Famous Quotes & Sayings

Virginia Postrel

When credit is cheaper to use and easier to arrange, people do use more of it.

The genius idea of industrialism was the concept of the Model T: In exchange for something cheap and well-made, we'd forgo unique, lovely design.

Elizabeth Wurtzel

I made 'Prozac Nation' necessary reading because I write necessarily. I tell my story because it is about everyone else: in 1993, people took pills to relieve the pain just like they do now, but it scared them; it doesn't any more, because talk is not cheap at all - it is tender.

Harvey Pekar

I don't mind if I show myself being cheap or unreasonable sometimes.

We demand that Mrs. Clinton release the dates. New Yorkers deserve to know if she was there, 'getting to know' these big donors, or if they were merely renting out these taxpayer-owned monuments like a cheap motel.

The demand for Appalachian coal is strong, and it's cheap compared to other fuel prices.

Jane Fonda

I don't want to make a cheap analysis, but when you have, like I did, a father incapable of showing emotion, who spends his life telling you that no one will love you if you aren't perfect, it leaves scars.

T. Boone Pickens

The cheapest natural gas in the world is in the United States.

Returns have been good and I don't find that surprising at all. The herd thundered out and left in its wake a very cheap market and now people are pausing and looking back.

Stuart Rose

People want cheap goods and Italy does not make them. Protectionism does not work

Danny Davis

One thing I really like about the job is that we have a very clear path to betterment of the general public. If our project succeeds, and we're able to place payloads in orbit much cheaper than we do now, a lot of people win. We'll get a lot more research in space.

Bill Romanowski

On one play, I remember hitting him out of bounds, grabbing his throat and squeezing it like it was Silly Putty, ... 'You cheap shot artist!' Brunell screamed at me. 'You're going down, Brunell! I looked at your friggin' face every day for a friggin' year! I've waited all year for this!'

On one hand we want cheap food, cheap labor - then we refuse to give them a way to be here legally.

Michael Bastian

Men's wear is a game of millimeters. You can find really cheap stuff out there, but you'll never wear it.

My initial reaction was that they were putting us in the cheap seats, so they could give the good seats to the people who make big donations.

Martin Jol

But we gave two cheap goals away. That was a big disappointment for me because we only conceded three goals in seven matches before that.

New homes sales sprang back to life like a zombie in a cheap horror flick. And like that zombie, housing really is dead. Don't let all that twitching fool you.

No entertainment is so cheap as reading, nor is any pleasure so lasting.

Friday afternoons, Saturday mornings and Sunday afternoons, those are really tight days for the cheap stuff, ... You may find the cheaper fares Tuesday through Thursday. But if you're not willing to do that, then you'll pay a premium -- maybe double the cheapest airfare on some of these routes.

If anything I am particularly self-conscious about the stroller in public places, that I'm not bumping into people. A stroller is something a parent uses all the time. It's one of those things, like eyeglasses. You're always using them. You don't want to cheap out on them.

Jan C. Ting

If cheap immigrant labor is made unavailable, employers can hire Americans at a higher wage, or replace low-wage immigrant workers with technology and automation, which will create a smaller number of skilled jobs for Americans.

I don't expect the Wachovia (joint venture) to be a big headache going forward. It's not a cheap stock but it's still a good franchise with good growth prospects.

Gregory Benford

Fandom grew first through individual correspondence. It was cheap and quick, continent-wide contact for a penny stamp.

Kenneth pitched a whale of a game. Brandon got a couple of cheap hits off him. He did a good job.

Is Wal-Mart also hurting its business? I think cheaper products at the discount stores did have a marginal impact on the company's sales.

I think it's a great show of sportsmanship after the game. But having them before the game might be a better idea. This way, you won't have to deal with a guy who's given you a cheap shot during the game.

Matt Kenseth

He knocked me out of the way. I thought if he had a run on me, had me beat, that would have been OK. But he drove extra hard and knocked me out of the way. I thought it was a cheap shot.

To fish 365 days a year, it's pretty cheap stuff - you can't get much cheaper than that.

He's a lovable old codger. But he has such showmanship and presence. Here's this 73-year-old man, onstage with us when we're opening for Cheap Trick and Cake, and no one knew who he was. But he got up there and won everybody over.

Jim Messina

It is a lot cheaper to spend eight hours in a rehearsal hall than in a recording studio.

Mike Smith

It is a lot cheaper than the real thing. But they aren't cheap by any means.

There is great optimism in the market just now, especially about the banks, so people are picking up cheap deals for the long term.

When they got new management, they went the cheaper way.