#expense

My father is a real idealist, and he's all about learning. If I asked for a pair of Nikes growing up, it was just a resounding 'No.' But if I asked for a saxophone, one would appear and next day and I'd be signed up for lessons. So anything to do with education or learning, my father would spare no expense. ↗

— Hugh Jackman

#anything #appear #asked #day #education

The Creator has not thought proper to mark those in the forehead who are of stuff to make good generals. We are first, therefore, to seek them blindfold, and then let them learn the trade at the expense of great losses. ↗

— Thomas Jefferson

#expense #first #forehead #generals #good

Illegal immigration costs taxpayers $45 billion a year in health care, education, and incarceration expenses. ↗

— Ric Keller

#care #costs #education #expenses #health

Clients do not expect the infrastructure to be any less reliable just because the service is being delivered from an offshore location; thus, the uptime requirements justify the expense. ↗

— Sanjay Kumar

#because #being #clients #delivered #expect

I was pursuing the inner path at the expense of the rest of my being and the rest of the world. ↗

— Satish Kumar

#expense #i #inner #path #pursuing

Our position should not be on how to eliminate the competition at all expenses, but we should focus on what we're going to do in order to make sure that Americans turn to the road of prosperity with the trajectory of capitalism, because making a profit is not an evil. ↗

— Tim Scott

#capitalism #competition #eliminate #evil #expenses

Raillery is a mode of speaking in favor of one's wit at the expense of one's better nature. ↗

— Charles de Secondat

#expense #favor #mode #nature #speaking

Our nation was built by pioneers - pioneers who accepted untold risks in pursuit of freedom, not by pioneers seeking offshore profits at the expense of American workers here at home. ↗

— Ted Strickland

#american #american workers #built #expense #freedom

One marvels why the middle classes still insist on so much discomfort for their children at such expense to themselves. ↗

— E. M. Forster

#classes #discomfort #expense #insist #marvels

I understand that in these difficult economic times, the potential for any additional expense is not welcomed by American businesses. But in the long run, the health insurance reform law promises to cut health-care costs for U.S. businesses, not expand them. ↗

— Gary Locke

#american #american businesses #any #businesses #care costs