(1925 quotes found)
“Costly thy habit as thy purse can buy, / But not express'd in fancy; rich, not gaudy; / For the apparel oft proclaims the man.”
William Shakespeare
“My husband and I are either going to buy a dog or have a child. We can't decide whether to ruin our carpet or ruin our lives.”
Rita Rudner
“Tip to out-of-town visitors: If you buy something here in New York and want to have it shipped home, be suspicious if the clerk tells you they don't need your name and address”
David Letterman
“Civility costs nothing and buys everything.”
Mary Worley Montagu
“It is much simpler to buy books than to read them and easier to read them than to absorb their contents.”
William Osler
“When one buys some of my artwork I hope it is because they will wish to learn from it and not because they think it will match their drapes!”
Christian Cardell Corbet
“If you buy what you don't need, you steal from yourself”
Swedish Proverb
“The only time to buy these is on a day with no 'y' in it”
Warren Buffett
“I never attempt to make money on the stock market. I buy on the assumption that they could close the market the next day and not reopen it for five years.”
“What is the price of experience? Do men buy it for a song? Or wisdom for a dance in the street? No, it is bought with the price of all the man hath, his house, his wife, his children.”
William Blake
