- Money
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- Nov 07, 2020
Auction Quotes
Bidding, value, and what gets sold to the highest bidder.
These auction quotes look at what happens when people, resources, or loyalty go to the highest bidder — from someone weighing how much of a private life to give up for a job, to a call for natural resources to serve the public instead of the wealthy few. For a related look at holding your ground, see our Against quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Competitive
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- Nov 07, 2020
To dissociate politicians from capitalists is slightly disingenuous, to put it mildly. U.S. lawmakers are competitive and auction themselves to the highest bidder via the lobby system.
- Natural
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- Nov 07, 2020
You can auction coal blocks. All natural resources of government should be auctioned.
- Magic
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- Nov 07, 2020
Nothing will teach you more about perceived value than taking something with literally no value and selling it in the auction format. It teaches you the beauty and power of presentation, and how you can make magic out of nothing.
- Look
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- Nov 07, 2020
My only market analysis was to look around and see that, in one way or another, most watches are inspired by watches that were made in the 18th and 19th centuries. If I wanted a watch like that, I'd much rather buy the real thing at auction than a replica.
- Confidence
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- Nov 07, 2020
Hard information on the quantity of bogus art sold is difficult to come by, in part because fraud, when discovered by dealers and auction houses, is usually kept secret to boost public confidence in the art market.
- Done
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- Nov 07, 2020
By the time I'm done with my show, I'm in Never-Never Land. Usually I leave the room for the auction and try to chill out.
- Calf
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- Nov 07, 2020
On the farm, I had chores. I had a calf. We had a herd of cattle in the pasture. We'd go and get me a calf at a cow auction with Amish people, which I would raise. I gave it a bottle every day, in this cute little coop, like a giant dog coop almost. I've always been a big animal person.
- Purpose
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- Nov 07, 2020
Natural resources must be so distributed, by way of auction or otherwise, that they serve a larger public purpose.
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
Let's say you need a perfectly obedient servant who never gets tired, never needs to be paid, and is virtually indestructible. If you're in a galaxy a long time ago and far, far away, you'll just fly off to the local droid auction and pick up one of those shiny gold models with lovely manners.
- Charity
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- Nov 07, 2020
One of these days, when I get tired of it all, I'll keep six guitars and the amps I'm using, and I'll have a big old auction for charity.
- Lost
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- Nov 07, 2020
I used to save all my rejection slips because I told myself, one day I'm going to autograph these and auction them. And then I lost the box.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
When the leaders choose to make themselves bidders at an auction of popularity, their talents, in the construction of the state, will be of no service. They will become flatterers instead of legislators; the instruments, not the guides, of the people.
- Book
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- Nov 07, 2020
With 'California,' editors were reading it, and fast, and others were emailing my agent to request it. Ultimately, there were a few editors interested in the book, and it sold at auction about two weeks after the submission process started. I couldn't believe it!
- Happen
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- Nov 07, 2020
My assistant says I'm an eBay auction waiting to happen. I have a very large collection of T-shirts... about 4,000 now. Maybe I'll pillage it someday. I have resisted the offers to do a line of T-shirts.
- Artist
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- Nov 07, 2020