Resistance at all cost is the most senseless act there is. Friedrich Dürrenmatt
Humor is a serious thing. I like to think of it as one of our greatest earliest natural resources, which must be preserved at all cost. James Thurber
To spare oneself from grief at all cost can be achieved only at the price of total detachment, which excludes the ability to experience happiness. Erich Fromm
Avoid teams at all cost. Keep your circle small. Never join a group that has a name. George Carlin
The matter, says Mardonios, has gone too far, the talk it has aroused must be stopped at all cost. - So Julian goes to the church at Nicomedia, a lector again, and there with deep reverence he reads out loud passages from the Holy Scriptures, and everyone marvels at his Christian piety. Constantine P. Cavafy