“I think that a lot of people are making a lot of money spreading anxiety. Anxiety sells.” PeopleThinkingAnxietySellsLots Of Money Author:Terence McKenna
“Even though 'Heathers' didn't make a lot of money, I really was able to transition into a situation where people thought I could play an attractive role because of it.” PeoplePlayAbleSituationRolesAttractiveTransitionLots Of MoneyHeathers Author:Winona Ryder
“I enjoyed every minute of it, I traveled all over North America, racing everywhere I could, and I had fun with it. I didn't make a whole lot of money, but if I could do it again today, I'd do it, and I think I'd make it.” IfsThinkingWholeTodayAmericaFunMinutesEnjoyedIf I CouldRacingLots Of MoneyTraveledNorth AmericaHad FunI Had Fun Author:Louise Smith
“Just getting movies made is difficult because it takes a lot of money; I mean, it costs more money to make one movie than most bands will spend on every single record of their entire career; it's a huge undertaking.” MeanMadeDifficultCareersRecordsHugeCostBandMore MoneyLots Of MoneyUndertakings Author:Rob Zombie
“I prefer cozy and warm to stark and sterile. You don't have to spend a lot of money to give your place personality.” GivingPersonalityWarmLots Of MoneyStarksCozy Author:Shannen Doherty
“When you're a first time director, you're often considered what's called a "deadly attachment" in the eyes of financiers, because they're trusting you with a lot of money to bring something home, to get great performances, to not have a nervous breakdown in the process.” FirstsHomeEyeProcessDirectorsFirst TimePerformancesNervousAttachmentLots Of MoneyBreakdownFinanciersNervous BreakdownGreat PerformanceTrusting You Author:John Krokidas
“I think also people in states like Pennsylvania know that a lot of money and effort and time needs to be spent on knitting America back together, on the bridges and the roads and the infrastructure and the education.” PeopleThinkingKnowsNeedsStatesTogetherAmericaEffortBridgesLots Of MoneyInfrastructureBack TogetherPennsylvaniaKnittingEffort And Time Author:Chris Matthews
“I'm not interested in doing a simple, straightforward action movie, unless they want to pay me lots of money.” WantActionSimplePayNot InterestedLots Of MoneyStraightforwardAction Movie Author:Julian Jarrold
“There are major challenges, when it comes to making a film in the Arctic. When you're filming wildlife and that wildlife doesn't necessarily take direction, you can spend a lot of time waiting, where you're debating whether or not you should press the record button because it costs a lot of money.” ShouldFilmWaitingChallengesRecordsCostMajorsPressesLots Of MoneyButtonsWildlifeArctic Author:Greg MacGillivray
“We have a conservative government that only thinks in terms of efficiency. They are spending a lot of money on military expenses and less and less on culture. My position is that culture can actually be economically viable. When I make a film, the film costs $3 million. Now, in Quebec, it grossed $3.5 million, which is a small film. It's not a comedy. There are no stars in it. And, it still grosses $3.5 million. That's just in Quebec.” ThinkingStillsGovernmentFilmCultureStarsTermMillionsComedyMilitaryPositionCostConservativeSpendingExpensesLots Of MoneyEfficiencyQuebecSpending A Lot Of Money Author:Philippe Falardeau
“I've worked in the movie business for many, many years, where you have lots of days and lots of money. It's really mainly about time. We always try to conceive all of our action from a place of, "What can we shoot that looks fantastic?," rather than trying to do the kinds of thing that you would be able to accomplish in a movie.” TryingYearsLooksKindWould BeAbleActionAccomplishFantasticLots Of MoneyOur ActionsMovie Business Author:Jonathan Nolan
“There's a lot of money in wars, except in the war on poverty. Can't make any bread helping the poor.” WarHelpingPoorPovertyBreadLots Of MoneyWar On Poverty Author:Lenny Bruce
“The populist zeal to seek revenge on those who make a lot of money is targeted almost exclusively at corporations. I haven't heard outcries about Hollywood actors who make millions per film, even when those movies are a bust at the box office and the talent at issue has none. There's no outrage over athletes like New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez's $33 million salary or Celtic power forward Kevin Garnett's $25 million. Nor should there be. These are exceptionally talented individuals whose teams' owners think they're worth every penny.” ThinkingShouldFilmActorsIndividualMillionsIssuesHeardTeamTalentHavensNew YorkOfficeHollywoodThirdsAthleteBoxesRevengeCorporationsOwnersLots Of MoneyYankeesSalaryPenniesZealAlexOutrageNew York YankeesKevinBox OfficePopulistCeltic Author:Linda Chavez
