And besides, he added, a little bit of grease may be a worthwhile price to pay.
In his view, the absence of the weapons would be a worthwhile price for liberating Britain from stifling US dominance.
We believe that all this harassment has been a worthwhile price for our professional commitment to reporting the truth.
People from the private sector, whose companies regard time spent on the committee as a worthwhile price to pay for access to power, probably.
The left, by contrast, has been more reluctant to make the case for higher taxes as the worthwhile price of better public services and a stronger social safety net.
Or they could take advantage of it, betting that a stronger rupee is a worthwhile price to pay for faster telecoms networks and elevated roads over India's congested city streets.
According to Aluf Benn, a columnist in the Israeli daily, Haaretz, Mr Olmert struggled in a recent meeting to persuade a sceptical American president that the Golan Heights may be a worthwhile price to pay for a full-blown change in the region's strategic alignment.
Ms. Jenkins doesn't imply that all that pain is a worthwhile price to pay for imagination, but she acknowledges the paradoxical truth that suffering can also be a source of inspiration, a way out of the childhood room we sometimes call the past.
That would mean relatively small expenditures for the big companies that dominate the event's sponsorship activity, a worthwhile price for boosting your image in front of thousands of wealthy sports fans.
For Omar, losing his job and finding himself with a criminal record was a worthwhile price to pay.
