Ezra Pound
Poet, Critic
"Why fight for a flag when you can buy one for a nickel."
Nickels quotes
Nickels
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Lord Byron
Poet, Novelist
"Eat, drink and love...the rest is not worth a nickel"
Drake
Rapper, singer, songwriter
"I took some sense and made a nickel of it."
Arthur Miller
Playwright, Essayist
"When a deposit bottle is broken, you don't get your nickel back."
Gordon Smith
Artist
"For years, broadcasters didn't get a nickel out of retransmission consent. But broadcast content is what the cable industry was selling to customers."
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"It's the person who would sell his soul for a nickel, who is loudest in proclaiming his hatred of money."
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"It is curious and interesting to notice what an attraction a fussy, mincing, nickel-plated word has for you."
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