#expensive

The British regulatory system was revised, so that bigger profits were encouraged, which removed the option of big spending on programming. Quality just fell off a cliff, and all the old hands either left or were fired for being too expensive. ↗

— Lee Child

#big #bigger #british #cliff #either

Hardcover books are fairly expensive these days and to read one requires a significant commitment of time in our busy society. So I want to make sure that when readers buy one of my books they get something they're familiar with. ↗

— Jeffery Deaver

#busy #buy #commitment #days #expensive

I think, on a larger note, that filmmakers and studios should start to tuck it in a little bit, because films wouldn't have the pressure they have if the word wasn't out about how expensive they were. ↗

— Ted Demme

#because #bit #expensive #filmmakers #films

I think it is a good thing to buy less and choose well - it's good for the environment and to be fair it's also good for me because my clothes are quite expensive. ↗

— Vivienne Westwood

#also #because #buy #choose #clothes

In Italy they take cheap cloth and make it look expensive, but I take expensive cloth and make it look cheap. They just don't understand. ↗

— Vivienne Westwood

#cloth #expensive #i #italy #just

No entertainment is so cheap as reading, nor any pleasure so lasting. She will not want new fashions nor regret the loss of expensive diversions or variety of company if she can be amused with an author in her closet. ↗

— Mary Wortley

#any #author #cheap #closet #company

I soon realised that what had happened on a small scale cannot necessarily be repeated on a larger scale. The stones were so big that the amount of heat required was prohibitively expensive and wasteful. ↗

— Andy Goldsworthy

#big #cannot #expensive #had #happened

The French have got to understand that a film is so expensive that it can no longer afford to be regional or even national in scope. ↗

— Jean-Jacques Annaud

#even #expensive #film #french #got

It is so expensive to take care of my hair and keep it looking like I was born with it, when my real hair is the color of rat fur. ↗

— Samantha Bee

#care #color #expensive #fur #hair

This bill is the legislative equivalent of crack. It yields a short-term high but does long-term damage to the system and it's expensive to boot. ↗

— Barney Frank

#boot #crack #damage #does #equivalent