“In every union roles are assumed, some traditional, some not. My husband used to pay his own bills, I used to call my own repairman. But as marriages progress, you surrender areas of your own competence, often without even knowing it.” UsedMy OwnPayRolesKnowingProgressHusbandAreasBillsUnionsSurrenderTraditionalMy HusbandCompetence Author:Ayelet Waldman
“I was so focused at 21, maybe to my own detriment because I didn't allow myself to have fun. I was constantly looking for the next audition and working to pay the bills.” NextFunMy OwnPayBillsFocusedHaving FunAuditions Author:Jayma Mays
“On Bill Clinton: "If left to my own devices, I'd spend all my time pointing out that he's weaker than bus-station chili. But the man is so constantly subjected to such hideous and unfair abuse that I wind up standing up for him on the general principle that some fairness should be applied. Besides, no one but a fool or a Republican ever took him for a liberal.” IfsMenShouldLeftMy OwnPrinciplesHe ManWindFoolRepublicanStandingAbuseBillsClintonMy TimeDevicesStationsBusFairnessUnfairPointingHideousChili Author:Molly Ivins
“I had, in my legal practice, often encountered really shocking examples of the devastating impact of the costs of long-term medical care on meagre incomes. And, just before I was elected, I had my own personal experience in paying very considerable bills for my mother's terminal illness.” LongCareMotherTermMy OwnPracticeExampleCostImpactBillsIllnessMedicalIncomeLong TermShockingPersonal ExperiencesTerminalMedical CareTerminal Illness Author:Judy LaMarsh
“Death is a greatly overrated experience. I hated Mother's and I'm not looking forward to my own. Apart from the sorrow there are the bills to be paid. Nobody dies for free.” MotherDiesMy OwnSorrowPaidBillsHatedLooking ForwardOverrated Author:Rita Mae Brown
“My parents taught me: Do not rely on a man. Not rely on it that you get married and it pays for you. That's what I figured. I have always paid my own bills.” MenParentMy OwnPayTaughtMarriedPaidBillsRely Author:Bette Midler