“My trade is a lonely one. I'm a craftsman, if you like. It so happens that these days singers are better paid than blacksmiths.” IfsHappensLonelyPaidTradeSingersThese DaysYou Like ItCraftsmanBlacksmiths Author:Jacques Brel
“Id be lying if I said Hollywood wasnt still an ambition; its everyones, isnt it? Youre getting paid very well, youre working with great actors and great directors - who wouldnt want to be a part of that? But its not going to break my heart if it doesnt happen. This business is about doing good work rather than how famous it makes you.” IfsWantWellsHeartSaidStillsHappensLyingActorsBreakMy HeartDirectorsAmbitionHollywoodPaidGood WorkDoing GoodGreat ActorsBreaking My Heart Author:Max Beesley
“Rural poverty happens because people aren't being paid to take adequate care of their places. There's lots of work to do here. And you can't afford to pay anybody to do it! If you depress the price of the products of the place below a certain level, people can't afford to maintain it. And that's the rural dilemma.” PeopleIfsHappensCareCertainLevelsPayPovertyProductsPaidDepressingAdequateDilemma Author:Wendell Berry
“I would never play an extra year for money. I play the game because I love it. I just so happen to get paid. If I don't feel I still enjoy the game, I can care less what a year is worth. I'm not going to play the game just because of money.” IfsFeelsYearsStillsI CanPlayHappensCareGamesEnjoyPaidExtras Author:Michael Jordan
“I knew it was happening, but I never paid much attention to it . . . just to the passage of time. Something new always slowly changes right in front of your eyes - it just happens.” HappensEyeAttentionFrontsHappeningsPaidSomething NewPassagesPassage Of Time Author:William Eggleston
“Sometimes the unexpected does happen. Once, this exquisite woman fell for me. After we made love, she gave me a check for a hundred dollars. I said, "Honey, I don't get paid for sex." She said, "This is hush money."” DoeMadeSaidSometimesHappensSexHundredPaidDollarsChecksUnexpectedHoneyExquisiteHush Author:Ronnie Shakes
“I made mistakes and I broke the law and I'm more than willing to pay a price for that. But there's a price beyond that that my children have paid, and that's not what was supposed to happen.” ChildrenMadeHappensLawPayMistakeWillingPaidBrokeMy ChildrenMade A MistakeI Made A Mistake Author:Paula Poundstone
“Student debt is crushing the lives of millions of Americans. How does it happen that we can get a home mortgage or purchase a car with interest rates half of that being paid for student loans? We must make higher education affordable for all. We must substantially lower interest rates on student loans. This must be a national priority.” DoeHomeHappensInterestHalfMillionsCarStudentsHigherPaidRateDebtPrioritiesCrushLoanMortgageAffordableHigher EducationInterest RateStudent LoanHome Mortgage Author:Bernie Sanders
“Prayer doesn't work because someone out there is listening, it works because someone in here is listening. I've paid attention. I've pictured what I want to happen in my life. I've meditated extensively on my family, my future, my past actions and what did and didn't work for me about them.” WantHappensActionPastPrayerAttentionListeningMy FamilyPaidMy FutureMy Past Author:Adam Savage
“One of the biggest reasons for higher medical costs is that somebody else is paying those costs, whether an insurance company or the government. What is the politicians' answer? To have more costs paid by insurance companies and the government. ... [H]aving someone else pay for medical care virtually guarantees that a lot more of it will be used. Nothing would lower costs more than having each patient pay those costs. And nothing is less likely to happen.” ReasonGovernmentHappensCareUsedAnswersPayCompanyHigherPoliticianCostPaidPatientMedicalGuaranteesGuarantees ThatInsurance CompaniesMedical Care Author:Thomas Sowell
“Often, there is a job - say, for a voiceover or an appearance - and you think: 'Blimey!' From the outside it would seem like you are being paid a lot for a short amount of your time. It would be inappropriate to share how much they pay, but in the industry we call it 'doing a bank raid'. Unfortunately, those jobs do not happen every week.” ThinkingSeemsHappensWould BeJobsPayWeekShareLike YouIndustryAmountPaidAppearanceInappropriate Author:Anthea Turner
