A Quote by Henry James

Don’t underestimate the value of irony—it is extremely valuable.

Henry James

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Extremely Irony Underestimate Valuable Value

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Henry James
American - Novelist
April 15, 1843 - February 28, 1916

Teenagers are extremely funny, and extremely clever and intellectually curious. But they're also willing to ask questions about the meaning of life without disguising them around irony, and ask questions about what are our responsibilities to other people without having to couch it in irony.

John Green

A value is valuable when the value of value is valuable to oneself.

Dayananda Saraswati

We systematically overestimate the value of access to information and underestimate the value of access to each other.

Clay Shirky

Value-first is a perception. If your customer does not perceive it as value, then it's not very valuable.

Jeffrey Gitomer

There is no roles. No one is keeping any roles. The drummer is also answering everybody and everything. So it is a constant conversation and communication between musicians on an extremely high level with extremely valuable material, motifs, and melodies.

Miroslav Vitous

A pearl, even if it is cast down into the mud, is not despised. And if one covers it with balsam, it does not become more valuable. But it is always valuable to its owner. It is the same with the Sons of God: wherever They may be, They are still of value to Their Father.

Vladimir Aleksandrovich Antonov

Don't underestimate the value of Doing Nothing

A. A. Milne

I used to get so many letters from students about the ending of 'Pro Femina.' So I had a stamp made that said 'irony, irony, irony' to put on a postcard and mail it back.

Carolyn Kizer

Don't underestimate the value of a great hair dryer.

Cheryl Burke

Never underestimate the value of cold cash.

Gregory Nunn

I think people underestimate the value of collaboration, especially for writers.

Akiva Goldsman

Music is art, and art is important and rare. Important, rare things are valuable. Valuable things should be paid for. It’s my opinion that music should not be free, and my prediction is that individual artists and their labels will someday decide what an album’s price point is. I hope they don’t underestimate themselves or undervalue their art.

Taylor Swift

Data is just like crude. It’s valuable, but if unrefined it cannot really be used. It has to be changed into gas, plastic, chemicals, etc to create a valuable entity that drives profitable activity; so must data be broken down, analyzed for it to have value.