- Poor
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- Nov 07, 2020
Worth Quotes
On value that only shows itself with time.
These worth quotes weigh value in different ways — skills that turn out worthless in practice, a refusal to fight over things not worth the trouble, and the idea that true worth only shows up over time rather than immediately. The theme runs close to Good quotes, another collection about what actually matters.
- Last Updated on Aug 03, 2026
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
When man lives under government, he is fallen, his worth is gone, and his nature tarnished.
- Just
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- Nov 07, 2020
These $40 burgers with foie gras and truffles and all of that flies in the face of one of the most proletarian foods around. It's overpriced, overdone and just not worth it.
- Job
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have to be fully committed to do a project nowadays, because if I say yes to something, it means the whole family are going to have to move for the job. It's a lot of upheaval. So, it has to be really worth it. Otherwise, I'd just as well not bother.
- Dime
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- Nov 07, 2020
A nickel ain't worth a dime anymore.
- Make
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- Nov 07, 2020
It is not worth the paper it is written on unless it is backed by the kind of force that will make the other side consider the penalties too heavy to break the agreement.
- Feeling
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've always struggled with Hollywood feeling trivial. Red carpets aren't worth it.
- Heat
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- Nov 07, 2020
One cool judgment is worth a thousand hasty counsels. The thing to do is to supply light and not heat.
- Easy
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- Nov 07, 2020
Nothing that comes easy is worth a dime.
- Making
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- Nov 07, 2020
In the time of the sacred sites and the crashing of ecosystems and worlds, it may be worth not making a commodity out of all that is revered.
- Most
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- Nov 07, 2020
The things that one most wants to do are the things that are probably most worth doing.
- Battery
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- Nov 07, 2020