“R-E-L-A-X. I'm still getting paid millions of dollars.” StillsMillionsPaidDollars Author:Aaron Rodgers
“I don't consider an actor a star if he's paid $20 million and grimaces in front of the camera and has a stunt man stand in for him. They may be fine actors, but they're not role models. The real stars are wearing body armor in 130-degree heat . . . They're getting shot at and they don't have any stunt doubles standing in for them.” IfsMenMayRealBodyActorsStarsRolesMillionsFrontsFineDegreesModelsShotsStandingPaidCamerasHeatRole ModelsArmorGrimace Author:Ben Stein
“If you get 100 million streams on a song and you're only being paid on 20 percent, the check's not going to look good. The money's not going to look fair.” IfsLooksSongMillionsPercentFairsPaidChecksStreams Author:Jimmy Iovine
“John Sculley ruined Apple and he ruined it by bringing a set of values to the top of Apple which were corrupt and corrupted some of the top people who were there, drove out some of the ones who were not corruptible, and brought in more corrupt ones and paid themselves collectively tens of millions of dollars and cared more about their own glory and wealth than they did about what built Apple in the first place which was making great computers for people to use.” PeopleFirstsUseValuesWealthMillionsComputerGloryBuiltPaidDollarsApplesRuined Author:Steve Jobs
“[T]here seems to have been an actual decline in rational thinking. The United States had become a place where entertainers and professional athletes were mistaken for people of importance. They were idolized and treated as leaders; their opinions were sought on everything and they took themselves just as seriously-after all, if an athlete is paid a million or more a year, he knows he is important ... so his opinions of foreign affairs and domestic policies must be important, too, even though he proves himself to be ignorant and subliterate every time he opens his mouth.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsYearsHas BeensImportantStatesReasonSeemsPoliticsUnitedLeaderOpinionMillionsUnited StatesMediaPolicyProveMouthsImportancePaidAffairAthleteIgnorantTreatedRationalDeclineMistakenEntertainersRational ThinkingProfessional AthleteForeign AffairsIdolizedDomestic Policy Author:Robert A. Heinlein
“The government paid the family of Richard Nixon $18 million for papers, tape recordings and other materials seized after Watergate.” GovernmentMillionsMaterialsPaperPaidTapePapersWatergate Author:Dexter Scott King
“The most accurate representation of how I feel is that I'm incredibly lucky to be working in this structure where people get paid millions to read the news on TV. And, yes, it is insane. And there is nothing I can say beyond acknowledging my immense good fortune, and being aware that I'm blessed, and aware that it isn't going to last forever.” PeopleFeelsI CanLastsMillionsForeverTvsLuckyNewsPaidBlessedStructureFortuneInsaneAccurateImmenseRepresentationGood Fortune Author:Tom Hanks
“As the Americans slaughter millions of turkeys every year for the celebration of their deliverance, the Indians, who should be celebrated as saviors, have long been slaughtered. There was even a time when a white man was paid a very decent price for every Indian scalp he could produce.” MenShouldYearsLongWhiteMillionsProducePaidCelebrateIndianDecentSaviorCelebrationWhite ManTurkeysSlaughterDeliverance Author:Friedrich Durrenmatt
“You know what the bounty is on bin Laden? $25 million. It sounds like a lot until you realize the Texas Rangers paid $250 million to get Alex Rodriguez.” KnowsSoundRealizingMillionsPaidTexasAlexBin LadenRangersBounty Author:Jay Leno
“If there is no cost to be paid for the indiscriminate dumping of pollution into the earth's atmosphere, then it should be a surprise to no one that today we will dump another 70 million tons of global warming pollution into the thin shell of atmosphere surrounding our planet. ... We have to [act] this year, not next year. Mother Nature does not do bailouts.” IfsShouldYearsDoeTodayEarthMotherNextMillionsPlanetsCostPaidSurpriseAtmosphereGlobal WarmingPollutionShellsOur PlanetNext YearMother NatureDumpBailouts Author:Al Gore
