I, sc. ii; p. 17.

World

“Men talk too much of gold and fame,
And not enough about a name;
And yet a good name's better far
Than all earth's glistening jewels are.
Who holds his name above all price
And chooses every sacrifice
To keep his earthly record clear,
Can face the world without a fear.Who never cheats nor lies for gain,
A poor man may, perhaps, remain,
Yet, when at night he goes to rest,
No little voice within his breast
Disturbs his slumber. Conscience clear,
He falls asleep with naught to fear
And when he wakes the world to face
He is not tainted by disgrace.”

Edgar Guest (1881–1959) American writer

Source: The Path to Home (1919), p.143 - A Good Name, stanzas 1 and 2.

Men, World, Fear, Cheating

“Civilization.…
Like everything else, it has a price. The down payment is freedom. For the privilege of living together, men surrender the right to do as they please; they make laws and restrict themselves within them.
When civilization is conferred from outside, the price is even steeper: someone else makes the laws.”

Jack Williamson book Star Bridge

Source: Star Bridge (1955), “The History,” prelude to Chapter 3, “The Narrow Bridge” (p. 37)

Men, Law, Freedom

“Why stay in Chicago; what did the town have to justify its existence? One decent boulevard, one decent suburb to the north, priced for the rich, two universities and a lake. As for the rest, endless miles of depressing, dirty streets. The town was one big stockyard.”

Robert A. Heinlein (1907–1988) American science fiction author

The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag (p. 261)
Short fiction, The Fantasies of Robert A. Heinlein (1999)

Universe

“Could my right hon. Friend explain why the increase in oil prices is deflationary but the increase in all other international prices has apparently been inflationary?”

Enoch Powell (1912–1998) British politician

Question http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/commons/1974/feb/06/industrial-and-economic-situation#column_1232 to the Chancellor of the Exchequer Anthony Barber in the House of Commons (6 February 1974) <br class="br">1970s

“A work of art wastes away and becomes lustreless in surroundings where it has a price but not a value. It radiates only when surrounded by love. It is bound to wilt in a world where the rich have no time and the cultivated no money. But it never harmonizes with borrowed greatness.”

Ernst Jünger book The Glass Bees

The Glass Bees (1957)

Love, Money, World, Art

“Sacrifice is not a condemnation, but the price of a choice.”

Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer

Original: Il sacrificio non è una condanna, ma il prezzo di una scelta.
Source: prevale.net

Quotes about price page 14

Quotes about price
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