Worth Quotes

Dickens is one of those authors who are well worth stealing.

I think Ricky Williams had his time in the limelight. And I think it was good for what it was worth, and that was that.

I now know all the people worth knowing in America, and I find no intellect comparable to my own.

Never throughout history has a man who lived a life of ease left a name worth remembering.

In the old days, people used to risk their lives in India or in the Americas in order to bring back products which now seem to us to have been of comically little worth.

A sense of humor keen enough to show a man his own absurdities will keep him from the commission of all sins, or nearly all, save those worth committing.

Our assessment of socio-economic worth is largely a sham. We scientists should not lend ourselves to it - though we routinely do. We should, instead, insist on applying the criterion of quality.

More than four thousand programs produced and consumed. Some of them were pretty good, a great many of them were forgettable; but a handful may even be worth a book.

One of the things we've always tried to do is help others with our story. Whether it's with the infertility issues, whether it's with the breast cancer, we said we're gonna turn these negatives into positives. And if we can help others by sharing our story, then it's worth it.

Why should citizenship be a matter of birth? The premise held by those who want to end birthright citizenship is that some people deserve it and some do not - that the status shouldn't be handed out automatically. Frankly, that's a premise worth considering.

For a long time I thought I should be a civil engineer. That seemed to be the only thing worth doing, and I chose the wrong subjects at A-level. I read all the sciences to start with, and then had to admit, 'This isn't what I want to do' and changed course.

It can be difficult to be subtle and not cartoony in prosthetics. But when you see characters like Bubbles and Desiree from 'Little Britain' on screen, it makes all the hard work worth it. It's such fun watching those transformations.

Something is worth what somebody will pay for it. Nothing else, nothing more, nothing less.

Every good cause is worth some inefficiency.

A moment's insight is sometimes worth a life's experience.

One word from Chairman Mao is worth ten thousand from others. His every statement is truth. We must carry out those we that understand as well as those we don't.

Do not keep on with a mockery of friendship after the substance is gone - but part, while you can part friends. Bury the carcass of friendship: it is not worth embalming.

To gain what is worth having, it may be necessary to lose everything else.

I make a lot of money and I'm worth every cent.

Perspective is worth 80 IQ points.

This life is worth living, we can say, since it is what we make it.

Experience alone can give a final answer. The knowledge gained in a few years by a commission of the kind suggested would be worth more than volumes of mere assertions and contradictions.

I never expect men to give us liberty. No, women, we are not worth it until we take it.

The person that loses their conscience has nothing left worth keeping.

Iraq is a better place, absolutely worth it.

The true worth of a race must be measured by the character of its womanhood.

People respected my experience, they hire me, they pay me what I am worth to coach their team.

Winning in women's singles felt surreal. I felt that everything I had done - the hard work, the tough times - was all worth it.

If you are worried about job security and do not have an adequate emergency fund (ideally eight months' worth of living expenses stashed away in a federally insured bank or credit union), you need to focus more on saving money than paying down the balance on your credit cards.

Unfortunately, in collective bargaining one party or the other too often tries to gain an advantage - a bargain, like buying something in a store for less than it is worth.