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Value Quotes


"OS X is sweet: it's simple and intuitive, and I think GNOME shares a lot of values with it."


"In my book I don't just demonstrate that free enterprise is the most efficient way of organizing an economy - which it is. I also show that it's an expression of American values, and, thus, that a fight for free enterprise is very much a fight for our culture."


"We need a strong, bold constitutional conservative who won't back down and who will fight for the values we believe in. That's what we need for our nominee, whether it is me or whether it is someone else."


"Some values must be universal, like human rights and the equal worth of every human being."


"Perhaps it is of more value to infuriate philosophers than to go along with them."


"Courtesy is the one coin you can never have too much of or be stingy with."


"My values, our values, aren't about pointing fingers. They are about offering a helping hand."


"We need someone who is a strong representative of our value system."


"There is a continuum of values between the churches and the general community. What distinguishes the handling of these values in the churches is mainly the heavier dosage of religious vocabulary involved."


"My Lords temporal, today is the day to rise up against the regiment of Lords spiritual and proclaim the values of enlightenment, compassion and common sense."


"I urge the Bush Administration to rethink its priorities. We can't talk about community values without being prepared to invest in those very same communities."



"We are a continuum. Just as we reach back to our ancestors for our fundamental values, so we, as guardians of that legacy, must reach ahead to our children and their children. And we do so with a sense of sacredness in that reaching."


"It is only through contact and comparison that the relative value or worthlessness of the various cultural elements can be clearly and critically seen and understood."


"The world must know that America holds to the highest standards of military conduct and human rights protections. Anything less is unacceptable."


"Everyone recognizes that's a joke because obviously the number and shape of the pieces doesn't affect the size of the pizza. And similarly, the stocks, bonds, warrants, etc., issued don't affect the aggregate value of the firm."


"I know I'm not much on face value, but when it comes to stage value, I'll deliver for you."


"In the case of composite colour, an infinity of systems must be obtained for maxima infinitely slight and with an infinity of interval values separating them - that is to say, the whole thickness of the sensitive layer is occupied in continuous manner by these maxima."


"If we took Chaucer's writings at face value, we'd have to conclude he was a complete drip."


"I see my job simply as helping disseminate the message of Barack Obama, working with the communications team to make sure that we're true to the ideals and the values and the programs that he wants to advance in this country. And that's the extent of my involvement."


"You talk about the values that you have whether they're in favor or not in favor. That's how you lead. The reality is, we're losing more and more elections."


"The Army damages itself when it doesn't live up to its own values."


"We emerged from the events of September 11 more steadfast in our beliefs, more courageous in our actions and more determined to protect our values than ever before."


"The salability of an item can often be improved while the value itself remains unchanged."



"We desecrated the traditional values, but new values didn't come along."


"We asked ourselves what we wanted this company to stand for. We didn't want to just sell shoes. I wasn't even into shoes - but I was passionate about customer service."


"The values of confidentiality of matters occurring before the grand jury is very important."


"The Republic is open and tolerant but also knows how and when to be firm and make its values respected."


"You might be a redneck if... the blue book value of your truck goes up and down depending on how much gas it has in it."


"Now, one thing I tell everyone is learn about real estate. Repeat after me: real estate provides the highest returns, the greatest values and the least risk."


"It is not as though the process of production holds any mystery for me, I know exactly what it involves and I know the predominant concern in shooting one of those things is production values - or as they would say, seeing it all up there on screen."


"And, we put a lot more value, or at least I personally put a lot more value, on the creative values and creative challenges of something than the commercial necessities."


"All media exist to invest our lives with artificial perceptions and arbitrary values."


"First, he must hold rational values, and to do this he must be a thinker."


"Color in certain places has the great value of making the outlines and structural planes seem more energetic."


"Many religious confessions share common values. They teach that we should do unto others as we would have them do unto us."


"Watching President Obama apologize last week for America's arrogance - before a French audience that owes its freedom to the sacrifices of Americans - helped convince me that he has a deep-seated antipathy toward American values and traditions."
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