“You gotta' sell a million records before you talk about getting paid at a major [label].” MillionsRecordsMajorsPaidSellsLabels Author:Betty Wright
“Nobody in TV makes as much money as Robert Redford, who likes to make movies for several million dollars only on the condition that they contain some sort of social message. I cannot take very seriously a social message delivered by an actor who is paid nine million dollars to deliver it, and who charges you five dollars to see it.” ActorsSocialMillionsFiveConditionsTvsMessagesPaidDollarsNineLikesMillion Dollars Author:David Brinkley
“I am told the settlement of $5 million I am being paid is the largest amount ever paid under the New York right to privacy law” LawMillionsNew YorkAmountPaidPrivacySettlementRight To Privacy Author:Woody Allen
“I bought a company in the mid-90s called Dexter Shoe and paid $400 million for it. And it went to zero. And I gave about $400 million worth of Berkshire stock, which is probably now worth $400 billion. But I've made lots of dumb decisions. That's part of the game.” MadeGamesDecisionCompanyMillionsPaidShoesBillionsDumbZeroDumb Decisions Author:Warren Buffett
“Every coach, every executive, every leader: They all know right from wrong. Even those Enron guys. When someone uncovers a scandal in their company, I don't think they can say, "I didn't know that was going on." They're just saying they're too dumb to do their job! And if they really are too dumb, then why are they getting paid millions of dollars to do it? They know what's going on.” IfsThinkingKnowsJobsGuyCompanyLeaderMillionsPaidDollarsCoachesDumbExecutivesScandalJust SayingEnronEnron Scandal Author:Bo Schembechler
“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
“New York Stat agreed to pay $12 million to settle a lawsuit filed three decades ago by inmates swept up in the bloody 1971 revolt at Attica prison. The settlement will be paid in the form of chocolate bars and packs of Newports that can be picked up in the commissary.” FormThreePayMillionsNew YorkPaidPrisonDecadesBarsSettlingChocolateBloodyPacksRevoltSettlementLawsuitInmatesChocolate Bars Author:Colin Quinn
“In 2013 Citigroup had profits of $6.4 billion in the United States. They paid no federal income tax and, in fact, received a rebate from the IRS of $260 million. That same year J.P. Morgan had $17.2 billion in profits in the U.S. They also paid no federal income tax. Do you think it's time for tax reform?” ThinkingYearsStatesFactsUnitedMillionsUnited StatesTaxesPaidProfitBillionsIncomeReformIncome TaxIrsTax Reform Author:Bernie Sanders
“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
“Matthew Vaughn phoned me up and he said, "Hey, listen, the movie has just done gangbusters. We've got to do the second one." And I was like, "Matthew, I have no second book. Dave and I haven't done it," and he's like, "You're kidding!" He said, "This movie's just made $420 million!" I was like, "...We've got nothing." So the amazing thing was, because we own the rights, we still get paid and everything, which is fantastic.” MadeSaidStillsBookDoneMillionsRightsHavensLike YouPaidHeyFantasticAmazing ThingsDaveMatthew Author:Mark Millar
“There's a site on the internet that swears up and down that I'm worth $46 million and that I'm one of the most highly paid and richest guys in show business. I really wish it was true! Then there's those where it's like my mother was raped by a martian and that kind of thing. National Enquirer-type stuff. They just make it up.” KindShowsMotherGuyWishStuffMillionsTypeInternetPaidSwearSiteShow BusinessUp And DownMartians Author:David Crosby
“We're talking tens of thousands, millions, nobody gives you that kind of money without an expectation for it. It has to be paid back somehow. You pay it back with policy.” GivingKindPayTalkingMillionsPolicyExpectationsPaid Author:Rush Limbaugh
“If I had my choice, I would do the same little independent films, but they would have $100 million budgets, so I could get paid a fortune and hang out in a huge trailer.” IfsLittlesFilmChoicesMillionsHugePaidIndependentFortuneBudgetsHanging OutTrailersIndependent Film Author:William H. Macy