“You only need a few good stocks in your lifetime. I mean how many times do you need a stock to go up ten-fold to make a lot of money? Not a lot.” NeedsMeanTenLifetimeLots Of MoneyFolds Author:Peter Lynch
“We're going to raise a lot of money for cancer awareness, give some to the American Cancer Society and hopefully make a big difference.” GivingBigsDifferencesAwarenessRaisesCancerHopefullyLots Of MoneyAmerican Cancer SocietyCancer Awareness Author:LL Cool J
“I keep my distance from politics. Lots of money has been offered to me for campaigning over the years, and I have always refused. I used to be very politically aware and very opinionated, but I don't want to involve myself.” WantYearsHas BeensUsedDistanceUsed To BeLots Of MoneyOpinionatedCampaigning Author:Bipasha Basu
“On my YouTube channel, I put up 3-4 videos a week, and I spend a lot of money to maintain that content. When I travel, I travel with a videographer and a photographer no matter what.” MatterWeekNo Matter WhatPhotographerVideoLots Of MoneyYoutube Author:Steve Aoki
“I never wanted to churn it out. Comedians tend to work all the time. They never put it down like musicians who might make an album then take three or four years off to recharge their batteries. Comedians tend to work straight through and they get stale because of that. Even when I didn't have a lot of money I never ever did it unless I had something new to say.” YearsMightWantedThreeFourMusicianAlbumsComedianSomething NewFour YearsLots Of MoneyStaleBatteries Author:Chris Rock
“I feel responsible for Johnny Ray's success. See many years ago I asked him to be on my show and he asked for a lot of money and I cried. And he stole that from me.” FeelsYearsShowsYears AgoResponsibleRaysCriedLots Of Money Author:Jack Benny
“Margaret Thatcher drove us like there was no tomorrow. But I think there is a genuine feeling now that this macho, workaholic, earn lots of money way of life has run its course. There has been a shift in attitude. People are looking for a more balanced approach.” PeopleThinkingWayHas BeensFeelingsRunningCoursesAttitudeTomorrowApproachGenuineBalancedLots Of MoneyMachoWorkaholic Author:Edwina Currie
“Americans don't like any form of art, man. All they like to do is make money. They don't like me, Sammy Davis, or anybody else. They don't like nothing. They just like Sammy because he can make 'em a lot of money.” MenArtAmericaFormLike MeMaking MoneyEmsLots Of MoneyDon't Like MeSammy Davis Author:Miles Davis
“You might be a redneck if you saved lots of money on your honeymoon by going deer hunting.” IfsMightSavedHuntingLots Of MoneyRedneckDeerYou Might Be A Redneck IfHoneymoonDeer Hunting Author:Jeff Foxworthy
“[Justin Bieber]'s rich, right? Grammys are for music and not money. He's making a lot of money. He should be happy with that.” ShouldRichLots Of MoneyJustin Author:Patrick Carney
“I have always made impresarios a lot of money across my career and have never, so far as I am aware, given any of them heart attacks.” HeartMadeGivenCareersLots Of MoneyHeart Attack Author:Montserrat Caballe
“I always wanted to make motion pictures, ever since I was a wee boy, and I was 32, and time was marching on. I met a guy who said, 'Come out to Hollywood for 10 days, and I'll get you a deal.' So I figured, 'OK, 10 days.' On the 10th day, he got me a development deal with Disney, not for a lot of money, but it allowed me to make the move.” SaidWantedMovingGuyDealsBoysDevelopmentMetsHollywoodLots Of MoneyMotion PicturesMarching On Author:Craig Ferguson
“I think it's easier for African American and white comics to be praised than it is Latinos because they think our culture or our humor is substandard. I mean, I just don't think they want to give us credit. I just don't think that they see us as important enough to be at their level. I'm the longest-produced comedy at Warner Bros. and I don't feel special. They come over and say hello. But everybody's gonna make a lot of money and I don't feel like I'm special to them.” ThinkingWantGivingFeelsMeanImportantEnoughCultureWhiteLevelsComedySpecialEasierCreditAfrican AmericanLots Of MoneyHelloLatinoBrosWarner Bros Author:George Lopez
