“Experience burned into me the conviction that access to education ought to be based on how much you are willing to learn and how hard you are willing to work, not on how many dollars your family has in their bank account.” HardWillingOughtAccountsDollarsConvictionAccessOur FamilyBurnedBank AccountsWilling To LearnAccess To Education Author:Dave Obey
“In fact, I had a series of offers which would have brought me a lot of money to make films and package TV programs. There were people who said to me, we'll put a million dollars in your bank account tomorrow, which is a hard thing to turn down.” PeopleSaidHardFactsFilmTurnsMillionsTvsTomorrowOffersProgramAccountsDollarsSeriesLots Of MoneyPackagesMillion DollarsHard ThingsBank Accounts Author:Roone Arledge
“You have driven me from the East to this place, and I have been here two thousand years or more....My friends, if you took me away from this land it would be very hard for me. I wish to die in this land. I wish to be an old man here....I have not wished to give even a part of it to the Great Father. Though he would give me a million dollars or more I would not give to him this land....When people want to slaughter cattle they drive them along until they get them to a corral, and then they slaughter them. So it was with us....My children have been exterminated; my brother has been killed.” PeopleIfsMenWantGivingYearsChildrenHas BeensTwoHardWould BeDiesFatherWishMillionsLandBrotherThousandMy FriendsGive MeDollarsEastDrivenMy ChildrenMy BrotherNativeOld ManNative AmericanThousand YearsMillion DollarsSlaughterCattleGreat FatherWish To Die Author:Standing Bear
“Dad was supportive, intelligent, read to me as a kid, left me a trillion dollars. It's hard to complain.” HardKidsLeftDadIntelligentDollarsComplainingSupportive Author:Rick Remender
“Comic book readers are just as abandoned by the corporate system as the creators, despite the importance supposedly given their hard-earned dollars. The average comics shop can offer only a tiny fraction of an industrywide selection that is itself extremely limited in scope. And even when readers know exactly what they want, the search can be maddeningly futile.” KnowsWantBookHardGivenReaderOffersImportanceDollarsAverageCreatorTinyDespiteComicCorporateShopsAbandonedComic BookSelectionScopeFractionsBook Readers Author:Scott McCloud
“Over the years, many executives have said to me with pride: 'Boy, I worked so hard last year that I didn't take any vacation.' I always feel like responding, "You dummy. You mean to tell me you can take responsibility for an eighty-million-dollar project and you can't plan two weeks out of the year to have some fun?” FeelsYearsMeanSaidTwoHardLastsFunResponsibilityBoysMillionsPlansWeekPrideProjectsDollarsExecutivesVacationLast YearTaking ResponsibilityEightyTwo WeeksMillion DollarsRespondingDummy Author:Lee Iacocca