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Cost Quotes - Page 14

Resistance at all cost is the most senseless act there is.

"Romulus the Great" by Friedrich Durrenmatt, act III, 1956.

I think a very good system in a world with a lot of passive investors is one in which there are at least a few entrepreneurial investors, prepared to say what they think, prepared to propose a change in management, change in strategy, change in cost structure, capital structure.

"CNBC Exclusive: CNBC's Scott Wapner Interviews Carl Icahn and Bill Ackman from CNBC Institutional Investor Delivering Alpha Conference in NYC". "Closing Bell", www.cnbc.com. July 16, 2014.

When people don’t pay the true cost of something, they tend to consume it inefficiently.

Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner (2014). “Think Like a Freak: The Authors of Freakonomics Offer to Retrain Your Brain”, p.11, Harper Collins

I never confuse the cost of something with its value

Robin Hobb (2014). “The Liveship Traders Trilogy 3-Book Bundle: Ship of Magic, Mad Ship, Ship of Destiny”, p.1424, Del Rey

Successful competitors want to win. Head cases want to win at all costs.

Nancy Lopez (2000). “The Complete Golfer”, Galahad Books