“OK, I wasn't as successful as, say, Julia Roberts, but I'd spent years in a very respectable career, some big American films but a host of other smaller, really exciting, maybe experimental films, being paid rubbish but working with fine people, that was what I thought I was known for.” PeopleYearsBigsFilmKnownCareersSuccessfulFineExcitingPaidHostRespectableRubbishJuliaAmerican Film Author:Joely Richardson
“Acting is something that I always wanted, but I never paid attention to the notion that it might actually work out. You have all sorts of ideas about what you want to do - at one stage, I wanted to be a jockey - but this is the one that's a big deal.” WantIdeasBigsMightWantedDealsActingAttentionStagePaidNotionWork OutWhat You WantBig DealJockeys Author:Olivia Thirlby
“If 98 out of 100 doctors tell me I've got a problem, I should take their advice. And if those two other doctors get paid by Big Snack Food, like certain climate deniers get paid by Big Coal, I shouldn't take their advice.” IfsShouldTwoProblemBigsCertainAdviceDoctorsPaidClimateCoalSnacks Author:Al Franken
“In the Internet world, both ends essentially pay for access to the Internet system, and so the providers of access get compensated by the users at each end. My big concern is that suddenly access providers want to step in the middle and create a toll road to limit customers' ability to get access to services of their choice even though they have paid for access to the network in the first place.” WorldWantFirstsEndsBigsChoicesAbilityPayStepsMiddleInternetLimitsConcernPaidCustomersAccessUsersTollsProviders Author:Vinton Cerf
“I think that argument is completely morally bankrupt, and I think people know that when they make it. There's a very big difference between having a sincere, passionate interest in a topic and being a paid shill. Particularly for PR firms, it's something they should really very strongly avoid: ever touching an article.” PeopleThinkingKnowsShouldBigsInterestDifferencesArgumentPaidPassionateFirmSincereTouchingArticlesVery StrongTopicsShills Author:Jimmy Wales
“Governments don't want a population capable of critical thinking, they want obedient workers, people just smart enough to run the machines and just dumb enough to passively accept their situation.You have no choice. You have owners. They own you. They own everything. They own all the important land. They own, and control the corporations. They've long since bought, and paid for the Senate, the Congress, the state houses, the city halls, they got the judges in their back pockets and they own all the big media companies, so they control just about all of the news and information you get to hear.” PeopleThinkingWantLongImportantStatesEnoughBigsGovernmentRunningChoicesHouseCitiesCompanySituationAcceptingLandMediaInformationJudgingNewsCapableSmartMachinesPaidWorkersCongressPopulationCriticalDumbCorporationsPocketsOwnersHallsSenateCritical ThinkingObedientCity Hall Author:George Carlin
“I don't want to be disrespectful to people who are incredible at their craft, but the truth is, if I didn't get paid for it, I wouldn't act. The best-paying jobs are usually the worst films. You're a very small cog in a big machine.” PeopleIfsWantBigsJobsFilmWorstTruth IsMachinesPaidIncrediblesCraftsDisrespectfulCogs Author:Paddy Considine
“You gotta be the right size, height, speed - all those are a big factor in what position you play. If you love the game, play the position you love. Some positions get paid more, but at the end of the day you gotta play the game you love.” IfsEndsPlayBigsGamesPositionPaidSizeSpeedFactorsHeightThe End Of The Day Author:LeSean McCoy
“The liberation of women from exclusive domesticity did not originate in feminist books, or a war, or a big inflation, although they contributed to its progress. The rising enrollment of women in the paid labor force is a straightforward consequence of the industrial revolution of two hundred years ago.” YearsTwoBookWarBigsForceProgressRevolutionHundredConsequenceYears AgoLaborPaidFeministLiberationRisingInflationExclusiveStraightforwardHouseworkIndustrial RevolutionDomesticityLabor ForceEnrollment Author:Barbara Bergmann
“Rock 'n' roll accepted me and paid me, even though I loved the big bands I went that way because I wanted a home of my own. I had a family. I had to raise them. Let's don't leave out the economics. No way.” WayHomeBigsWantedMy OwnRocksBandEconomicsPaidRaisesAcceptedRock N Roll Author:Chuck Berry
