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Surely, if knowledge is valuable, it can never be good policy in a country far wealthier than Tuscany, to allow a genius like Mr. Dalton's, to be employed in the drudgery of elementary instruction.

Quote by Charles Babbage about genius, knowledge, country, good, good luck

When there wasn't any money involved, for all intents and purposes, nobody gave a damn. But now the land, supposedly worthless, is seen for what it really is: an incredibly valuable asset.

Quote by Neil Abercrombie about money

Capturing any member of any terrorist cell or any insurgent cell that we may happen to come across is always very, very valuable, and the thing that interests me is that in most instances after a time people talk and they tell us what they know.

Quote by John Abizaid about things, time, people

Write down the thoughts of the moment. Those that come unsought for are commonly the most valuable.

Quote by Francis Bacon about moment

If you have anything really valuable to contribute to the world it will come through the expression of your own personality, that single spark of divinity that sets you off and makes you different from every other living creature.

Quote by Bruce Barton about god, personality, world

What nobler employment, or more valuable to the state, than that of the man who instructs the rising generation?

Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero about state, man

Everything that enlarges the sphere of human powers, that shows man he can do what he thought he could not do, is valuable.

Quote by Samuel Johnson about thinking, human imperfections, man

Getting money is not all a man's business: to cultivate kindness is a valuable part of the business of life.

Quote by Samuel Johnson about affair, money, man, life

A valuable dropped item will always fall into an inaccessible place (a diamond ring down the drain, for example) - or into the garbage disposal while it is running.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about example, fall

The most valuable quotation will be the one for which you cannot determine the source.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about education

Small, teething children will chew on the most valuable thing within reach. The same goes for puppies and juvenile tigers, bears, or crocodiles.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about mother, children, things

If you drop an unbreakable object, it will always land on something more valuable.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy

I have been working closely with local officials to promote the valuable contributions of the plant to the nation, the state, and the local community.

Quote by Michael Oxley about work, nation, state

Masochism is a valuable job skill.

Quote by Chuck Palahniuk about work

Labor is still, and ever will be, the inevitable price set upon everything which is valuable.

Quote by Samuel Smiles about work

Age is how we determine how valuable you are.

Quote by Jane Elliot about age, olderness