“My tax return in the United States has to be kept on a special computer because their normal computers can't deal with the numbers. So I am constantly getting these notices telling me I haven't paid something when really it is just on the wrong computer.” StatesUnitedDealsNumbersUnited StatesSpecialHavensReturnTaxesNormalComputerPaidTax Returns Author:Bill Gates
“people only ever offer you a great deal of money for rubbish. The greater the number of noughts on the cheque, the greater the crapular content of the movie; the better the work, the less you're paid.” PeopleDealsNumbersGreaterOffersPaidMovieRubbishCheques Author:Glenda Jackson
“I raced because I was paid to do a job and I felt like I had to do the job. Number two: I raced because I loved the process, I loved training, getting ready for the race, I loved all of that. And number three I raced for my memories. Regardless of what somebody wants to give or take away, you can't take my memories.” WantGivingTwoJobsThreeFeltProcessMemoriesNumbersRaceReadyTrainingPaidNumber Three Author:Lance Armstrong
“Anna Kournikova will always be better paid than Lindsay Davenport. The first left the circuit without having won a single title while the second was world number one.” WorldFirstsLeftNumbersPaidTitlesCircuitsAnna Author:Marion Bartoli
“Culture dictated from above is the enemy of folk music. Whether it's stuffy classical music or pre-engineered pop where somebody's paid tons of money to make sure that everyone hears this song a certain number of times a day - that feels like the opposite of folk music.” FeelsCertainSongCultureNumbersEnemyOppositesPaidFolksPopsClassical MusicFolk Music Author:Will Sheff
“There are any number of models artists can use to profit off of their talent and artistry. It is not up to the state to protect them from competition. Musicians can obviously get paid for performing and having their music copied and "pirated" helps them in this respect by making them more well known, more popular.” WellsStatesHelpingUseArtistNumbersKnownTalentProtectMusicianModelsPaidCompetitionProfitPerformingWell KnownArtistry Author:Stephan Kinsella
“Sitting and watching a game show, or betting on your lucky numbers is not the price that most of the top 1% paid to become rich” ShowsGamesNumbersRichLuckySittingPaidBettingBecome RichGame Shows Author:Robert Kiyosaki
“Ineptocracy (in-ep-toc'-ra-cy): A system of government where the least capable to lead are elected by the least capable of producing, and where the members of society least likely to sustain themselves are rewarded with goods and services paid for by the confiscated wealth of a diminishing number of producers.” GovernmentWealthNumbersMembersCapablePaidProducersGoodsGoods And ServicesSystems Of Government Author:Morgan Philpot
“Perhaps the old fogies in the blogosphere get that way because, well, we stop taking the whole megillah so seriously. And we can't take it seriously because, well, this isn't our primary means of employment and never will be. Once the blogosphere is run by sufficient numbers of people who are paid to blog, us enlightened amateurs just look semi-pro.” PeopleWayWellsLooksMeanWholeRunningNumbersPaidEmploymentPrimariesSufficientEnlightenedBlogs Author:Daniel Drezner
“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
“Every time a woman leaves the workforce because she can't find or afford childcare, or she can't work out a flexible arrangement with her boss, or she has no paid maternity leave, her family's income falls down a notch. Simultaneously, national productivity numbers decline.” FallNumbersPaidWork OutProductivityIncomeBossDeclineArrangementsFlexibleFalling DownWorkforceMaternityNotchesChildcareMaternity Leave Author:Madeleine M. Kunin
“I think most people think that a spiritual path or growing spiritually means that all of a sudden you'll be able to forecast the six lotto numbers and all your bills will be paid.” PeopleThinkingMeanAbleSpiritualNumbersPathGrowingSixPaidBillsSpiritual PathForecasts Author:Iyanla Vanzant
“I wanted to tell them that, in Kabul, we snapped a tree branch and used it as a credit card. Hassan and I would take the wooden stick to the bread maker. He'd carve notches on our stick with his knife, one notch for each loaf of naan he'd pull for us from the tandoor's roaring flames. At the end of the month, my father paid him for the number of notches on the stick. That was it. No questions. No ID.” EndsWantedUsedFatherNumbersTreeMonthsPaidSticksCreditBreadCardsFlamesBranchesMakersKnivesCredit CardRoaringNotchesKabulTree BranchesHassan Book:The Kite Runner Source: The Kite Runner
“But I don't care what Megan Fox or Jessica Biel say: There are definite advantages to being the hottest girl on the planet. Number one was that I got paid for it. A lot.” CareGirlNumbersPlanetsAdvantagePaidDon't CareI Don't CareDefiniteFoxesJessicaHottest Book:Airhead Book 3: Runaway Source: Airhead Book 3: Runaway
“In the United States we have concentrated tremendous sums of money on the educational plant, seemingly with the idea that the right number of buildings will turn out the right number of graduates. Yet the teachers who actually instruct the future citizens of our country are more often than not miserably paid. If in the future we find ourselves with a lot of fourth-rate citizens, we have only ourselves to blame.” IfsIdeasCountryStatesTurnsUnitedNumbersUnited StatesTeacherBuildingCitizensPaidBlamePlantRateEducationalOur CountryGraduatesFourth Book:Education of a Wandering Man Source: Education of a Wandering Man
“Newt spun, making her robe unfurl. “He’s my familiar, bought and paid for. I can claim anything of his. Even his life.” Al cleared his throat nervously. “That’s good to know,” he said lightly. “Important safety tip. Rachel, write that down somewhere as lesson number one.” KnowsWritingSaidI CanImportantNumbersLessonsClaimsPaidSafetyFamiliarAlsThroatRobesSpunNewts Author:Kim Harrison
“I'm a pretty normal guy. I do one weird thing. I like to go in the women's room for number two. I've been caught several times and I have paid dearly.” TwoGuyRoomsNumbersNormalPaidCaughtWeird Things Author:Creed Bratton
“But whats it all worth, cant take it when you under this earth Rich men died and tried, but none of it worked They just rob your grave, Id rather be alive and paid Before my numbers called, historys made Somell fall, but I rise, thug or die Makin choices, that determine my future under the sky To rob steal or kill, Im wondering why Its a dirty game, is any man worthy of fame? Much to success to ya, even if you wish me the opposite Sooner or later we'll all see who the prophet is.” IfsMenMadeEarthDiesChoicesFallGamesWishNumbersWonderRichAliveSkyFameOppositesDiedPaidDetermineHip HopWorthyGravesStealingDirtyProphetSooner Or LaterCantMy FutureRich ManThug Author:Nas