Quotes by Robinson, James H.

Most of our so-called reasoning consists in finding arguments for goin >>

Our goal, simply stated, is to be the best. >>

We have unprecedented conditions to deal with and novel adjustments to >>

Quotations about Price

Everything you want in life has a price connected to it. There's a pri >>

You must pay the price if you wish to secure the blessing. >>

If you have to ask how much it costs, you can't afford it. >>

One cannot but wonder at this constantly recurring phrase getting something for nothing, as if it were the peculiar and perverse ambition of disturbers of society. Except for our animal outfit, practically all we have is handed us gratis. Can the most complacent reactionary flatter himself that he invented the art of writing or the printing press, or discovered his religious, economic, and moral convictions, or any of the devices which supply him with meat and raiment or any of the sources of such pleasure as he may derive from literature or the fine arts? In short, civilization is little else than getting something for nothing.

Robinson, James H.