#expense

The road to ruin is always in good repair, and the travellers pay the expense of it. ↗

— Josh Billings

#expense #good #pay #repair #road

Fame and power are the objects of all men. Even their partial fruition is gained by very few; and that, too, at the expense of social pleasure, health, conscience, life. ↗

— Benjamin Disraeli

#even #expense #fame #few #fruition

There are growing concerns that oil companies are making too much in profits at the expense of consumers. ↗

— Pete Domenici

#concerns #consumers #expense #growing #making

In a government whose distinguishing characteristic should be a diffusion and equalization of its benefits and burdens the advantage of individuals will be augmented at the expense of the community at large. ↗

— Martin Van Buren

#augmented #benefits #burdens #characteristic #community

As far as expense, I think if 'Twilight' does well enough, then we should be able to do the big expensive stuff for the sequels. I mean, we have to have werewolves, there's no way around it. They have to be there. ↗

— Stephenie Meyer

#around #as far as #big #does #enough

Business chief executive officers and their boards succumb to the pressures of the financial markets and their fears of takeovers and pour out their energies to produce quarterly earnings - at the expense of building their companies for the long term. ↗

— J. Irwin Miller

#building #business #chief #chief executive #companies

Every American knows there are government expenses that are absolutely not necessary. I disagree with the very idea that our government is spending $2.4 trillion in the most efficient manner. ↗

— Jeff Miller

#absolutely not #american #disagree #efficient #every

Forgiveness is the economy of the heart... forgiveness saves the expense of anger, the cost of hatred, the waste of spirits. ↗

— Hannah More

#anger #cost #economy #expense #hatred

Almost anything makes me laugh, especially jokes at my own expense. And I will never, ever admit to being ticklish anywhere. ↗

— Judd Nelson

#almost #anything #anywhere #being #especially

Look everywhere you can to cut a little bit from your expenses. It will all add up to a meaningful sum. ↗

— Suze Orman

#bit #cut #everywhere #expenses #little