“At the end of the process we called a market research company to find out whom the film was for or what was the target audience. We didn't have a lot of money to release the film, so in order for it to play in cinemas, which are dominated by films with much larger marketing budgets, we had to discover whom the film was for.” EndsPlayFilmOrderProcessCompanyAudienceResearchMarketingReleaseBudgetsCinemaTargetLots Of MoneyMarket ResearchTarget Audience Author:Alex Abreu
“I'm not just going to accept something because it's a lot of money. I'm an artist; content is incredibly important to me.” ImportantArtistAcceptingLots Of Money Author:Nina Dobrev
“Long Kiss Goodnight has a huge cult following. They could make another version of that movie right now and make a lot of money.” LongActorsHugeRight NowKissingFollowingVersionsMovieLots Of MoneyCultKiss MeGoodnight Kiss Author:Samuel L. Jackson
“My husband has no desire to work with me. He gets paid a lot of money to write giant movies. He's not into humoring me with my projects.” WritingDesireHusbandProjectsPaidGiantsMy HusbandLots Of Money Author:Busy Philipps
“Nothing can really prepare you for when you get in the Formula One car. Knowing that you're driving a multimillion-dollar car, and if you crash it it's going to cost a lot of money, and they might not give you another chance, is scary.” IfsGivingMightChanceKnowingCarCostDollarsScaryDrivingFormulasLots Of MoneyCrashChances AreAnother ChanceFormula One Author:Lewis Hamilton
“Trickle-down economics - it didn't work. The whole idea was supply-side economics: give rich people a lot of money; they'll spend it, it'll go into the economy. Here's what we found out - rich people, really good at keeping all the money. That's how they got rich. If you want it in the economy, give it to the poor people. You know what they're really good at? Spending all their money.” PeopleIfsKnowsWantGivingIdeasWholeFoundSidesPoorEconomyRichEconomicsSpendingLots Of MoneyPoor PeopleRich PeopleTrickle DownTrickle Down EconomicsSupply Side Economics Author:Greg Fitzsimmons
“My daughter saw this billboard for this place: 'Swim With the Dolphins.' She goes, 'I wanna do that.' I said, 'It's a lot of money - forget about it.' She said, 'Dad, I always wanted to swim with the dolphins.' 'Always, or since you saw the sign?” SaidWantedForgetSawsDadDaughterMy DaughterSwimLots Of MoneyDolphinsBillboards Author:Robert Schimmel
“Money comes and goes. I'm thankful I have money. I'm trying to save up more. I would like more money. But it's not happiness. If you're a millionaire and hate your family, hate your friends and your life, then what is the point? You're just a person with a lot of money and power who is not happy.” IfsTryingPersonsHappinessHateOur FamilyMore MoneyLots Of MoneyHate YouComes And GoesMillionaireNot HappyMoney And PowerMoney Comes And Goes Author:Dat Phan
“It's not selling out, it is called making lots of money.” SellingLots Of MoneySelling Out Author:Mick Jagger
“It was something I enjoyed doing and decided to give it a couple years, though I'm not making a lot of money now either!” GivingYearsCoupleDecidedEnjoyedLots Of Money Author:Sam Cooke
“Well, my dad was into music, but he wasn't into me being into music. In my house when I was a kid, when I was real young, my dad wanted us all to play sports, and we were jock-like. We had a lot of money. And my brother was sort of the light of our family, and he was a good athlete. And I wasn't a very good athlete, but I tried to be. And then when I was 15 my dad went bankrupt, and we moved to Houston. And I went with him, but then I went back to Portland.” WellsRealPlayLightKidsWantedYoungHouseSportsBrotherDadMovedMy DadVery GoodAthleteOur FamilyMy BrotherLots Of MoneyHoustonJocksPortlandGood Athlete Author:Todd Snider
“Jesus was handling big money because that treasurer He had was a thief. Now you can't tell me that a ministry with a treasurer that's a thief can operate on a few pennies. It took big money to operate that ministry because Judas was stealing out of that bag. If you have a treasurer, that means you have a lot of money.” IfsMeanBigsJesusStealingBagsThievesMinistryLots Of MoneyPenniesJudasTreasurer Author:John Avanzini
“They wanted to 'radiofy' what I was doing. I was also in a position where I was compromised. I was much younger and maybe it is because I am Irish but there was a guilt factor when the record company pays you a lot of money, you feel obliged.” FeelsWantedPayCompanyRecordsPositionGuiltFactorsLots Of MoneyObligedRecord Companies Author:Damien Rice
