Collectors Quotations

Every experience, good or bad, is a priceless collector's item.

I like sneakers. I guess I could call myself a collector.

I am very focused on large-scale deployments of renewable power and how we're going to get this done. Imagine our military bases covered with solar thermal collectors that could generate steam and electricity.

Beefs against debt collectors are consistently among the top complaints received by both the FTC and state attorneys general.

In a way, my father was lucky. He had a hunch that his vision of the National Gallery would interest other collectors and persuade them to come in with him, and that hunch proved to be right.

I'm a geeky toy collector, and to have toys of your own characters is unbelievably cool.

Sitting with a deck of cards in your hand all day is an obsession. Visiting print shops and bookstores and libraries is an obsession. And writing about this is an obsession. I think, in general, most collectors are obsessed. I think the only form of a rationalized greed is when you're collecting something you are supposedly serious about.

I'm not a collector, however, and I have no desire to own 50 or 60 guitars.

I'm not a collector. I toss things out all the time.

After Strangelove I also started work on an adaptation of The Collector.

For if you love those who love you, what reward have you? Do not even the tax collectors do the same?

Debt collectors should be required to disclose the applicable statute of limitations in the body of their collection letters, in bold type. While it's not illegal to dun a consumer for an old debt, it is illegal to sue for one.

No, I don't suppose I'm so much a collector sort of person.

There are deep-pocketed Elvis collectors that would just go berserk with the right kind of authenticity.

A real collector does not sell.

I am not a collector of deserts!

My intention was never to replace the original film. When people buy 'E.T.' I want them to know they have the original movie, not just for collectors and aficionados, but for everybody who remembers it and wants to continue remembering it just that way.

One SF prediction that I would like very much to see: Get solar collectors launched to beam energy back home, and get away from fossil fuels.

Online, ... if all your pieces look the same, collectors will buy one and move on. I never, ever paint the same thing twice.

I believe the nature of the Hanna-Barbera brand will allow us to bring to life a wonderful new world of action figures, which will be embraced by collectors and fans alike. We will be utilizing the full range of McFarlane talent for this collection and applying our characteristic style and finesse to the timeless Hanna-Barbera characters.

Certain elements of the design should help piece the science together. We don't know the condition of the collectors that hold the science. We'll be learning that in the hours, days, weeks to come.

I eat all year 'round. Bill collectors collect bills all year 'round.

I think the empty box will appeal strictly to the collectors rather than the 7-year-old kid who wants to leave the store with a Star Wars toy.

I will call up some key collectors before an art fair happens and say, 'You should buy this,' and without even seeing the piece, they'll buy it. Twice it's happened with this one collector - and he nearly doubled his money in three days.

Paperbacks blink in and out of print like fireflies. They also, as older collectors have ruefully discovered, fade and fall apart even more rapidly than their owners.

Our ultimate goal- total control of handguns in the United States- is going to take time... The first problem is to slow down the increasing number of handguns being produced... The second problem is to get handguns registered. And the final problem is to make the possession of handguns and all handgun ammunition- except for the military, policemen, licensed security guards, licensed sporting clubs, and licensed gun collectors - totally illegal.

I think in 2004, quite a few people were surprised about how successful the (more expensive) collectors editions were. 'Madden' was a good example of that. Most recently 'Doom 3' came out on Xbox and the premium version outsold the standard edition.

I was one of Them: the Strange Ones. The Funny People. The Odd Tribes of autograph collectors and photographers. The Ones who waited through long days and nights, who used other people's dreams for their lives.

Most collectors buy the toys to keep, not to resell them, ... People will pay whatever it takes to get a toy they want.

Those are the same sandbags our garbage collectors will probably be picking up this week.

My art has nothing to do with servicing collectors, it's for living, for turning on with.

To a collector of curios, the dust is metadata.

There can be little doubt that Americana collectors are increasing in numbers. With each auction we see new categories of collectibles emerging, many with selling prices that seem to be giving previously obscure items new value.

We thought maybe the collectors wouldn't open properly, or maybe they would be covered with gunk from the spacecraft.

You guys (Enid) bring in a lot of good venders for the shows, ... There are some vendors and collectors here all the way from California.

