#expense

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

Postmodernism is among other things a sick joke at the expense of revolutionary avant-gardism. ↗

— Terry Eagleton

#expense #joke #other #postmodernism #revolutionary

I recognize that I have the ability to be selfish, but I also recognize that you can't be happy if you only care about yourself at the expense of other people. ↗

— Russell Brand

#about #also #be happy #care #expense

What is especially important is addressing the question of how religion can be enforced through political means and what can be done to create a political environment that, on the one hand, acknowledges the role of religion in society, while on the other hand does not impose one religion on the populace at the expense of all others. ↗

— Tony Campolo

#create #does #done #enforced #environment

The income from sales now covers the expense of materials but I expect this to improve. ↗

— Mike Thompson

#expect #expense #i #improve #income

The state is the great fictitious entity by which everyone seeks to live at the expense of everyone else. ↗

— Frederic Bastiat

#entity #everyone #expense #fictitious #great

Western society has many flaws, and it is good for an educated person to have thought some of these through, even at the expense of losing a lecture or two to tear gas. ↗

— Robert B. Laughlin

#even #expense #flaws #gas #good

Washing dishes as a 17-year-old in an Oxford college and seeing the privileged lifestyles of the undergraduates there convinced me that a system that allowed luxury for the few at the expense of the many needed to be challenged. ↗

— Frances O'Grady

#challenged #college #convinced #dishes #expense

People aren't going to go bankrupt anymore if they have a serious illness, which was a serious issue here in the country before the Affordable Care Act. And, in fact, the expense of expanding health care for those who need the subsidy is picked up by the federal government for most of the early years. ↗

— Deval Patrick

#affordable #anymore #bankrupt #before #care

Our military should spare no expense to ensure the safety of our troops, particularly as they confront a hostile insurgency and roadside bombs throughout Iraq. ↗

— Christopher Dodd

#confront #ensure #expense #hostile #insurgency