“Some of the biggest bores I've ever known are men who have been highly successful in business, particularly self-made heads of big companies. Before the first olive has settled into the first martini, they pour the stories of their lives into the nearest and sometimes the remotest ears capturable.... These men have indeed paid the price of success. To rise to the top of a big company often takes a totality of effort, concentration and dedication. Others, too, have to pay part of the price. Wife and children are out of mind even when in sight.” MenMindFirstsChildrenHas BeensMadeSelfSometimesStoriesBigsEffortPayCompanyKnownSuccessfulWifeEarsSightPaidBoredomConcentrationDedicationBoresTotalityOlivesSelf MadeMartiniBig CompaniesPrice Of Success Author:Malcolm Forbes
“We have heard all of our lives how, after the Civil War was over, the South went back to straighten itself out and make a living again. It was for many years a voiceless part of the government. The balance of power moved away from it--to the north and the east. The problems of the north and the east became the big problem of the country and nobody paid much attention to the economic unbalance the South had left as its only choice.” YearsWarCountryProblemBigsGovernmentChoicesLeftAttentionOur LivesHeardEconomicBalanceEconomicsPaidAdversityMovedSouthEastCivil WarReconciliationBig ProblemsVoicelessBalance Of Power Author:Lyndon B. Johnson
“It's hard not to get a big head in the film industry, there are people on a set paid to cater to your every need, from the minute you arrive until you go home. It's kind of strange, but not unpleasant.” PeopleNeedsKindHardHomeBigsFilmMinutesStrangeIndustryPaidFilm IndustryBig Heads Author:Eric Stoltz
“I am not a believer in large salaries. I hold that every man should be paid for personal production. Our big men at Bethlehem seldom get salaries of over one hundred dollars a week; but all of them receive bonuses computed entirely on the efficiencies and the economies registered in their departments.” MenShouldBigsEconomyWeekHundredPaidDollarsProductionsBelieverEvery ManDepartmentEfficiencySalaryBonusBethlehem Book:Succeeding With What You Have Source: Succeeding With What You Have
“Big banks are more dangerous than standing armies, and the practice of borrowing and spending money to be paid back by the next generation is stealing from their future.” BigsNextPracticeGenerationsDangerousStandingArmyPaidSpendingStealingNext GenerationBorrowingSpending Money Author:Thomas Jefferson
“One simple step firms can take is make sure that people that are getting paid a lot of money, say more than a million or two, that a big chunk of that money is deferred. That's going to change the whole ballgame.” PeopleTwoWholeBigsSimpleStepsMillionsPaidFirmLots Of MoneyChunksBallgame Author:Richard Thaler
“I tried making an album six years ago. It was just horrific. Trust me, it's smashed into smithereens. I paid big money to silence that one.” YearsBigsSilenceSixYears AgoPaidAlbumsTrust MeHorrific Author:Hugh Jackman
“Every business tries to turn this year's success into next year's greater success. It's hard for me to see why Microsoft is sinful to do this. If it's a sin, then I hope all of Berkshire Hathaway's subsidiaries are sinners. Someone whose salary is paid by U.S.taxpayers is happy to dramatically weaken the one place where we're winning big?!” IfsTryingYearsHardBigsTurnsNextWinningSinGreaterPaidSinnerSalaryTaxpayersNext YearMicrosoft Author:Charlie Munger
“As much as we disliked the Yankees, fans and players alike, they were good for baseball. They consistently unsuccessful teams like the Browns, Senators, and A's paid a lot of their bills with those big crowds that poured through the gates when the Yankees came to town.” BigsPlayerTeamFansBaseballPaidTownsBillsCrowdsGatesConsistentlySenatorsYankeesUnsuccessful Author:Bob Feller
“I get an adrenaline rush from "playing with the big boys." I consider myself a tomboy and was an athlete in high school, so I like to "talk shop" anyway. But it's fun to actually get paid to cover the NFL with all these incredible former players and sports anchors.” BigsSchoolFunSportsBoysPlayerHigh SchoolPaidIncrediblesAthleteFormerNflShopsAnchorsAdrenalineAdrenaline Rush Author:Megan Alexander
“People were paid lots of money to make stupid decisions, people in big banks, and when people are paid to be stupid they'll be stupid. The question was, did they know they were being stupid or were they just stupid? I think you need to take it on a case by case basis. There was some sinister activity, but I think by and by it was people being incentivised to do the wrong thing.” PeopleThinkingKnowsNeedsBigsDecisionCasesStupidActivityBasesPaidLots Of MoneyWrong ThingsSinisterBeing StupidStupid Decision Author:Michael Lewis
