“People love to say we get paid a lot of money to play a game, but it stopped being a game when you start getting paid.” PeoplePlayGamesPaidLots Of Money Author:Curt Schilling
“I got paid a lot of money at one point so the focus became, for a lot of people, about that, but for me, it's always been the same goal: To stop the world for people.” PeopleWorldGoalFocusPaidLots Of Money Author:Jim Carrey
“A lot of people are like, "You're doing commercials?" And I honestly feel like those Sierra Mist commercials are better than a lot of sitcoms I get offered. It's hard work, and I'm paid a lot of money, and I do it because I love the soda.” PeopleFeelsHardHard WorkLike YouPaidHonestlyLots Of MoneyMistSitcomSodaSierra Author:Jim Gaffigan
“My dad was a businessman, and he would say, 'Work for free at the best company. Don't get paid a lot of money to work with the worst people.' And that's exactly how I see my career.” PeopleCompanyCareersWorstDadPaidMy DadLots Of MoneyBusinessmanBest Company Author:Topher Grace
“I was 18 and making 150 quid a week, which was a lot of money to me. Then there was a bad winter and I got paid off. Then my firm, JW Henderson of Bowling Green Street, Leith, went bust. If they hadn't folded, I'd probably still be scaffolding and loving it.” IfsStillsWeekStreetsPaidGreenWinterFirmLots Of MoneyBowlingPaid OffScaffolding Author:Jamie Sives
“I don't think it's the fans, I think it's the fact that they get paid a lot of money for a picture of you doing something wrong. They don't seem to be interested in anything good any more.I think people appreciate what you do.” PeopleThinkingFactsSeemsFansAppreciatePaidLots Of Money Author:Debbie Reynolds
“The writer in movies is about as low as you can get and you really are a hired hand. You are paid a lot of money to be treated like dirt.” HandsLowsPaidTreatedLots Of MoneyDirt Author:Andrew Davies
“I tried to change my name for the fights, but the only way they could pay me money was if I used my own name. I wanted to change my name to, like, Romeo something-or-other, and they said, "No, we can't do that. We've got to use Mickey Rourke." Because they paid me a lot of money to go over to Europe and Asia to fight.” IfsWaySaidUseWantedUsedFightingNamesMy OwnPayEuropePaidLots Of MoneyThey SaidAsiaMickey Author:Mickey Rourke
“Some of the wealthy collectors have paid lots of money for artwork that I already did, but I didn't do it with the intention of catering to them. I think part of the reason my work is attractive to people like that is because it doesn't cater to them.” PeopleThinkingReasonPaidIntentionAttractiveWealthyLots Of MoneyCollectorsArtworkCatering Author:Robert Crumb
“I get paid a lot of money to play a game with the greatest players in the world. What could be better than that?” WorldPlayGamesPlayerPaidLots Of Money Author:Jim Edmonds
“I left drama school and went straight into a 10-week film for which I was paid £75 I might say, which for 1962 was one heck of a lot of money.” MightSchoolFilmLeftWeekDramaPaidLots Of Money Author:John Hurt
“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
“What's disappointing about @usopengolf is the fans not being about to walk around the course/get close enough to most of the greens to cheer. Fans are having a hard time walking the course. They can barely see anything from outside the ropes. I would be pissed if I paid a lot of money for tickets and could barely see the top players hit golf shots.” IfsHardEnoughWould BeCoursesWalksPlayerFansWalkingShotsPaidGolfHard TimesCheerLots Of MoneyTicketsRopeDisappointingHaving A Hard Time Author:Billy Horschel
“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
“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
“Francis Coppola was very generous. We got paid a lot of money and he saw us every day, took us out every night. It was just a lot. Richard Gere was an absolute gentleman. Gregory Hines. You know, I worked with some giants and they were just so smooth. And it was the '80s. That's when people had a lot of money and it was okay to to hang out and be crazy.” PeopleKnowsNightSawsCrazyOkayPaidAbsolutesGenerousGentlemanGiantsHanging OutEvery NightLots Of MoneySmooth80sBeing Crazy Author:Jackee Harry
“The way the Europeans work, most girls get paid by their federation; their country pays them. Essentially the federations say go represent our country, race on whatever trade team you want, and here's your money. So you don't really make you're money on trade teams. Europeans make money through their country's federation. There's not a lot of money for women in cycling in Europe either.” WayWantCountryGirlPayRaceTeamEuropePaidTradeOur CountryMaking MoneyLots Of MoneyCyclingFederation Author:Kristin Armstrong
“There is not a revolution that succe Saudi Arabia paid $7 billion for the Salafists to come, and the United States and Israel are pouring a lot of money into Egypt. Why? To divide the country by religion.” CountryStatesUnitedUnited StatesRevolutionPaidIsraelBillionsDividesLots Of MoneyEgyptPouringArabiaSaudi ArabiaSaudisSucces Author:Nawal El Saadawi
“The oil corporations spend a lot of money to get, say, the tar sands pipeline through, but nobody's - you know, there are definitely environmentalists being paid - but a lot of people are acting for something other than financial compensation. So if the tar sands pipeline doesn't get made, it's because a huge amount of people are doing something that doesn't involve remuneration, money, etc., because we're not actually the self-interested financial instruments that economists like to imagine we are.” PeopleIfsKnowsMadeSelfActingImagineHugeAmountPaidInstrumentsFinancialOilMade ItCorporationsSandEtcLots Of MoneyEconomistCompensationEnvironmentalistPipelineRemuneration Author:Rebecca Solnit
“Everyone knows we get paid a lot of money, so why pretend otherwise?” KnowsMoneyPaidLots Of Money Author:Catherine Zeta-Jones
“Being a Mets fan is like lending someone a lot of money and you just know that you'll never get paid back.” KnowsFansMetsPaidLots Of MoneyLendingLending MoneyMets Fans Author:John Oliver
“... They paid some madman who thought he was a decorator a lot of money to make the place look hip and unique. May be it's my lack of fashion sense talking, but I thought they should have held out for one of those gorillas who has learned to paint. The results would have been of similar quality, and they could have paid in fresh produce. - Harry Dresden, Small Favor, Jim Butcher” ShouldLooksMayHas BeensResultsQualityTalkingFashionProduceUniqueShould HavePaidPaintFavorsHipsLots Of MoneyMadmenButchersDresdenHarry DresdenGorillasDecorators Author:Jim Butcher
“What would you consider a good job?" Answered as follows: "A good job is one in which I don't have to work, and get paid a lot of money." When I heard that I cheered and yelled and felt that he should be given an A+, for he had perfectly articulated the American dream of those who despise knowledge. What a politician that kid would have made.” ShouldMadeDreamKidsJobsGivenFeltHeardPoliticianPaidDespiseAmerican DreamLots Of MoneyGood Job Author:Isaac Asimov
“I don't say he's a great man. Willie Loman never made a lot of money. His name was never in the paper. He's not the finest character that ever lived. But he's a human being, and a terrible thing is happening to him. So attention must be paid. He's not to be allowed to fall in his grave like an old dog. Attention, attention must finally be paid to such a person.” MenHumansPersonsMadeCharacterFallNamesHuman BeingsAttentionDogTerriblePaperHappeningsPaidGravesGreat MenLots Of MoneyFinestTerrible ThingsSalesmanOld Dog Author:Arthur Miller