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Last updated on November 14, 2024.
The real fans of football come from the working class. Now they cannot afford to come and watch the game.
My wife is always by far the best-dressed person anywhere we go. And remember, we are surrounded by rich people who can afford to buy £20,000 gowns.
The hardest problem of all is to appreciate the facts that the poor nations are - quite reasonably - not going to forgo their development, and that they can only afford to develop by consuming fossil fuels.
Sudan cannot afford to be on the wrong side of history. The north and south will have to work together, but will they?
If you don't mind a word of advice, one never asks a lady to set her own price. If you have to ask, the answer will always be more than you can afford.
Don’t complain about being unable to afford high-quality local food when your grocery cart is full of beer, cigarettes, and People magazine.
I remember my dad, who coached football, would buy some of his players football shoes when they couldn't afford it.
If you are advocating full retirement benefits starting at 60, my reaction is the system is already 31 percent underfinanced and can not afford what it's now doing, let alone such a policy change.
Every minute that we lose will cost us great losses later that we will not be able to afford.
We can't afford as a nation - not because of money but because of our social fabric - to have large numbers of people who are not working.
The road to ignorance is paved with good editions. Only the illiterate can afford to buy good books now.
In today's world, learning has become the key to economic prosperity, social cohesion and personal fulfillment. We can no longer afford to educate the few to think, and the many to do.
If you want a good education, go to private schools. If you can't afford it, tough luck. You can go to the public school.
I think, in this country, if you work 40 hours a week, and you work hard, you ought to be able to afford an apartment somewhere.
We can take that as a notion that we don't know exactly what [Trump] is going to do, but we can't afford to take a position of waiting around to see.
When I was younger, trying to afford football camps, my parents would sometimes have to miss bills. They sacrificed these things for me because they saw I had a goal.
I only go to Japan when there's someone who can afford to bring me there, and consequently I may never go again!
We cannot afford to spend millions and millions over nuclear arms when there is poverty and unemployment all around us.
For a lot of people, the weekly paycheck is "take-home pay" because home is the only place they can afford to go with it.
There were times when I could not afford to sacrifice the bloom of the present moment to any work, whether of the head or hand. I love a broad margin to my life.
We simply cannot afford to give the reigns of government so someone who will double down on trickle down
What I want to do is make sure middle class kids, not Donald Trump's kids, get to be able to afford college.
No wonder that, when a political career is so precarious, men of worth and capacity hesitate to embrace it. They cannot afford to be thrown out of their life's course by a mere accident.
Once the federal dust settles, whether there is little to spend or a lot, education must continue to be our top priority. We can afford nothing less.
I was going to get a degree in economics and be a teacher. But I couldn't afford to pay for the education. So I just got the MBA and not the doctorate. I loved it at Bain, and I've been there ever since.
Alas! Our dancing days are no more. We wish, however, all those who have a relish for so agreeable and innocent an amusement all the pleasure the season will afford them.
Average, middle-class people, the people of Macomb County, couldn't afford health care. Now they can [with Obamacare].
We certainly would be happy for more help, but not at the price of condescension and arrogance. If the Europeans believe they can afford to be less committed in Somalia, please - we can deal with it ourselves.
The rewards that will flow from a successful shift to a low carbon economy are high. Neither governments nor business can afford to let these opportunities pass them by
The prices are ridiculous... I don't see how people can go back and forth to work or to school. How can we afford the gas?
It is presumable that no country will be able to borrow of foreigners upon better terms than the United States, because none can, perhaps, afford so good security.
We are innately creative beings capable of writing a love story worth living, and we cannot afford to miss out on the opportunity to experience nourishing relationships.
When I was younger, I was into fashion, but I wasn't always able to afford and have the platform to express myself and do different things that I'm able to do now.
Average wages now are still just barely above poverty, and one out of three Americans cannot afford healthcare even with the insurance,with jobs.
When I was a kid, it was Bette Davis. She was my idol. I used to cut school and sit in the back of the theater; of course, I would have snuck in because I couldn't afford a ticket.
It's when you have friends that you can afford to be lonely. When you know a lot of people, loneliness becomes a luxury. It's only when you're forced to be lonely that it's bad.
The fact is, Latinos now own their own lives and I believe they can afford to look back without judgment.
I feel so terrible for the kids now. In London, even people in their forties can't afford to buy a house or have kids.
The joy which answers to prayer give, cannot be described; and the impetus which they afford to the spiritual life is exceedingly great.
It's much easier to create a high-end bag than a mass market bag that everyone can afford.
Poor families are living above their means, in apartments they cannot afford. The thing is, those apartments are already at the bottom of the market.
We cannot afford to exclude any vision - any way of looking at the world - that human beings have invented for ourselves.
I don't have to work just to work anymore. More interesting parts come my way, so I can afford to say, 'I don't want to make that.'
The nature of an innovation is that it will arise at a fringe where it can afford to become prevalent enough to establish its usefulness without being overwhelmed by the inertia of the orthodox system.
No government, no organisation, no citizen can afford to be less than vigilant in combating bigotry, intolerance and hatred. And frankly, our way of life depends on that vigilance.
It's really hard for kids nowadays: you can get a decent education, but there are no jobs out there. You worry about how they are ever going to afford to live anywhere.
Since things are moving faster and faster, we cannot afford the amount of stupidity that we used to be able to tolerate.
Danger gathers upon our path. We cannot afford - we have no right - to look back. We must look forward
I hate to make the comparison here, but think of me as one of those expensive boutiques. If you have to ask about the cost, you probably can’t afford me.
As the urgency of the threat presented by Islamic extremism grows, we cannot afford to have the commander-in-chief issue executive orders in direct contravention of laws that he enacted.
The stock market is for people who live in Manhattan and summer in the Hamptons, for people who can afford fancy cars - a Mercedes, say.
The fact is, Latinos now own their own lives and I believe they can afford to look back without judgment
America has to ask itself not what it wants, but what it can afford... The New Deal, in my mind, has become a raw deal for my children.
Pretty much everybody we know in Glasgow who's in a band has another job. All of us have worked in bars, cafes, or cinemas. It means you can afford to do the thing you love.
Revenue on the consumption of foreign articles is paid cheerfully by those who can afford to add foreign luxuries to domestic comforts.
The way you wield your power is about using it to afford you opportunities that you wouldn't otherwise have. So I'm very creatively ambitious, and I just hope people notice it; that's all I want.
Fate is a ladder on which you cannot afford to miss a single rung. To skip out on even one step would mean you'll never make it to the top.
I've been fascinated with all kinds of weapons my whole life, and as I have been able to afford to acquire pieces, here and there I started to collect.
Hardworking families can no longer afford to wait for a Congress that gridlocks on ideology. I look forward to working with my colleagues from both parties to get things done.
America enjoys the best health care in the world, but the best is no good if folks can't afford it, access it and doctor's can't provide it.