“I was just worried that someone was gonna think that I had been commissioned by Jamba Juice to make cartoons about Jamba Juice. And the big thing for me was - if I'm not getting paid to sell out, I don't want people to think that I'm selling out.” PeopleIfsThinkingWantBigsPaidSellsSellingWorriedCartoonBig ThingsJuiceSelling Out Author:David Rees
“ItÂ’s not that Monsanto is making money out of the blue. ItÂ’s making money by coercing and literally forcing people to pay for what was free. Take water, for instance. Water has always been free. WeÂ’ve never paid for drinking water. The World Bank says the reason water has been misused is because it was never commercially priced. But the reason itÂ’s been misused is because it was wasted by the big users—industry, which polluted it.” PeopleWorldHas BeensReasonBigsWaterPayIndustryPaidBlueDrinkingInstanceMaking MoneyUsersDrinking WaterMisusedWorld BankMonsanto Author:Vandana Shiva
“One of the big problems in America's economic polarization and shrinkage is that pensions can't be paid. So there are going to be defaults on pensions here, just like Europeans are insisting in rolling back pensions. You can look at Greece and Argentina as the future of America.” LooksProblemBigsAmericaEconomicPaidRollingGreeceDefaultPensionBig ProblemsArgentinaInsistingPolarizationFuture Of AmericaShrinkage Author:Michael Hudson
“We'll have a national dispute - debate about it, and the goal should be to bring in - to help respectfully appeal to those voters that can make the difference, the ones who are not going to be entrepreneurs, are never going to be - run a - be a CEO in some big business, and they know it, but they would like to have their Social Security, they would like to have Medicare as they paid for all their years, and they'd like rising wages rather than falling wages.” KnowsShouldYearsHelpingBigsRunningFallSocialGoalDifferencesSecurityPaidEntrepreneurDebateAppealsRisingVotersCeoWagesSocial SecurityDisputesMedicareBig Business Author:Jeff Sessions
“Today much of anti-biofuel "science" - including the false claim that biofuels need more energy to make than they contain - has been shown to be complete hogwash, bought and paid for by big oil.” NeedsHas BeensBigsTodayEnergyClaimsPaidIncludingOilBiofuelsBig OilHogwash Author:Josh Tickell
“This is very dangerous for us, as a society, and I think people deserve a politics of integrity that is not bought and paid for by big banks, fossil fuel giants, war profiteers, insurance companies, the things that those two corporate parties both represent and which pull the strings inside the party.” PeopleThinkingTwoWarBigsPartyCompanyDangerousIntegrityDeservePaidCorporateGiantsFuelStringsFossilsFossil FuelInsurance Companies Author:Jill Stein
“You're not chasing syndication any more. It used to be a big thing. "Let's make 100 episodes and we'll get paid for life". You know? And what does the sheer amount of content that's being made do to syndication after a while? It just seems like there's more content than there is hours for everyone to watch it. But it's some of the best content that's ever been created.” KnowsDoeMadeBigsSeemsUsedHoursWatchesAmountPaidUsed To BeEpisodesSheerChasingBig Things Author:Bill Burr
“I'd known the people at Rolling Stone for a while. I'd gone to them with a piece I'd done on Beirut for Vanity Fair that Vanity Fair didn't want to publish, because they said I was making fun of death... This was Tina Brown.But they paid me for it. So I've got this big chunk of a piece, and Rolling Stone liked it, but they thought it was a little dated. But then they called me back and asked me to do a similar piece about the Turks and Caicos Islands, where the whole government had been arrested for dope smuggling. That was fun.” PeopleWantLittlesSaidDoneWholeBigsGovernmentFunKnownGonePiecesFairsStonesPaidVanityIslandsBrownRollingThey SaidPublishArrestedDopeRolling StonesChunksBeirutVanity FairSmuggling Author:P. J. O'Rourke
“My Big Mama is my No. 1 financial role model. Much of my advice stems from what she taught me. She never made more than $13,000 a year, yet she paid off her home before she retired. She saved money from every paycheck. She taught me to be skeptical. It makes me cry to think that I'm a nationally syndicated personal finance columnist for one of the world's best newspapers and my core advice comes from my black grandmother who was a nurse's aide with just a high school education.” ThinkingWorldYearsMadeHomeBigsSchoolBlackRolesAdviceCryTaughtModelsHigh SchoolPaidFinancialSavedCoreNewspapersFinanceGrandmotherRole ModelsNurseStemRetiredSkepticalMamaPaychecksColumnistsSchool EducationPersonal FinancePaid OffBig Mama Author:Michelle Singletary
