Famous quotes containing the words valuable, player and/or award:
“A great many men’s gratitude is nothing but a secret desire to hook in more valuable kindnesses hereafter.”
—François, Duc De La Rochefoucauld (1613–1680)
“That’s free enterprise, friends: freedom to gamble, freedom to lose. And the great thing—the truly democratic thing about it—is that you don’t even have to be a player to lose.”
—Barbara Ehrenreich (b. 1941)
“The award of a pure gold medal for poetry would flatter the recipient unduly: no poem ever attains such carat purity.”
—Robert Graves (1895–1985)