“I don't think anything happens without the press, one way or the other. I think it's all done for it. You saw it start, really, with Martin Luther King in Birmingham. He did the bus thing. And I don't think anything that followed would have happened if the press hadn't paid attention.” IfsThinkingWayDoneHappensAttentionSawsHappenedKingsPaidPressesThings HappenOne WayBusLutherBirmingham Author:Garry Winogrand
“Let's say you're someone's phone, and you notice that your owner is drinking coffee at certain times of the day, just very subtly indicating where the local coffee shop is which happens to have paid, you know, whoever makes your phone at the right moment. I think we're in a future where frankly we are possibly facing little tiny bits of manipulation in all of our waking hours, if we don't have that already.” IfsThinkingKnowsLittlesMomentsHappensCertainBitsHoursPaidDrinkingPhonesCoffeeTinyLocalsShopsOwnersManipulationWakingRight MomentCoffee ShopDrinking Coffee Author:Tim Wu
“Common decency demands that [NCAA athletes] should be paid, but the only way it will happen is the same way workers got paid throughout American history, through a strong union.” WayShouldHappensStrongCommonDemandPaidUnionsWorkersAthleteAmerican HistoryDecencyNcaaCommon Decency Author:Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
“In a capitalist system, there's a principle that if you invest, especially in a long-term risky investment, if something comes out of it, you're supposed to get the profit. It doesn't happen in our system. The taxpayer paid for it and gets nothing - assumes all of the risk, gets zero. The money goes into the pockets of Bill Gates and Steve Jobs, who are ripping off decades of work in the public sector.” IfsLongHappensJobsTermPrinciplesRiskPaidBillsAssumingInvestmentProfitDecadesLong TermPocketsGatesZeroCapitalistTaxpayersPublic Sector Author:Noam Chomsky
“If something takes too long, something happens to you. You become all and only the thing you want and nothing else, for you have paid too much for it, too much in wanting and too much in waiting and too much in getting.” IfsWantLongHappensWaitingToo MuchPaid Book:All the King's Men Source: All the King's Men
“Jobs are a part of life. Maybe you've heard of the concept. It's called work? See, what happens is that you suffer through doing annoying and humiliating things until you get paid not enough money. Like those Japanese game shows, only without all the glory.” EnoughShowsHappensJobsSufferingGamesWorkHeardGloryConceptsPaidAnnoyingParts Of LifeHumiliatingGame ShowsThomas Raith Book:Blood Rites: Book six of The Dresden Files Source: Blood Rites: Book six of The Dresden Files
“I was under the impression that I warned you that in London country ways will not do, Frederica!” “You did!” she retorted. “And although I can’t say that I paid much heed to your advice it so happens that I am accompanied today by my aunt!” “Who adds invisibility to her other accomplishments!” WayI CanCountryHappensTodayAdvicePaidAddLondonImpressionAccomplishmentAuntHeedInvisibility Author:Georgette Heyer
“Happiness has got to be paid for. You're paying for it, Mr. Watson–paying because you happen to be too much interested in beauty. I was too much interested in truth; I paid too.” HappensToo MuchPaidWatsonBrave New World HappinessBrave New World Freedom Author:Aldous Huxley
“Charles and I go back since college. None of us thought this would happen, we just wanted to play basketball. This is the highest honor that can ever be paid, and it's mind-blowing.” MindPlayHappensWantedCollegeHonorBasketballHighestPaidMind Blowing Author:Dominique Wilkins
“Whereas students minds used to be the chief concern of colleges and universities, it is now more their bank accounts (more accurately, that of their parents and of the taxpayers). If students happen to learn anything useful while enrolled, that's good, but if not, as long as they've paid their bills, that's not the university's problem.” IfsMindLongProblemHappensUsedParentStudentsCollegeConcernAccountsPaidBillsUniversityUsed To BeChiefsTaxpayersBank AccountsColleges And Universities Author:George Leef
“What happens if you're the guy who's been on the show ten years and is highly paid but they have nothing for you to do is that they bring in other people, and you become a supporting character to those people.” PeopleIfsYearsCharacterShowsHappensGuyTenPaid Author:Ted Shackelford