Quotes by category:Auctions

God help us if we ever take the theater out of the auction business or anything else. It would be an awfully boring world.

A. Alfred Taubman

would-be auctions world

An election is nothing more than the advanced auction of stolen g... by Ambrose Bierce

An election is nothing more than the advanced auction of stolen goods.

election deception auctions

When Robert Benton was doing the movie 'In the Still of the Night,' I'd choreographed the auction scene and supplied the paintings and had a bit part - I was bidding against Meryl Streep.

bidding auctions night

My first crime novel, "Wild Horses," sold at auction, and that ch... by Brian Hodge

My first crime novel, "Wild Horses," sold at auction, and that changed my life at an ideal time.

crime-novels horse auctions

The results speak for themselves: Businesses that competitively sourced service contracts saved an average of about 22 percent. Even more impressive - nearly every e-auction delivered cost savings.

insightful auctions average

I got [Muhammad Ali's boxing shorts] for $40 at an auction. Nobody wanted them. I have them framed in my house.

Christopher Walken

boxing auctions house

Of all the priceless objects left behind, this is what we rescue. These artifacts. Memory cues. Useless souvenirs. Nothing you could auction. The scars left from happiness.

Chuck Palahniuk

useless auctions memories

War's an auction where whoever can pay the most in damage and sti... by David Mitchell

War's an auction where whoever can pay the most in damage and still be standing wins.

auctions winning war

I still feel pangs of remorse over an insidious habit I've had since I was a teenager. About three times a week, I attend estate auctions and make insulting, low-ball bids for prized heirlooms until I'm asked to leave.

teenager insulting auctions

When the leaders choose to make themselves bidders at an auction of popularity, their talents, in the construction of the state, will be of no service. They will become flatterers instead of legislators; the instruments, not the guides, of the people.

leader auctions people

Publication - is the auction of the mind. by Emily Dickinson

Publication - is the auction of the mind.

Emily Dickinson

publishing auctions mind

Dark money has turned our elections into auctions by Fred DuVal

Dark money has turned our elections into auctions

election auctions dark

Every election is a sort of advance auction sale of stolen goods. by H. L. Mencken

Every election is a sort of advance auction sale of stolen goods.

liberty politics auctions

I used to save all my rejection slips because I told myself, one day I'm going to autograph these and auction them. And then I lost the box.

James Lee Burke

rejection one-day auctions

I am currently doing about 30 charity auctions a year. by Jeffrey Archer

I am currently doing about 30 charity auctions a year.

charity auctions years

This isn't like an auction, right? You guys aren't going to take... by Jennifer Lawrence

This isn't like an auction, right? You guys aren't going to take it away?

Jennifer Lawrence

guy auctions life

I love going to tag sales, to auctions. by Lara Spencer

I love going to tag sales, to auctions.

tag auctions

In all fairness to the auction companies ? most companies are not car experts, they are marketers. I caution buyers to make sure that they have done their homework before they raise their hand and not after.

Mark Hyman, M.D.

car auctions hands

The best works do not necessarily get to auction. I like to draw, so maybe I give you a little drawing. And then eventually it ends up at auction. And then critics say, 'Oh, that's a bad drawing!' Well, I didn't say it was so wonderful.

drawing auctions giving

I was never like, "collect, collect," like people who go to auctions. I never spent a serious amount of time because I don't have any time!

Mikhail Baryshnikov

serious auctions people

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