Pricier Quotes

#1. I'm constantly saying that I have bad hair days when I'm in New York. It's so hard. I've been lucky enough to jump immediately into a car, head straight to the location, and stay in the air-conditioning.

Christina Hendricks

#2. A world of little cares is continually arising, which busy or affluent life knows nothing of, to open the first door to distress. Hunger is not among the postponable wants; and a day, even a few hours, in such a condition is often the crisis of a life of ruin.

Thomas Paine

#3. It is through art, and through art only, that we can realise our perfection.

Oscar Wilde

#4. There was plenty for the eye to feast on, but nothing for the soul. He had a hunger for something that no sky could satisfy. Somewhere on the planet there had to be a different kind of light.

Carsten Jensen

#5. For an acquisitive Wall Streeter, the money saved by choosing a practical car can be put toward the cost of some pricier means of mobility - like a plane.

Michael Shnayerson

#6. Have the WNBA lower the hoops. Because even though layups get the job done, they're lame. Seriously, layups look the way Woody Allen talks. Wimpy as fuck.

Phoebe Robinson

#7. Every year, there's some band that plays guitar-oriented pop music that has a single, but for the most part, it's kind of relegated to the sidelines.

Adam Schlesinger

#8. I thought I might be a band instructor, someone who plays all the instruments and teaches others.

Adrian Belew

#9. Viola had a smile that could make the heavens open. She also had a frown of such scorn, it could send a man straight to hell.

Laura Lee Guhrke

#10. In football they measure forty-yard sprints. Nobody runs forty yards in basketball. Maybe you run the ninety-four feet of the court; then you stop, not on a dime, but on Miss Liberty's torch. In football you run over somebody's face.

Donald Hall

#11. Fabrics and lining make a big difference in the garment. If you're buying an expensive trench coat, and it's lined in something cheap, it doesn't feel as nice.

Christian Siriano

#12. What you consciously affirm, you must not mentally deny a few moments later.

Joseph Murphy

#13. If you are expecting something in return for your love, you are not loving truly.

Debasish Mridha

#14. Some people's measure of success is how much they can grab hold of and hold on to.

Charles L. Allen

#15. I've grown up a little bit. I understand the importance of the negotiation. It is a collective act.

Thom Mayne

#16. Penny for your thoughts,' asked Gwen.
'Cheapskate,' said Ianto. 'Never heard of inflation? Thoughts are a bit pricier than that these days.'
'OK,' said Gwen. 'A pint down the local tomorrow for your thoughts.'
Ianto smiled. 'That's more like it.

David Llewellyn

#17. Sometimes one can be so closely involved with things that the larger context is lost to view.

Brian Ferneyhough