“A Congressional Budget Office report released as recent as June 2004 says the system will be able to pay full benefits until 2052, and 80 percent after that.” AblePayOfficeBenefitsPercentBudgetsReportsJune Author:Grace Napolitano
“President Obama likes to talk about the Buffett Rule. Well, here's a Buffett Rule that all Americans should be able to support: mom and pop businesses should not pay a higher tax rate than Fortune 500 corporations like Warren Buffett's.” ShouldWellsAblePresidentPaySupportMomHigherTaxesFortuneRatePopsLikesCorporationsPresident ObamaBuffettWarren Buffet Author:Rob Portman
“I'm from Naples. I was born in a poor neighborhood and I always, in my heart, felt like it would be amazing to be able to adopt a child from Naples. I could give someone the opportunity I had. I would love to give back in that way and pay it forward.” WayGivingHeartChildrenWould BeAbleOpportunityFeltBornPoorPayMy HeartNeighborhoodGiving BackNaplesPay It ForwardHeart FeltPoor NeighborhoodsAlways In My Heart Author:Giuliana Rancic
“The idea that you can live off the grid and just do your own thing is a very American idea - that you should be able to do your own thing, if you want to, if you're willing to pay the price for it. I think the price has gotten higher and higher.” IfsThinkingWantShouldIdeasAblePayWillingHigherPay The PriceGrids Author:Dana Spiotta
“I do not believe that the Social Security system is in crisis. The Social Security Administration itself recently reported that the system is able to pay full benefits as they are defined today until at least 2042.” BelieveTodayAbleSocialPaySecurityBenefitsCrisisDefinedAdministrationSocial SecuritySecurity Systems Author:James T. Walsh
“In the medium and long term. Spain is solvent and able to pay its high debts. In the short-term, we have the capacity to meet our obligations.” LongAbleTermPayCapacityDebtObligationMediumsLong TermSpainShort Term Author:Luis de Guindos
“Given that you'll never be able to prevent copying, the question is, what can you do to minimize it? What can you do to make consumers happy enough with legitimate use of the system that they'll be willing to pay for it?” EnoughUseAbleGivenPayWillingConsumersCopying Author:Edward Felten
“Historically in restaurants, the service staff is awarded significantly higher wages than cooks and other staff who prepare the food on which a restaurant's reputation is based. The gap in pay is so great that it is becoming increasingly difficult for young cooks to pursue their passion at the rate of pay restaurants are able to afford.” AbleYoungPassionDifficultPayBecomingHigherCookingRatePursueReputationCooksRestaurantsGapsStaffWages Author:Thomas Keller
“I believe that what works for the consumer is to be able to determine what they can pay -- even if it is nothing. (Just joking.) Unfortunately, so many depend on credit for living expenses, and the lower payments helped them in the immediate term. I am OK with that. For those who want their minimum to be more, you don't have to wait on your credit issuer to increase the payment -- do it on your own. For others, at this time, I think it's a horrible idea.” IfsThinkingWantBelieveIdeasAbleI BelieveWaitingTermPayDependsIncreaseDetermineCreditHorribleConsumersExpensesMinimumPayment Author:Trina
“It means being able to resist the urge for immediate gratification and opt for the course of action that will pay off later.” MeanAbleActionCoursesPayMaturityUrgesGratificationImmediate Gratification Author:Ann Landers
“They have passed the big inheritance tax, and that gets you when you are gone. You used to could die and be able to beat taxes, but not now. The undertaker don't go over your body as carefully as the assessor does your accumilated assets, and he gets his before the undertaker. They have it on these big fortunes now where they pay as high as 60 to 70 percent of what they leave. That's mighty expensive dying when it runs into money like that, and you won't see 'em dropping off as casually as they have been.” DoeHas BeensBodyBigsRunningAbleUsedDiesPayGoneDyingTaxesBeatsPercentFortuneYour BodyExpensiveEmsOver YouAssetsInheritanceDroppingUndertakerInheritance Tax Author:Will Rogers
“You make a movie and it's like convincing people to go on an expedition with you. You think you know where it's going to end up, and you're hoping and guessing. But, when people trust you and get involved, based on that trust, it's a really nice feeling to be able to have everything pay off.” PeopleThinkingKnowsEndsFeelingsAblePayNiceGoes OnInvolvedConvincingGet InvolvedReally NiceGuessingExpeditionsYou Think You KnowNice Feeling Author:David Ayer
“Maybe in the back of my mind I was kind of wishing that I would become a rock star, kind of wishing that I would reach enough people who would be willing to pay me for the music, that I would actually be able to live off of just writing the songs that I wanted to write. But I don't think I really admitted to myself that that was my goal.” PeopleThinkingWritingMindKindEnoughWould BeAbleWantedSongWishStarsGoalPayRocksWillingRock StarOf My Mind Author:Jonathan Coulton
“Most of my fans are young; they pay for their own tickets and work really hard to be able to come, and so I want to give all of them the best show.” WantGivingHardShowsAbleYoungPayFansTickets Author:Miley Cyrus
“Nietzsche says that as soon as he had read a single page of Schopenhauer, he knew he would read every page of him and pay heed to every word, even to the errors he might find. Every intellectual aspirant will be able to name men whom he has read in this way.” MenWayMightAbleNamesPayPagesIntellectualErrorsHeed Book:Friedrich Nietzsche (English Edition) Source: Friedrich Nietzsche (English Edition)
“My dream scenario would be that you could go into a bookshop, examine copies of every book in print that they're able to offer, then for a fee have them produce in a minute or two a beautiful finished copy in a dust jacket that you would pay for and take home.” TwoBookHomeDreamWould BeAbleBeautifulPayMinutesProduceOffersFinishedDustCopiesPrintJacketsScenariosFeesBookshops Author:William Gibson
“If I chose to have a nanny, I'd be able to pay to have a nanny - a lot of women don't have that opportunity. I don't feel like I'm a working single mom, because I have that option that a lot of people don't have.” PeopleIfsFeelsAbleOpportunityPayMomSingle MomNannies Author:Gillian Anderson
“How would we feel if you could pay extra to smoke on airplanes? When we decide something is a bad idea in general for society, we don't want the rich to be able to buy their way out of it.” IfsWayWantFeelsIdeasAblePayRichSmokeExtrasAirplaneBad Ideas Author:Peter Gleick
“The purpose of finance is to enable business to acquire the ownership of capital instruments before it has saved the funds to buy and pay for them. The logic used by business in investing is things that will pay for themselves is not today available to the 95% born without capital. Most of us owe instead of own. And the less the economy needs our labor, the less able we are to "save" our way to capital ownership.” WayNeedsWisdomTodayAbleUsedPurposePoliticsBornPayEconomyLaborLogicInstrumentsInvestingAvailableSavedFinanceLiberalismAcquireFundOwnership Author:Louis O. Kelso
“I feel fortunate to have made records during an era where people actually bought music. But I have friends in struggling up-and-coming bands now that will certainly never be able to pay the rent, because music has been devalued.” PeopleFeelsHas BeensMadeAblePayStruggleRecordsBandErasFortunate Author:Tom Morello
“It's not vanity, because if you look weird, it will distract from what your trying to do. If you look as good as you can, people will be able to pay attention to what your actually saying.” PeopleIfsTryingLooksAblePayAttentionVanityPay Attention Author:Tina Fey