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Value Quotes



"Our problem is not to find better values but to be faithful to those we profess."



"If you come back from the dead, you don't have the same value system, I think."


"In 2003, the value of Airbus's orders was more than twice as much as Boeing's."


"But again, we, I think, over the years have set the example for a lot of nations that may not have had the same values, the same type of coming out of the same culture that we as Americans have and enjoy. But we can be an example, a role model for them."



"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."


"There are some fundamental values it's impossible to be wrong about."


"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."


"This year, as we celebrate the 230th anniversary of America's independence, please remember the symbols that are sacred to this country. Fly Old Glory high and show your respect and admiration for this great nation and the values we hold dear."


"You may be poor, but important; uneducated, but wise; lowly, but noble; simple, but insightful; and ordinary, but great."


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


"Theodore Roethke was a poet I was raised with so he has a lot of sentimental value for me."


"You must look within for value, but must look beyond for perspective."


"I will use whatever position I have in order to root out hypocrisy. Democrats have strong moral values. Frankly, my moral values are offended by some of the things I hear on programs like "Rush Limbaugh," and we don't have to put up with that."


"The values to which the conservative appeals are inevitably caricatured by the individuals designated to put them into practice."


"Conservatives have no understanding of modern capitalism. They have a distorted understanding of the traditional values they claim to defend."


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


"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."


"Everyone's values are defined by what they will tolerate when it is done to others."



"And also, I think Japan places great value on the lyrics."



"Human beings like variety, and they also like partnership... these are scientific values we can point to."


"The American flag represents all of us and all the values we hold sacred."


"I try stuff. I synthesize what's of value with some of the other things I have at my disposal."


"Common sense as well as common values all lead us. Our future depends upon it and our present is going to be vastly better when we get back to these basics."


"When you become active in the system and communicate to your representatives, and they don't vote in accordance with your values, your responsibility is to support candidates who will."


"To me, consensus seems to be the process of abandoning all beliefs, principles, values and policies. So it is something in which no one believes and to which no one objects."


"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."



"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."


"If a teacher does not involve himself, his values, his commitments, in the course of discussion, why should the students?"


"Everything worthwhile, everything of any value, has its price. Everything anyone has ever wanted has come neatly wrapped up in its penalties."


"Any general statement is like a check drawn on a bank. Its value depends on what is there to meet it."



"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."


"Whenever someone leaves, the next person that gets pulled in is somebody with similar values."


"Our veterans accepted the responsibility to defend America and uphold our values when duty called."



"Humanity could only have survived and flourished if it held social and personal values that transcended the urges of the individual, embodying selfish desires - and these stem from the sense of a transcendent good."


"The flag represents all the values and the liberties Americans have and enjoy everyday."


"We can tell our values by looking at our checkbook stubs."
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