“Now, in an analysis of campaign finance filings by Politico we learned the [Donald] Trump campaign has paid Trump businesses more than $8 million so far in this race, that includes $1.3 million in rent for campaign offices, half a million for food and facilities for events, over $300,000 for corporate staffers, and nearly $6 million for the use of Trump`s private plane.” UseRaceHalfMillionsEventsTrumpOfficePaidCampaignsFinanceCorporatePlanesAnalysisFacilityFilingCampaign Finance Author:Chris Hayes
“You've got to ask yourself, why won't Donald Trump release his tax returns? I think there may be a couple of reasons. First, maybe he's not as rich as he says he is. Second, maybe he's not as charitable as he claims to be. Third, we don't know all of his business dealings, but we have been told through investigative reporting that he owes about $650 million to Wall Street and foreign banks. Or maybe he doesn't want the American people to know that he's paid nothing in federal taxes.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWantFirstsMayHas BeensReasonAsksMillionsRichStreetsWallReturnTrumpCoupleTaxesThirdsClaimsPaidReleaseCharitableDealingsTax ReturnsFederal Taxes Author:Hillary Clinton
“Not only have we paid the price with our names in ink, but we have also paid in blood. And they can't say that black people can't be intelligent, because going back to Africa, in Guinea, there are almost 4 million people there and what he, President [Sekou] Toure, is doing to educate the people: as long as the French people had it they weren't doing a thing that is being done now.” PeopleLongDoneNamesBlackPresidentMillionsBloodPaidIntelligentBlack PeopleEducateInkBeing DoneGuinea Author:Fannie Lou Hamer
“I don't regret any of my transgressions, because I believe I paid for them a million times over.” BelieveI BelieveMillionsRegretPaidTransgressionDon't Regret Author:Jim Goad
“If some institution wants to sell you a billion dollars worth of mortgages, they might have to sell 100 million in the market, and then you'll buy the other 900 million on the same terms. Now, the very fact that this has been authorized or will be authorized, I hope, will firm up the market to some degree. And that's fine. But you don't want to have artificial prices being paid.” IfsWantHas BeensFactsMightTermMillionsFineDegreesPaidInstitutionsSellsDollarsBillionsFirmArtificialMortgage Author:Warren Buffett
“The number-one reason women say they returned to their abuser is financial insecurity. Often they have kids with them. They say half of the 66 million women and kids living in poverty in the US wouldn't be if women were just paid their full dollar. That's an enormous impact we could make on child hunger.” IfsChildrenReasonKidsNumbersHalfPovertyMillionsPaidImpactDollarsFinancialHungerEnormousInsecurityAbusers Author:Patricia Arquette
“The Million Man March was held on a Monday. Most marches were always held on a weekend and most marches were paid for by philanthropic groups and organizations and labor unions, etc. So, the people who came did not necessarily have to make a great sacrifice to be there.” PeopleMenMillionsSacrificeGroupsLaborOrganizationPaidUnionsEtcMarchWeekendMondayPhilanthropicLabor UnionGreat Sacrifice Author:Louis Farrakhan
“Athletes and musicians make astronomical amounts of money. People get paid $100 million to throw a baseball! Shouldn't we all take less and pass some of that money onto others? Think about firefighters, teachers and policemen. We should celebrate people that are intellectually smart and trying to make this world a better place.” PeopleThinkingWorldShouldTryingMillionsTeacherThis WorldAmountMusicianSmartBaseballPaidAthleteCelebrateRock N RollBetter PlacePolicemenFirefighter Author:Kid Rock
“I'm not trying to sound pretentious, but we did sell 12 million records on the first album, so we did get paid a little bit.” TryingFirstsLittlesBitsSoundMillionsRecordsLittle BitPaidSellsAlbumsPretentious Author:Justin Timberlake