“When I said that something was going to cost a certain amount of money, I actually knew what I was talking about. The biggest problem that we were having on the financing front was people with lots of money saying "you need more money to make this film [Moon]," and us saying "no this is the first feature film we want to do it at a budget where we sort of prove ourselves at the starting end of making feature films; we can do this for $5 million." That is where the convincing part between me and Stuart came, we had to convince people with money that we could do it for that budget.” PeopleWantNeedsFirstsSaidEndsProblemFilmCertainCan DoTalkingMillionsFrontsAmountCostMoonProveStartingBudgetsFeaturesConvinceMore MoneyLots Of MoneyConvincingSaying NoFinancing Author:Duncan Jones
“NASA is increasingly not the future of space exploration. I love the fact that we have private sector folks devoting a lot of money to stimulate innovation in space technology.” FactsSpaceTechnologyInnovationFolksExplorationLots Of MoneySpace ExplorationPrivate SectorNasa Author:Ian Bremmer
“Drinking again? Go to hell. All I ever do is make some movies that made a lot of money now leave me alone, I want to have some fun.” WantMadeFunHellDrinkingLots Of MoneyLeaving MeMe AloneGo To HellLeave Me Alone Author:Bill Murray
“I'm making a lot of money. I should be paying a lot more taxes. I'm not paying taxes at a rate that is even close to what people were paying under Eisenhower. Do people think America wasn't ascendant and wasn't an upwardly mobile society under Eisenhower in the '50s? Nobody was looking at the country then and thinking to themselves, "We're taxing ourselves into oblivion." Yet there isn't a politician with balls enough to tell that truth because the whole system has been muddied by the rich. It's been purchased.” PeopleThinkingShouldHas BeensCountryEnoughWholeAmericaRichPoliticianTruth IsTaxesBallsRateLots Of MoneyOblivionMobilePaying Taxes Author:David Simon
“What I like about Layer Cake is its intelligent through-line. First of all, I think it's very close to the truth; I think this is what successful drug dealers are like. They don't drive around in flashy cars, they don't show off, they behave very quietly, they get on with their job and they earn lots of money. And it goes up and up and up and up the scale. Secondly - and selfishly - I like the moral aspect of the movie, which is that violence has consequences, and you feel emotionally involved with the violence.” ThinkingFeelsFirstsShowsJobsLinesMoralSuccessfulViolenceCarInvolvedDrugConsequenceAspectIntelligentScalesBehaveCakeLayersLots Of MoneyDealerShowing OffDrug DealersFlashyFlashy Cars Author:Daniel Craig
“My job is making money, helping other people make money. I am spending money, trying to make sure more people get rich, because you cannot spend a lot of money, right? So my job is spending money, helping others. This is a headache.” PeopleTryingHelpingJobsRichSpendingHelping OthersMaking MoneyLots Of MoneyGet RichHeadacheSpending MoneyHelping Other People Author:Jack Ma
“The only way to get love is to be lovable. It's very irritating if you have a lot of money. You'd like to think you could write a check: "I'll buy a million dollars' worth of love." But it doesn't work that way. The more you give love away, the more you get.” IfsThinkingWayGivingWritingLove IsMillionsDollarsChecksLots Of MoneyMillion DollarsIrritatingLovable Author:Warren Buffett
“The first ads for medical marijuana have started airing on television in California. The ads are quite expensive. It costs a lot of money to buy 30 seconds during 'Spongebob Squarepants.'” FirstsTelevisionCostMedicalCaliforniaExpensiveSecondsAdsMarijuanaLots Of MoneyMedical MarijuanaSpongebob Squarepants Author:Craig Ferguson
“There is a soak-the-rich attitude in the air, a feeling that if you have a lot of money you must have got it by some ghastly means. I can quite happily say there was never any family money. All the money we got was mine, just from writing books.” IfsWritingMeanI CanBookFeelingsAttitudeRichAirMinesLots Of MoneyWriting A BookGhastly Author:Terry Pratchett
“I love soap operas - the stories, the plots! And I love the game shows and the courtroom dramas and the detectives - Jessica Fletcher, 'Columbo,' 'Perry Mason,' 'L.A. Law.' Any sense of guilt appeals to me in a television program - a sense of guilt, or a sense of making a lot of money.” StoriesShowsLawGamesTelevisionDramaProgramGuiltAppealsPlotOperaLots Of MoneySoapDetectivesJessicaMasonsSoap OperasCourtroomGame Shows Author:Peter Ackroyd
“You can actually make a lot of money and do a lot of good in the world. I don't see those things as being in opposition to one another. I never have.” WorldOppositionLots Of MoneyGood In The World Author:Peter Blair Henry