A study of the history of wages back through the years indicates clearly that when the cost-of-living rises appreciably wages have shortly been adjusted upward also.
I love living in Brooklyn. Originally I moved there because I could enjoy a bigger space for less money than I would ever get in Manhattan.
The cost of living keeps going up, although death is surprisingly affordable.
An energy tax punishes senior citizens, it punishes rural Americans, if you use electricity it punishes you. This bill will increase your cost of living and may kill your job.
If the Planning Commission said those who live above Rs 5,000 a month are not at poverty line, obviously there is something wrong with the definition of poverty in this country. How can anybody live at Rs 5,000?
There is a high cost for low living.
How is the human race going to survive now that the cost of living has gone up two dollars a quart?
If I could afford to live in London I would.
Every luxury must be paid for, and everything is a luxury, starting with being in this world.
I wondered, for the first time in my life, if life was worth all the work it took to live. What exactly made it worth it?
I had seen Adelaide the dearest and the cheapest place to live in.
No one should be so naive as to think that wages among organized groups will not be increased, under pressure if necessary, to make up for increases in the cost-of-living, nor should anyone ordinarily object to such adjustments.
What I like about South Florida is there's a good quality of life here; the cost of living is much lower than Silicon Valley.
I saw how greatly he suffered the requirement of being clever. It separated him from his soul, and it didn't get him anything other than a living