#worth

It has not been for nothing that the word has remained man's principal toy and tool: without the meanings and values it sustains, all man's other tools would be worthless. ↗

— Lewis Mumford

#man #meanings #nothing #other #principal

No love is entirely without worth, even when the frivolous calls to the frivolous and the base to the base. ↗

— Iris Murdoch

#calls #entirely #even #frivolous #love

I've gotten death threats, yes. I have. I think anytime you shine a spotlight on homosexuality or minorities and you try and say they are as normal or as worthy as acceptance as others, the people who are on the fringe don't like that and they will come after you. And they have come after me. ↗

— Ryan Murphy

#after #anytime #come #death #fringe

The misconception that a victory can be worth its price, has in the nuclear age become a total illusion. ↗

— Alva Myrdal

#become #illusion #misconception #nuclear #nuclear age

Not only is your story worth telling, but it can be told in words so painstakingly eloquent that it becomes a song. ↗

— Gloria Naylor

#eloquent #only #song #story #telling

You know why divorces are so expensive? They're worth it. ↗

— Willie Nelson

#expensive #know #why #worth #worth it

Any art worthy of its name should address 'life', 'man', 'nature', 'death' and 'tragedy'. ↗

— Barnett Newman

#any #art #death #life #man

You are an extremely valuable, worthwhile, significant person even though your present circumstances may have you feeling otherwise. ↗

— James Newman

#even #extremely #feeling #may #otherwise

Naturally it is nice to be widely known for worthwhile achievements, but it forces you to do many things which you don't like to do and these things take up time you want for other things. ↗

— Jack Nicklaus

#forces #known #like #many #naturally

Nothing that is worth doing can be achieved in a lifetime; therefore we must be saved by hope. ↗

— Reinhold Niebuhr

#doing #hope #lifetime #must #nothing