Jeff Nichols Quotes

Cheap booze is a false economy.

The marginal cost of doing something 'just this once' always seems to be negligible, but the full cost will typically be much higher. Yet unconsciously, we will naturally employ the marginal-cost doctrine in our personal lives.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

When you have to earmark human and monetary resources for such a long time, it starts to hinder your other activities.

Being in a scenario where you're thinking, 'I can't do what I want to do due to the financial burden that comes with some of it,' makes you think, 'Well, I could go and do an after-dinner speech every night.' I'd probably earn more than I could in track-and-field. But that's a dangerous scenario to get yourself into.

Time is money, and the more breaks given, the less money that is made.

My average fan works for about $20 per hour, if they are lucky enough to have a job. And then factoring in insurance, taxes and such, they're maybe bringing home $15 per hour. If my tickets are just under $30, it took them about two hours of their life to make the money to come see my show. Why shouldn't I give them two hours too?

There ain't no such thing as a free lunch.

Anything free costs twice as much in the long run or turns out worthless.

If, along the way, something is gained, then something will also be lost.

Lunches don't get free just because you don't see the prices on the menu. And economists don't get popular by reminding people of that.

Count the cost first. Don’t pay too big a price for pursuing minor values.

Human life very much resembles a game of chess: for, as in the latter, while a gamester is too attentive to secure himself very strongly on one side of the board, he is apt to leave an unguarded opening on the other, so doth it often happen in life.

A company has only so much money and managerial time. Winning leaders invest where the payback is the highest. They cut their losses everywhere else.

Everything comes at a price. Everthing in your life. The question you have to ask yourself is, what price are you willing to pay?

Time is money, but also money is money.

Whatever you compromise to gain, you will lose.

Costs merely register competing attractions.

Let a gentleman be known to have been cheated of twenty pounds, and it costs him forty a-year for the remainder of his life.

Understanding economics can help you make better decisions and lead a happier life.

Economy, n. Purchasing the barrel of whiskey that you do not need for the price of the cow that you cannot afford.

The least outlay is not always the greatest gain.

When any welfare scheme is being proposed, its political sponsors always dwell on what a generous and compassionate government should pay to Paul; they neglect to mention that this additional money must be seized from Peter.

Higher energy prices act like a tax. They reduce the disposable income people have available for other things after they've paid their energy bills.