“The only reason to be in politics is public service. There's no other reason. Frankly, if that's the best job you can get in terms of money, that's too bad, you know. Because frankly, it's not well paid, everyone knows that. So for most people it's a big sacrifice.” PeopleIfsKnowsWellsReasonBigsJobsTermSacrificePaidPublic ServiceBest Job Author:Malcolm Turnbull
“Now look, you built a factory and it turned into something terrific or a great idea, God Bless, keep a big hunk of it. But part of the underlying social contract is you take a hunk of that and paid forward for the next kid who comes along.” LooksIdeasBigsKidsNextSocialBuiltPaidBlessContractsFactoriesTerrificGreat IdeaGod BlessSocial ContractHunk Book:A Fighting Chance Source: A Fighting Chance
“Kim Kardashian's marriage to Kris Humphries famously lasted 72 days, and was reported in the tabloids as being all about the big bucks paid by magazines for the bridal photos: it is a spectacle of a bride-to-be as entrepreneur, not as romantic heroine; the groom, in this scenario, is nothing but a prop.” BigsPaidEntrepreneurMagazinesScenariosBucksBridesPropsHeroinesTabloidsKimBridal Author:Naomi Wolf
“galatea was a serious girl. she was pale and looked like tears all over. big ed passed his hand through his hair and said hello. she looked at him steadily. "where have you been? why did you do this to me?" and she gave dean a dirty look; she knew the score. dean paid absolutely no attention; what he wanted now was food; he asked jane if there was anything. the confusion began right there.” IfsLooksSaidHandsBigsWantedGirlAttentionTearsSeriousHairPaidConfusionDirtyScorePaleHelloJaneDean Author:Jack Kerouac
“A certain person wondered why a big strong girl like me wouldn't keep a job which paid a normal salary. I took my time to lead her and to read her every page. Even minimal people can't survive on minimal wage. A certain person wondered why I wait all week for you. I didn't have the words to describe just what you do. I said you had the motion of the ocean in your walk, and when you solve my riddles you don't even have to talk.” PeoplePersonsSaidBigsJobsCertainGirlStrongWaitingWalksWeekNormalOceanPagesPaidSolveLike MeMy TimeSalaryRiddleStrong Girl Book:I Shall Not Be Moved: Poems Source: I Shall Not Be Moved: Poems
“You could call him," Wes suggests. "Why be a spectator in the game of love? Take charge. Don't wait around and let the boy call all the shots." "As cheesy as all of that sounds," Kimmie adds. "Cheese or not,I know what I'm talking about." He sulks. "I've lived it. I've learned it." Kimmie lets out a laugh. "With who,Romeo? That Wendy girl you paid to date you?" "Oh, and because I don't have a dating history as big as your mouth, it doesn't quite measure up?" "I hate to break this to you, but that isn't the only thing of yours that doesn't measure up." "Wouldn't you like to know?" He grins.” KnowsBigsHateGirlGamesWaitingSoundTalkingBoysBreakLaughingMouthsShotsDatingI HatePaidAddI've LearnedCheeseSpectatorsCheesyWendy Author:Laurie Faria Stolarz
“Grandfather's been dead all these years, but if you lifted my skull, by God, in the convolutions of my brain you'd find the big ridges of his thumbprint. He touched me. As I said earlier, he was a sculptor. 'I hate a Roman named Status Quo!' he said to me. 'Stuff your eyes with wonder,' he said, 'live as if you'd drop dead in ten seconds. See the world. It's more fantastic than any dream made or paid for in factories.” IfsWorldYearsMadeSaidDreamBigsEyeHateStuffBrainWonderTenI HatePaidFantasticTouchedSecondsFactoriesGrandfatherStatus QuoSkullsSculptorsRidgesThumbprints Book:Fahrenheit 451: A Novel Source: Fahrenheit 451: A Novel
“I paid a worker at New York's zoo to re-open it just for me and Robin (his wife). When we got to the gorilla cage there was 1 big Silverback gorilla there just bullying all the other gorillas. They were so powerful but their eyes were like an innocent infant. I offered the attendant $10,000 to open the cage and let smash that silverback's snotbox! He declined.” BigsEyePowerfulWifeCrazyNew YorkPaidWorkersInnocentBullyingCagesInfantZoosRobinsGorillas Author:Mike Tyson
“Teddy Kennedy's big new idea is to wheel out his 18th proposal to raise the minimum wage. He's been doing this since wages were paid in Spanish doubloons (which coincidentally are now mostly found underwater). Kennedy refuses to countenance any risky schemes like trying to grow the economy so people making minimum wage get raises because they've been promoted. Kennedy's going down and he's taking the party with him! (Recognize the pattern?)” PeopleTryingIdeasBigsFoundGrowsPartyEconomyPaidDown AndRaisesPatternsRefuseWheelsSchemesNew IdeasMinimumWagesProposalMinimum WageCountenanceTeddyUnderwater Author:Ann Coulter