#pensive

At her birthday, my seven-year-old daughter will say that she wants these big cakes and certain expensive toys as presents, and I can't say no to her. It would just break my heart. But when I was little, for birthdays we just played outside and we were happy if we got any cake. ↗

— Goran Ivanisevic

#big #birthday #birthdays #break #cake

I love vintage, but it's so expensive now. ↗

— Alexandra Roach

#i #i love #love #now #vintage

It is very expensive to achieve high unreliability. It is not uncommon to increase the cost of an item by a factor of ten for each factor of ten degradation accomplished. ↗

— Norman Ralph Augustine

#achieve #cost #degradation #each #expensive

The most I ever spent on technology is building a studio - I built one at home in Los Angeles. I can't tell you how much exactly, but the whole process is very expensive. ↗

— John Legend

#building #built #ever #exactly #expensive

It is difficult to see why lace should be so expensive; it is mostly holes. ↗

— Mary Wilson Little

#expensive #holes #lace #mostly #see

The second thing is, if you want to do something about global warming, you have to think much more long-term. There is something wrong with saying we should start using renewables now, while they are still incredibly expensive. ↗

— Bjorn Lomborg

#expensive #global #global warming #incredibly #long-term

I think everyone should sit down and write a book. It's a lot like therapy but a lot less expensive. ↗

— Norma McCorvey

#down #everyone #expensive #i #i think

Something interesting has happened over the last 10 years in the Premier League. Players who once would have been discarded as expensive and too old have become important parts of title-winning squads. ↗

— Gary Neville

#been #discarded #expensive #happened #important

In many walks of life, a conscience is a more expensive encumbrance than a wife or a carriage. ↗

— Thomas de Quincey

#conscience #expensive #life #many #more

The Cold War was wildly expensive and consumed the entire globe. ↗

— David Remnick

#cold war #consumed #entire #expensive #globe