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All the big corporations depreciate their possessions, and you can, too, provided you use them for business purposes. For example, if you subscribe to the Wall Street Journal, a business-related newspaper, you can deduct the cost of your house, because, in the words of U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice Warren Burger in a landmark 1979 tax decision: "Where else are you going to read the paper? Outside? What if it rains?" – Dave Barry, "Sweating Out Taxes"Rate it:
Every free thing has an invisible cost attached to it. – Mwanandeke KindemboRate it:
Experience teaches slowly and at the cost of mistakes. – James A. FroudeRate it:
First impressions are often the truest, as we find (not infrequently) to our cost, when we have been wheedled out of them by plausible professions or studied actions. A man's look is the work of years it is stamped on his countenance by the events of his whole life, nay, more, by the hand of nature, and it is not to be got rid of easily. – William HazlittRate it:
Five thousand balloons, capable of raising two men each, could not cost more than five ships of the line; and where is the prince who can afford so to cover his country with troops for its defense as that 10,000 men descending from the clouds might not in many places do an infinite deal of mischief before a force could be brought together to repel them? – Benjamin FranklinRate it:
Follow the path of the unsafe, independent thinker. Expose your ideas to the dangers of controversy. Speak your mind and fear less the label of 'crackpot' than the stigma of conformity. And on issues that seem important to you, stand up and be counted at any cost. – Thomas J. WatsonRate it:
He who wishes to fight, must first count the cost.” – Sun Tzu, The Art of WarRate it:
I will discuss what you say, and I will hearten you to show your opinions, your perspectives and your viewpoints whatever the cost. – Prof.Salam Al ShereidaRate it:
Idealism is fine, but as it approaches reality the cost becomes prohibitive. – William Frank Buckley, Jr.Rate it:
If charity cost nothing, the world would be full of philanthropists. – Jewish ProverbRate it:
If the automobile had followed the same development cycle as the computer, a Rolls-Royce would today cost 100, get one million miles to the gallon, and explode once a year, killing everyone inside. – Robert X CringelyRate it:
It is natural to man to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truthand listen to the song of that syren, till she transforms us into beasts. Is this the part of wise men, engaged in a great and arduous struggle for liberty? Are we disposed to be of the number of those, who having eyes, see not, and having ears, hear not, the things which so nearly concern their temporal salvation? For my part, whatever anguish of spirit it might cost, I am willing to know the whole truth; to know the worst, and to provide for it. – Patrick HenryRate it:
It seems that even the word ‘peace’ in general does not come at a free cost. Meaning that, peace can be obtained only when one is acknowledged as a master over the other. – Mwanandeke KindemboRate it:
Life is billed at the cost of living. – Link StarbureiyRate it:
Like winds and sunsets, wild things were taken for granted until progress began to do away with them. Now we face the question whether a still higher 'standard of living' is worth its cost in things natural, wild and free. For us of the minority, the opportunity to see geese is more important that television. – Aldo LeopoldRate it:
Maricopa County’s the beauty of this posse, when citizens feel the need for extra protection that does n’t come at a high cost to taxpayers, the armed posse can always be counted on. – Sheriff Joe ArpaioRate it:
Old houses mended, Cost little less than new before they 're ended. – Colley Cibber, The Double Gallant, PrologueRate it:
Skipping the basic methods will cost you more at the top than following the full process of doing things while you are still at the bottom of the ladder – Mwanandeke KindemboRate it:
Something you need most might be something you turn away from, something you turn away from might be something you regret, and something you regret, in the end, might cost you the one chance you ever had. – Brian JudgeRate it:
The bigger we are, the harder we fall. Despite its hazards some keep on raising their narcissistic profile, wishing to be in the picture all the time, everywhere and at any cost. (Low profile) – Erik PevernagieRate it:
The cost of survival is dependent on the cause of living. – Clifford V. VillalonRate it:
The so-called “innocents” are still wearing the skins of sheep to cover their evil intentions. Thus, we must avoid flatterers at any cost, so as not to become their victims. – Mwanandeke KindemboRate it:
The ‘I’ is the ego that we must avoid at any cost, if we truly wish to be different from narcissists. Instead of using ‘I’ repeatedly, it would be wise to replace it with ‘we’. – Mwanandeke KindemboRate it:
Uphold the principles of our order and all that for which we stand, never share our secrets nor divulge the true nature of our work. Do so, until death - whatever the cost. This is my new creed. I am Shay Patrick Cormac, Templar of the Colonial... of the American rite. I am an older man now, and perhaps wiser. A war and a revolution have ended, and another is about to begin. May the father of understanding guide us all. – Assassins creed rogue Shay patric CormacRate it:

All the big corporations depreciate their possessions, and you can, too, provided you use them for business purposes. For example, if you subscribe to the Wall Street Journal, a business-related newspaper, you can deduct the cost of your house, because, in the words of U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice Warren Burger in a landmark 1979 tax decision: "Where else are you going to read the paper? Outside? What if it rains?"

