Delia Smith Quotes

Price is what you pay. Value is what you get.

If you invest in something a little more expensive with longevity, you'll use it more.

I rarely buy a shoe that is completely specific to a time and outfit. I generally tend to spend money on good shoes that can go with everything.

In the final analysis, you get what you pay for.

I would say that a good shoe is exactly like a good wine. These shoes are going to stay and last for a long time.

When I get a brand new bag, I wear it for months and months.

I don't understand why people in this country are so bent on doing the 'perfect', when you have something that is good and makes sense from a cost-benefit point of view.

I feel like shoes are one of those things that no matter how conservative or how outrageous you get, a good pair of shoes is going to last you a lifetime.

Coats are my favorite thing, and it's always cold in England. I'm comfortable spending a bit of money if you know you're going to be wearing it 10 years later.

If you have to design something, choose things that we need as opposed to frivolous things that we might just want for a month or two for bragging rights.

They realize that spending millions to save billions is just good business.

I have a view that if you build something that's good, and you keep making it better, it lasts.

Shoes are a good starting point. I've become quite fussy about them! A patent pair of Sonia Rykiel oxfords have become invaluable.

We got more provisions for our whiskey than the same money, which we paid for the liquor, would have bought; so after all it proved a very profitable investment.

The small businessman is smart; he realizes there's no free lunch. On the other hand, he knows where to go to get a good inexpensive sandwich.

The construction of a courthouse is a long-term investment in a building where important public business is done. But that does not justify extravagant expenditures. Courthouses should be dignified, durable, and functional. They should not be grandiose, monumental, and luxurious.

There's a reason good fabrics have a cost. They're done with good quality to last.

We want a Gateway to be the last computer our clients will ever buy.

Everybody wants to own quality, but quality takes time, and it takes money.

A cheap suit is a cheap suit; there's nothing you can do about it.

The PC business is not about price, it's about value, or what you can give the customer for his or her money.

It's better to buy one good pair of shoes than four cheap ones.

When you come across something, and its quality is just outrageous, that's probably something of value. It's been that way for hundreds and hundreds of years - the really, really expensive stuff is also really, really high quality.

Comfort? If a choice has to be made between style and comfort, style wins every time.

I want the audience to walk out of the theater feeling they got their money's worth. Every movie that I enjoy, I leave the theater with something to take with me.