The only difference between a flower and a weed is judgement.
Writers and books are cheap dates, especially when you compare the cost of a book with a ticket to the opera - or an NHL game.
The wise man is he who knows the relative value of things.
We do not hate as long as we still attach a lesser value, but only when we attach an equal or a greater value.
Unexpected money is a delight. The same sum is a bitterness when you expected more.
The worth and value of knowledge is in proportion to the worth and value of its object.
The life of man is of no greater importance to the universe than that of an oyster.
Your pot broken seemes better then my whole one.
Other people's things are more pleasing to us, and ours to other people. -Aliena nobis, nostra plus aliis placent
There are much worse games to play.
Zen has an expression, "nothing special." When you understand "nothing special," you realize that everything is special. Everything's special and nothing's special. Everything's spiritual and nothing's spiritual. It's how you see, it's what eyes you're looking through, that matters.
Hence money may be dirt, although dirt is not money.
Without the darkness, we can't really appreciate the light
One man's ways may be as good as another's, but we all like our own best.
Just curious how much I'm going for these days," Leo said. "I mean, I can understand not being as pricey as Percy or Jason, maybe...but am I worth, like, two Franks, or three Franks?
We turn to quantities when we can't compare the qualities of things.
Everything matters, but nothing matters very much.
No story ever looks as bad as the story you've just bought; no story ever looks as good as the story the other fellow just bought.
A process which led from the amoeba to man appeared to the philosophers to be obviously a progress though whether the amoeba would agree with this opinion is not known.
I once said to a boy, ‘You’re a really good kisser,’ and he said, ‘You’re only as good as the person you’re kissing.' I think it’s the same with the music. If someone [says], ‘Your music is really provocative,’ I’m only as provocative as the person that’s listening to it.
Scores do not reveal the most important facts about a wine. The written commentary (tasting notes) that accompanies the ratings is a better source of information than any score regarding the wine's style and personality, its quality level relative to its peers, and its relative value and aging potential.
If you've got a dollar and you spend 29 cents on a loaf of bread, you've got 71 cents left; But if you've got seventeen grand and you spend 29 cents on a loaf of bread, you've still got seventeen grand. There's a math lesson for you.
They are each good when they are out, and each bad when they are in.
I am only interested in money because everyone else is.
We can get distracted in arguing which of the two alternatives is better when either are far better than the situation we have today.