– Dave Barry, "Sweating Out Taxes"Rate it:

Every free thing has an invisible cost attached to it.

– Mwanandeke KindemboRate it:

Experience teaches slowly and at the cost of mistakes.

– James A. FroudeRate it:

First impressions are often the truest, as we find (not infrequently) to our cost, when we have been wheedled out of them by plausible professions or studied actions. A man's look is the work of years it is stamped on his countenance by the events of his whole life, nay, more, by the hand of nature, and it is not to be got rid of easily.

– William HazlittRate it:

Five thousand balloons, capable of raising two men each, could not cost more than five ships of the line; and where is the prince who can afford so to cover his country with troops for its defense as that 10,000 men descending from the clouds might not in many places do an infinite deal of mischief before a force could be brought together to repel them?

– Benjamin FranklinRate it:

Follow the path of the unsafe, independent thinker. Expose your ideas to the dangers of controversy. Speak your mind and fear less the label of 'crackpot' than the stigma of conformity. And on issues that seem important to you, stand up and be counted at any cost.

– Thomas J. WatsonRate it:

He who wishes to fight, must first count the cost.”

– Sun Tzu, The Art of WarRate it:

I will discuss what you say, and I will hearten you to show your opinions, your perspectives and your viewpoints whatever the cost.

– Prof.Salam Al ShereidaRate it:

Idealism is fine, but as it approaches reality the cost becomes prohibitive.

– William Frank Buckley, Jr.Rate it:

If charity cost nothing, the world would be full of philanthropists.

– Jewish ProverbRate it:

If the automobile had followed the same development cycle as the computer, a Rolls-Royce would today cost 100, get one million miles to the gallon, and explode once a year, killing everyone inside.

– Robert X CringelyRate it:

It is natural to man to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truthand listen to the song of that syren, till she transforms us into beasts. Is this the part of wise men, engaged in a great and arduous struggle for liberty? Are we disposed to be of the number of those, who having eyes, see not, and having ears, hear not, the things which so nearly concern their temporal salvation? For my part, whatever anguish of spirit it might cost, I am willing to know the whole truth; to know the worst, and to provide for it.

– Patrick HenryRate it:

It seems that even the word ‘peace’ in general does not come at a free cost. Meaning that, peace can be obtained only when one is acknowledged as a master over the other.

– Mwanandeke KindemboRate it:

Life is billed at the cost of living.

– Link StarbureiyRate it:

Like winds and sunsets, wild things were taken for granted until progress began to do away with them. Now we face the question whether a still higher 'standard of living' is worth its cost in things natural, wild and free. For us of the minority, the opportunity to see geese is more important that television.

– Aldo LeopoldRate it:

Maricopa County’s the beauty of this posse, when citizens feel the need for extra protection that does n’t come at a high cost to taxpayers, the armed posse can always be counted on.

– Sheriff Joe ArpaioRate it:

Old houses mended, Cost little less than new before they 're ended.

– Colley Cibber, The Double Gallant, PrologueRate it:

Skipping the basic methods will cost you more at the top than following the full process of doing things while you are still at the bottom of the ladder

– Mwanandeke KindemboRate it:

Something you need most might be something you turn away from, something you turn away from might be something you regret, and something you regret, in the end, might cost you the one chance you ever had.

– Brian JudgeRate it:

The bigger we are, the harder we fall. Despite its hazards some keep on raising their narcissistic profile, wishing to be in the picture all the time, everywhere and at any cost. (Low profile)

– Erik PevernagieRate it:

The cost of survival is dependent on the cause of living.

– Clifford V. VillalonRate it:

The so-called “innocents” are still wearing the skins of sheep to cover their evil intentions. Thus, we must avoid flatterers at any cost, so as not to become their victims.

– Mwanandeke KindemboRate it:

The ‘I’ is the ego that we must avoid at any cost, if we truly wish to be different from narcissists. Instead of using ‘I’ repeatedly, it would be wise to replace it with ‘we’.

– Mwanandeke KindemboRate it:

Uphold the principles of our order and all that for which we stand, never share our secrets nor divulge the true nature of our work. Do so, until death - whatever the cost. This is my new creed. I am Shay Patrick Cormac, Templar of the Colonial... of the American rite. I am an older man now, and perhaps wiser. A war and a revolution have ended, and another is about to begin. May the father of understanding guide us all.

– Assassins creed rogue Shay patric CormacRate it:

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