Larry McMurtry Quotes

Nothing important happens in life without a cost.

Nothing comes without a price.

For every victory there is a price.

You always have to sacrifice something when you want to achieve something.

You pay a price for everything in life.

There's always a price for what you want.

You must pay the price if you wish to secure the blessing.

No matter what we want of life we have to give up something in order to get it.

With everything great comes a price, always, right?

Everything worthwhile, everything of any value, has its price. Everything anyone has ever wanted has come neatly wrapped up in its penalties.

Nothing good happens without a penalty.

You know what I learned? Everything has a price.

For ridding oneself of faith is like boiling seawater to retrieve the salt--something is gained but something is lost.

You might win some, but you just lost one.

Whatever you compromise to gain, you will lose.

Everything has its price - and if that price is not paid, not that thing but something else is obtained... it is impossible to get anything without this price.

Everything has a price. It's just what your willing to pay for it.

For every pleasure, there must be a sacrifice.

For everything you have missed, you have gained something else, and for everything you gain, you lose something else.

There is no decision that we can make that doesn't come with some sort of balance or sacrifice.

What you have become is the price you paid to get what you used to want.

I gave up a lot of things in exchange for my success.

This is part of the price we pay, I guess, for living in paradise.

Nothing of value is free.

It's easy to want the benefits of something; it's hard to want the cost.