Worth Quotes

When a thing is not worth overdoing, leave it alone!

Good words are worth much, and cost little.

The theater needs continual reminders that there is nothing more debasing than the work of those who do well what is not worth doing at all.

If your faith is opposed to experience, to human learning and investigation, it is not worth the breath used in giving it expression.

A student will send me an urgent appeal to hear her, saying she is poor and wants my advice as to whether it is worth while to continue her studies. I invariably refuse such requests.

It's not worth it, it's not about money, especially when you're dealing with a culture. It should be about elevating the idea of what we are and who we are as people in the cinema, and that kind of stuff keeps dragging us back down.

Hollywood still makes things. We still export a couple billion dollars' worth of product overseas. Original, new product. Some people might not agree that it's original or new, but basically it is.

For athletes, the Olympics are the ultimate test of their worth.

A true critic ought to dwell upon excellencies rather than imperfections, to discover the concealed beauties of a writer, and communicate to the world such things as are worth their observation.

I think any actor worth their salt wants to show as much versatility as they possibly can.

Coming out of college with a degree in fine arts and painting isn't worth much any more.

I refuse to spend my life worrying about what I eat. There is no pleasure worth forgoing just for an extra three years in the geriatric ward.

It's a sign of your own worth sometimes if you are hated by the right people.

If you're able to help some people and make them smile and make them realize that life is good, then that's worth so much more than buying a pair of shoes.

I found myself getting more publicly shy when the gala events and big crowds started. Some people embrace it. To me, it's not worth enough to risk my private life being public.

Does that mean we should give up? Probably. But there are two issues worth considering. The first is - is it really true that drugs destroy the integrity of the game?

I don't read anything anymore. I don't have the eyesight. I read my own copy, that's all. I think I've read everything that's worth reading.

I'm worth more dead than alive. Don't cry for me after I'm gone; cry for me now.

The questions worth asking, in other words, come not from other people but from nature, and are for the most part delicate things easily drowned out by the noise of everyday life.

The ancient Greeks were the first ones to say an unexamined life is not worth living. They don't tell you of course what we found out, an examined life not that fascinating either.

One cool judgment is worth a thousand hasty counsels. The thing to do is to supply light and not heat.

The primal principle of democracy is the worth and dignity of the individual.

Then I found books that were written much later, as late as 15 years ago. It was very superficial material, but enough to tell me that the genesis of this story was worth exploring.

Nothing ain't worth nothing but it's free.

Fulfillment is often more trouble than it is worth.

I have a life that I enjoy; I try and value the things that I think are worth valuing and everything else is icing. You know, it is a kick to go down the red carpet in that dress and then you go back home.

When we see men of worth, we should think of equalling them; when we see men of a contrary character, we should turn inward and examine ourselves.

The three great essentials to achieve anything worth while are: Hard work, Stick-to-itiveness, and Common sense.

Tiger Woods is the only sports star who's worth every penny he makes.

Think as you work, for in the final analysis, your worth to your company comes not only in solving problems, but also in anticipating them.