Very often, it's the case that the heirs of significant collectors are not particularly interested in art, and sometimes the simplest thing to do is to have a collection sold off,

Ever since Pitt was wearing one, collectors were dumbfounded; they were saying that it wasn't an expensive watch, what's all the fuss about. I understand the prices have been driven up since then; people are even paying $1000 for them. I've met people that tell me that they spent two years looking for one.

Everything we do really stems from being record collectors rather than musicians. I suppose that's where we're basically different from most bands. When we started, we were fairly heavily inspired by hip-hop from a production perspective because of the way a song is constructed with breaks. That's something people weren't really doing with pop tunes at the time, and it seemed like an obvious way of making music without having to learn how to play an instrument, which had always been my dream.

The results reflect a strong, solid and successful market - there were some very high prices but participating collectors remain focused and controlled.

Theologians are collectors and tellers of tales; the better the theologian, the better the stories

Barbara and I have been active in the art world for many years, and we believe it is important to support learning in the arts. Additionally, we are avid collectors and have lent and donated many paintings and sculptures to museums. Personally, with the exception of my family, there is nothing that gives me more pleasure than art. It's my true passion.

This is a tremendous value that collectors and Cardinals fans will cherish for generations to come.

There's a buzz about palmbeach3. There will be a lot of good galleries and a lot of good collectors will buy from those galleries.

It's the kids' version of our annual (adult) Collectors Day when we invite people in the community to bring their collections to show visitors.

The biggest disservice you can do to an instrument is to lock it away. Collectors will buy these instruments and put them in glass cases. They never get played and they lose their soul.

The world is full of tradeoffs, and sometimes 'renewable power' activists fail to recognize that. Solar energy collectors must displace a tremendous amount of natural landscape to produce any significant amount of energy. And anything less requires a great deal of financial expenditures for very little and very inconsistent power.

The thing is the collectors still came. They got to visit the museums, the collections, the artists and as a result of that first encounter, even without the fair, they were able to go back to the rest of the world and tell them what an amazing experience they had here in Miami.

I'm sure there are collectors who keep things hidden away and never show it off, ... That's hard for me to understand because part of what has made 'Star Wars' collection so wonderful to me is the chance to share and meet with all kinds of people.

I'm thrilled to be in South Florida for our tour and to open the first gallery exhibit this year. It's a great turn-out and I look forward to speaking with the collectors who have shown me such great support over the years.

I had bill collectors chasing me. We were skipping from town to town, not leaving forwarding addresses. The agent couldn't find me when he sold my book. He finally found me.

I'm a huge poster collector.

Collectors are paying for our education by purchasing our art.

Collectors will threaten to have them deported. Even if they say they are here legally or are citizens, collectors have threatened to call immigration anyway to cause problems, especially for family or friends who may be here illegally.

Collectors say, 'I hate reproductions. It's awful. Why would anybody do that?,' ... That's what they say officially. But behind the scenes they use our copies. On the walls they have our copies. All their paintings are in vaults.

Collectors purchase these and they are used for target practice.

Collectors just drop signed blank checks in front of the dolls. You're at these shows, and you're like a rock star. You have people come up with magazines and wanting your autograph.

Collectors continue to provide great feedback about the Box Set release and two of the things they continued to ask for were the introduction of dual-autograph cards and the continuation of the low numbered green autograph cards they saw in the 2004 releases. We were pleased to respond to this feedback and believe this set will build on the success of the previous releases.

Collectors are all ages. We do have junior clubs. It's a good hobby for a long life. We have a lot of members well into their 90s.

Although eBay is a fantastic tool for collectors who want to buy or sell, you really have to have knowledge of items before you embark.

The main objective of this is to serve as an incentive to dealers and collectors to be much more aware of documents that were potentially stolen or taken from government archives. The second is to put unscrupulous people on notice that these activities are going to be watched. If they continue to engage in these activities, there's a good chance they are going to get caught.

I hate collectors, the ones who take something just for themselves.

She's a hypnotist collector; you are a walking antique...

There are one-story intellects, two-story intellects, and three-story intellects with skylights. All fact collectors with no aim beyond their facts are one-story men. Two-story men compare reason and generalize, using labors of the fact collectors

Collectors are happy people.