“People who get to express their voice are paid by the people who make profit from it. So they're going to make you believe you have to spend your money buying these products otherwise you won't be happy. This is really wrong. Especially the implication it carries.” PeopleBelieveVoiceProductsPaidProfitBuyingCarrieImplications Author:Michel Gondry
“Resolution Trust Company was set up to liquidate a bunch of assets that the government had inherited because the savings and loans went broke. So the savings and loans went broke, the government stepped in, paid off depositors, and now they're left with this mass of assets to sell. We're not talking about selling here, we're talking about buying intelligently. They were selling what they got handed to them by a bunch of savings and loan operators that had in many cases had done some very dumb thing. But their job was to liquidate it. And they liquidated.” DoneGovernmentJobsLeftCompanyTalkingCasesMassPaidSellsBunchSellingSavingBrokeDumbBuyingResolutionAssetsLoanSavingsNot TalkingOperatorsPaid OffDumb Things Author:Howard Warren Buffett
“If it interests you, they don't have to pay you. It's a fascinating business anyway-it's very nice to be paid-but when you do thrilling material, it's like buying a piece of furniture that's really good.” IfsInterestPayPiecesNiceMaterialsPaidBuyingFascinatingFurnitureThrillingVery Nice Author:Katharine Hepburn
“I love money, and I love movement. I like what it has let me do for my family. I have paid off my mum and dad's mortgage, I've bought them two BMWs, they can have anything they want. I am buying a fleet of cars for myself. I have unemployed my sisters, they don't need to work, don't need to worry about a thing.” WantNeedsTwoWorryCarMovementDadMy FamilyLet MePaidBuyingMy SisterMumMortgageUnemployedLove Of MoneyMum And DadBmwPaid OffI Love Money Author:Conor McGregor
“I've always taken risks and bought property well. As journalism wasn't particularly well paid, buying homes and selling them for profit improved my income.” WellsHomeTakenRiskPaidPropertyProfitIncomeSellingJournalismBuyingBuying A Home Author:Anne Robinson
“With the Health Impact Fund, the innovation is paid for separately, through publicly funded health impact rewards, and the product is sold at the cost of production to all. Here, the cruel injustice of preventing the poor from buying at cost - evidenced by today's suppression of the trade in generic versions of patented medicines - would no longer be needed.” TodayPoorProductsNeededCostPaidInnovationTradeImpactMedicineRewardsInjusticeProductionsVersionsBuyingFundPreventingSuppressionGeneric Author:Thomas Pogge
“The Christmas after Mom & Dad split up, they both went crazy buying us presents. Matt, Jonny, and I were showered with gifts at home and at Dads apartment. I thought that was great. I was all in favor of my love being paid for with presents. This year all I got was a diary and a secondhand watch. Okay, I know this is corny, but this really is what Christmas is all about.” KnowsYearsHomeWatchesCrazyMomDadOkayPaidFavorsBuyingSplitsApartmentDiariesCorny Author:Susan Beth Pfeffer
“Buying something on sale is a very special feeling. In fact, the less I pay for something, the more it is worth to me. I have a dress that I paid so little for that I am afraid to wear it. I could spill something on it, and then how would I replace it for that amount of money?” LittlesFactsFeelingsPaySpecialAmountPaidDressesBuyingShoppingSpillsBuying Something Book:Naked Beneath My Clothes: Tales of a Revealing Nature Source: Naked Beneath My Clothes: Tales of a Revealing Nature