“Since 1994, lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have considered it politically risky to offer a plan to fix America's broken health care system. The American public, though, has paid the price for this silence as health care costs skyrocketed, millions went uninsured, and millions more grappled with financial insecurity and hardship.” CareAmericaSidesSilenceMillionsPlansBrokenCostOffersPaidFinancialHealth CareInsecurityHardshipBoth SidesAisleHealth Care SystemLawmakersHealth Care Costs Author:Ron Wyden
“In the military, if we don't know something, we say we don't know and proceed to shut up until we do. Some highly paid charlatans in the media think it's absolutely fine to take a wild guess at the truth and then tell a couple of million people it's cast-iron fact, just in case they might be right...I hope they're proud of themselves, because they nearly broke my mom's heart.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsHeartFactsMightMillionsCasesMediaMilitaryFineMomProudCouplePaidCastsMy MomBrokeIronShut UpCharlatansMight Is Right Author:Marcus Luttrell
“Contrast 1968, when the CEO of General Motors took home, in pay and benefits, about sixty-six times the amount paid to a typical GM worker. Today the CEO of Wal-Mart earns nine hundred times the wages of his average employee. Indeed, the wealth of the Wal-Mart founder's family in 2005 was estimated at about the same ($90 billion) as that of the bottom 40% of the US population: 120 million people.” PeopleHomeTodayWealthPayMillionsAmountSixBenefitsHundredPaidWorkersBottomAveragePopulationBillionsNineEmployeeContrastSixtyFoundersTypicalCeoWagesMotorGeneral Motors Book:Ill Fares the Land Source: Ill Fares the Land
“A retired teacher paid $62,000 towards her pension and nothing, yes nothing, for full family medical, dental and vision coverage over her entire career. What will we pay her? $1.4 million in pension benefits and another $215,000 in health care benefit premiums over her lifetime.” CarePayVisionCareersMillionsTeacherBenefitsPaidLifetimeMedicalHealth CareRetiredCoveragePensionDentalRetired Teacher Author:Chris Christie
“One state retiree, 49 years old, paid, over the course of his entire career, a total of $124,000 towards his retirement pension and health benefits. What will we pay him? $3.3 million in pension payments over his life and nearly $500,000 for health care benefits - a total of $3.8m on a $120,000 investment.” YearsStatesCareCoursesPayCareersMillionsBenefitsPaidInvestmentHealth CareRetirementPaymentPensionHealth Benefits Author:Chris Christie
“...So they are trying to do something about it. They are not doing it by seeking charity. They are not begging at the welfare office. They are not, like many of their employers, lobbying the halls of Congress with their gold plated tin cups asking to be paid for not growing crops. They are trying to do it in the way that millions of other Americans have shown is the right way-organization, unionism, collective bargaining.” WayTryingMillionsGrowingOfficeLaborGoldOrganizationPaidAskingCharityCongressSeekingCupsWelfareCollectivesHallsRight WayEmployersCropsBeggingTinBargainingLabor UnionLobbyingUnionismCollective BargainingTin Cup Author:Cesar Chavez
“In 1850, I believe, the church property in the United States, which paid no tax, amounted to $87 million. In 1900, without a check, it is safe to say, this property will reach a sum exceeding $3 billion. I would suggest the taxation of all property equally.” BelieveStatesReligionI BelieveChurchUnitedMillionsUnited StatesAtheismSafeTaxesPaidPropertyBillionsChecksTaxation Author:Ulysses S. Grant
“The arrangement was simply FreedomWorks paid Glenn Beck money and Glenn Beck said nice things about FreedomWorks on the air. I saw that a million dollars went to Beck this past year, that was the annual expenditure. I put it down now as basically as paid advertising for FreedomWorks by Beck.” YearsSaidPastMillionsSawsNiceAirPaidDollarsAdvertisingArrangementsMillion DollarsNice ThingsAnnualsExpenditures Author:Dick Armey
“Think, just blink and I made...a million rhymes. Just imagine if you blinked...a million times. Damn, I'd be paid...I got it made.” IfsThinkingMadeMillionsImaginePaidHip HopRapDamnRhymeBlink Author:Special Ed