Democracy is not worth a brass farthing if it is being installed by bayonets.
Eight of the nine who got damages were not worth a dime, and all but six of those who failed to sustain their suits were worthless. - , 1878.
In the screenplay by Lorenzo Semple Jr., and David Rayfiel, Turner very early on stumbles upon the existence of a kind of super-C.I.A. within the C.I.A., after which his life is not worth a plug nickel.
I'm just telling you. Take this girl along, and your life's not worth a plugged nickel.