Time is at once the most valuable and the most perishable of all our possessions.
Art is often valuable precisely because it isn't a sensible way to make money.
I'm fond of science fiction. But not all science fiction. I like science fiction where there's a scientific lesson, for example - when the science fiction book changes one thing but leaves the rest of science intact and explores the consequences of that. That's actually very valuable.
As the unity of the modern world becomes increasingly a technological rather than a social affair, the techniques of the arts provide the most valuable means of insight into the real direction of our own collective purposes.
I think there has been a great deal of valuable revisionism in women's history.
Ward Churchill might be more valuable to the opponents of the academic left employed than unemployed. Above all, he can serve as a living window into the intellectual, moral, and political bankruptcy of the left.
I don't get attached to anything. I'm like a good antique dealer. I'm prepared to sell my most valuable table.
The argument of the broken window pane is the most valuable argument in modern politics.
The concept of serendipity often crops up in research. Serendipity is the faculty or phenomenon of finding valuable or agreeable things that were not being sought. I believe that all researchers can be serendipitous.
There are hurdles to overcome in sport and in life. Sport is a very valuable learning ground for how to live your life in the best possible way.
The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions that I wish it to be always kept alive.
The Deep Web contains shockingly valuable information. Can you imagine how cancer research would blossom if every researcher had instant access to every research paper done by every single university and research lab in the world?
It's not how many hours you put in with a client or on a project. It's the quantity and quality of your energy - your focus and force - that determine whether that time is valuable.
A good reputation is more valuable than money.
Faith given back to us after a night of doubt is a stronger thing, and far more valuable to us than faith that has never been tested.
Our teachers are valuable, and our public policy should reflect that.
Children must be considered in a divorce considered valuable pawns in the nasty legal and financial contest that is about to ensue.
There's a role for the Mac as far as our eye can see. A role in conjunction with smartphones and tablets that allows you to make the choice of what you want to use. Our view is, the Mac keeps going forever, because the differences it brings are really valuable.
Respect for another man's opinion is worthy. It is the realization that any opinion is valuable, for it is the sign of a rational being.
Unless you have prepared yourself to profit by your chance, the opportunity will only make you ridiculous. A great occasion is valuable to you just in proportion as you have educated yourself to make use of it.
When I visited Vietnam for Oxfam, the thing that really struck me was how the local farmers had to prepare to evacuate or climb to their mezzanines with their valuable family possessions.
Sweat equity is the most valuable equity there is. Know your business and industry better than anyone else in the world. Love what you do or don't do it.
It was a favorite expression of Theophrastus that time was the most valuable thing that a man could spend.
I've actually come to respect the most irritatingly challenging people I've worked with as really valuable in improving group decision-making and what to do and what to invest in.
Virtue must be valuable, if men and women of all degrees pretend to have it.
I am more valuable to my team hitting .330 then swinging for home runs.
Tell your idea to whomever will listen, and you'll get valuable market feedback before writing a single line of code.
I am like a security camera ever on the watch. The furtive quality of vision feels to me like an incredibly valuable weapon. Everything I see gets transformed into a private sketch or painting in my mind, stored away for future reference, future evidence, future ammunition.
The Epistle is a correction of profession without life, and most valuable in this respect.
As a television actor, there's a power you're given to use your image to do something valuable. As a parent, these messages are particularly important to me.
When the King is checked, or any valuable Piece in danger from the attack of an enemy, you are said to interpose a man when you play it between the attacked and attacking Piece.
I try to use my voice. I know that celebrity is valuable, and people do listen.
A quarterback is always going to be the most valuable player on a football field because he touches the ball every single offensive play.
I learned a valuable lesson doing 'Mr. Sunshine,' which is that I didn't want to be in charge because it's too much. Being in charge and acting in every scene was just too difficult. It's like eating dinner in a moving golf cart every night.
Group discussion is very valuable; group drafting is less productive.
I learned a valuable life lesson that summer. You should find something in life that you really enjoy and seriously consider making that your life's work.
