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    Our American values are not luxuries but necessities, not the salt in our bread, but the bread itself. Our common vision of a free and just society is our greatest source of cohesion at home and strength abroad, greater than the bounty of our material blessings.

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A stockbroker urged me to buy a stock that would triple its value every year. I told him, "At my read more

A stockbroker urged me to buy a stock that would triple its value every year. I told him, "At my age, I don't even buy green bananas."

by Claude Pepper Found in: Value Quotes,
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Nothing can have value without being an object of utility.

Nothing can have value without being an object of utility.

by Karl Marx Found in: Value Quotes,
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Some values are ... like sugar on the doughnut, legitimate, desirable, but insufficient, apart from the doughnut itself. We need read more

Some values are ... like sugar on the doughnut, legitimate, desirable, but insufficient, apart from the doughnut itself. We need substance as well as frosting.

by Ralph T. Flewelling Found in: Value Quotes,
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Price is what you pay. Value is what you get.

Price is what you pay. Value is what you get.

by Warren Buffet Found in: Value Quotes,
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All fine architectural values are human vales, else not valuable.

All fine architectural values are human vales, else not valuable.

by Frank Lloyd Wright Found in: Value Quotes,
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In an archery contest, when the stakes are earthenware tiles a contestant shoots with skill. When the stakes are belt read more

In an archery contest, when the stakes are earthenware tiles a contestant shoots with skill. When the stakes are belt buckles he becomes hesitant, and if the stakes are pure gold he becomes nervous and confused. There is no difference as to his skil.

by Chuang Tzu Found in: Value Quotes,
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Teach us that wealth is not elegance, that profusion is not magnificence, that splendor is not beauty.

Teach us that wealth is not elegance, that profusion is not magnificence, that splendor is not beauty.

by Benjamin Disraeli Found in: Value Quotes,
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The more obstinately you try to learn how to shoot the arrow for the sake of hitting the goal, the read more

The more obstinately you try to learn how to shoot the arrow for the sake of hitting the goal, the less you will succeed in the one and the further the other will recede.

by Eugen Herrigel Found in: Value Quotes,
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I conceive that the great part of the miseries of mankind are brought upon them by false estimates they have read more

I conceive that the great part of the miseries of mankind are brought upon them by false estimates they have made of the value of things.

by Benjamin Franklin Found in: Value Quotes,
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