There is hardly anything in the world that some man cannot make a little worse and sell a little cheaper, and the people who consider price only are this man's lawful prey.
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Related There is hardly anything in the world that some man cannot make a little worse and sell a little che... JOHN RUSKIN There is nothing in the world that some man cannot make a little worse and sell a little cheaper, an... JOHN RUSKIN There is scarcely anything in the world that some man cannot make a little worse, and sell a little ... JOHN RUSKIN There is hardly anything in the world that some man cannot make a little worse and sell a little che... JOHN RUSKIN I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES Let us reform our schools, and we shall find little need of reform in our prisons. -John Ruskin. JOHN RUSKIN There are some decision-makers in the world whose version of sanity is a little different from what ... BRUCE COCKBURN Empathy is the new measurement of everything. It doesn't matter what religion you have, what God you... C. JOYBELL C. The world is little, people are little, human life is little. There is only one big thing — desire... WILLA CATHER You're full of contradictions, Ms. Wallace." I looked up at him and arched a brow. "I'm a girl... TAMMARA WEBBER He wept because he was afraid now that he could not save Gabriel. He no longer cared about himself LOIS LOWRY There are only two types of people in the world. There are the people who understand that this is a ... RUPAUL Do some selfless service for people who are in need. Consider the whole picture, not just our little... NINA HAGEN I believe that there is a Matrix and... to be more accurate I am in the Pornography Matrix. DEYTH BANGER Never forget that the purpose for which a man lives is the improvement of the man himself, so that h... WILLIAM E. GLADSTONE We bear the world and we make it... There was never a great man who had not a great mother - it is h... OLIVE SCHREINER Conceit may puff a man up, but never prop him up.
- John Ruskin, JOHN RUSKIN People are getting a little more careful when they purchase. Investors are taking longer to sell. We... CONNIE JOHNSON There are two types of people who will tell you that you cannot make a difference in this world: Tho... RAY GOFORTH Melbourne is wonderfully altered since I last saw it. There are some very fair buildings in it now, ... WILLIAM JOHN WILLS The volatility is a challenge for all market participants. I know the producers that hardly did any ... GRIFF JONES It's all the delicate silver and gold jewelry; what is there like a thread. The earrings are just a ... KARL LAGERFELD There is something feeble and a little contemptible about a man who cannot face the perils of life w... BERTRAND RUSSELL There is something feeble and a little contemptible about a man who cannot face the perils of life w... BERTRAND RUSSELL We had a pretty pronounced sell-off, and now some people are doing a little bit of bargain hunting. CHARLES LEMONIDES This is, to me, the loveliest and saddest landscape in the world. It is the same as that on the prec... ANTOINE DE SAINT-EXUPéRY Little changes can start to make a difference in the world. JANINE DI GIOVANNI For every transaction, there is someone willing to buy and someone willing to sell at an agreed pric... COREEN T. SOL A man who cannot make mistakes cannot do anything. BERNARD MAGAZINE That has changed. Now, I'm telling my sellers to price their home right where the market is, not abo... DOLLY RIEGERT WOODRUFF Little by little, the pimps have taken over the world. They don't do anything, they don't make anyt... JEAN GIRADOUX One day a little chicken was being mocked by the other chickens,because she was small and they were ... GARY F EVANS... One thing that has changed is the price of land. You try to go out and buy some farmland, and no one... DONNIE MILLER It is only after one is in trouble that one realizes how little sympathy and kindness there are in t... NELLIE BLY The man who cannot believe his senses, and the man, who cannot believe in anything else, are both in... LORD CHESTERFIELD The only people in the world who can change things are those who can sell ideas LOIS WYSE an intelligent man cannot become anything seriously, and it is only the fool who becomes anything. FYODOR DOSTOYEVSKY Enjoy this time, man. This is the only time in your life you can even consider getting a woman to fo... OWEN SMITH The conundrum of sanity and insanity, is that it serves us to be some of each. It's really only a qu... KELLI JAE BAELI We recognize that the whole world is kind of moving in this direction to digital distribution, but a... BURNIE BURNS In every man sleeps a prophet, and when he wakes there is a little more evil in the world. EMILE M. CIORAN If there is anything in the world that can really be called a mans property, it is surely that which... ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUER Between falsehood and useless truth there is little difference. As gold which he cannot spend will m... SAMUEL JOHNSON His life seemed like a deck of cards, and in the midst of all those two’s and three’s someone ha... TEKOA MANNING There is something feeble and a little contemptible about a man who cannot face the perils of life w... BERTRAND RUSSELL Life is a game. Some are searching for prey while some fall prey. Some are just there to cheer and c... OLASOT There are two Americas - and millions of the people already distinguish between them. One is the Ame... JAMES P. CANNON It's always nice to sell a little love in the world. DAN POTTS There are people in this world who can wear whale masks and people who cannot, and the wise know to ... TOM ROBBINS Literary men now routinely tell their readers about their divorces. One literary man who reviews boo... GEORGE W. S. TROW There is some little boy and some little girl out there, somewhere, who believe that when they put U... KEVIN PLANK Show me a man who cannot bother to do little things and I'll show you a man who cannot be trusted to... LAWRENCE D. BELL The regulars are mostly people who raise livestock as a business. It's a second business or hobby bu... BOBBY RUSSELL There are some people who live in a dream world, and there are some who face reality; and then there... DOUGLAS EVERETT There are some people who live in a dream world, and there are some who face reality; and then there... DOUGLAS H. EVERETT There are some people who live in a dream world, and there are some who face reality; and then there... DESIDERIUS ERASMUS There are some people who live in a dream world, and there are some who face reality; and then the... DOUGLAS EVERETT There are some people who believe that home is where one hangs one's hat, but these people tend to l... LEMONY SNICKET When he is best, he is a little worse than a man; and when he is worst, he is little better than a b... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE There is only a little difference between a man & a woman,but that little difference makes a very bi... DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) There are ignorant priests and ignorant people, who are all too ready to cry sorcery if a woman is o... MARION ZIMMER BRADLEY There are people who are trying to make the world darker and there are people who are trying to make... MEHMET MURAT ILDAN There are hardly any excesses of the most crazed psychopath that cannot easily be duplicated by a no... TERRY PRATCHETT Most people who are selling their mineral rights, this is a once-in-a-lifetime transaction. The peop... MIKE DEWINE Status quos are made to be broken. RAY A. DAVIS There are atheists and Christians, and there are people in both groups who are a little too heavy-ha... ANDY DICK When he is best, he is a little worse than a man; and when he is worst, he is a little better than a... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Consider the price. You can have anything you desire, plan for, and work to achieve. You cannot have... TERENCE T. GORSKI In general, pride is at the bottom of all great mistakes.
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