Famous quotes containing the word afford:
“Pickering: Have you no morals, man? Doolittle: Can’t afford them, Governor. Neither could you if you was as poor as me.”
—George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950)
“A major power can afford a military debacle only when it looks like a political victory.”
—Friedrich Dürrenmatt (1921–1990)
“A strong nation, like a strong person, can afford to be gentle, firm, thoughtful, and restrained. It can afford to extend a helping hand to others. It’s a weak nation, like a weak person, that must behave with bluster and boasting and rashness and other signs of insecurity.”
—Jimmy Carter (James Earl Carter, Jr.)