“I honestly think if I had made a ton of money as an actor, I wouldn't have done anything else. (Hah!) Then I turned to writing plays. If that paid me well, I don't know if I would have turned to TV. Or coaching. I've now devised a combination of things partly because I'm having fun, and partly because I'm piecing together a way to make a living.” IfsThinkingKnowsWayWritingWellsMadeDonePlayTogetherActorsFunTvsPaidHonestlyCombinationHaving FunCoaching Author:Steven C. Harper
“I conducted a bunch of interviews for Interview magazine. They actually paid me. I think I was probably 18 or 19. I was in college and I remember feeling, like, "Wow." I had a real job, and they paid me money, and it was exciting.” ThinkingRealFeelingsJobsRememberCollegeExcitingPaidBunchMagazinesInterviewsWowReal Jobs Author:Jodie Foster
“Back then I was still listening to rhythm and blues, and my aunt took me to see a Pete Seeger concert. And it gelled. He made all the sense in the world to me. I got addicted to his albums, and then Belafonte and Odetta - they were the people who seemed to fuse things that were important to me into music. I think Pete the most because he did what he did to the point where he took those enormous risks and then paid for them.” PeopleThinkingWorldMadeStillsImportantRiskListeningPaidAlbumsEnormousRhythmConcertsAuntFuseRhythm And Blues Author:Joan Baez
“I think that, from Vaclav Havel own experience, he knew if we all paid attention to what was going on, the chances were that even the most horrible dictators wouldn't execute people.” PeopleIfsThinkingChanceAttentionPaidHorribleDictator Author:Judy Woodruff
“I like making money like anybody else, and I'm paid well, but I think there is a point at which you can out-price your audience or your base.” ThinkingWellsAudiencePaidMaking Money Author:Tom Petty
“I think the credit default swaps can take the place of the rating agencies who really have missed the ball in this procedure and are quite conflicted by the way the ratings are paid for. So, I would like to see credit default swaps become an evermore important way of understanding credit risk in the economy.” ThinkingWayImportantUnderstandingEconomyRiskBallsPaidCreditAgencyProceduresRatingDefaultEvermoreCredit Default Swap Author:Robert F. Engle
“We didn't educate women, because the leaders then didn't think they were educable. That changed when a shortage of teachers developed, because men didn't get paid enough to teach school. Then men, who held the positions of power, sent women to teachers' colleges.” ThinkingMenEnoughSchoolLeaderTeachTeacherPositionChangedCollegePaidEducateShortagePosition Of Power Author:John Shelby Spong
“I think there's just an inherent burden of being alive and being a woman. No man would ever admit that, but I think women know it, which is: You know more than men, you know more than most people you're dealing with every day, and you know that's it up to you to make things move forward, and you get paid half as much, but you just do it.” PeopleThinkingKnowsMenMovingHalfAlivePaidBurdenMoving ForwardInherentUp To YouJust Do ItBeing A Woman Author:Rashida Jones
“Most people think of the economy as producing goods and services and paying labor to buy what it produces. But a growing part of the economy in every country has been the Finance, Insurance and Real Estate (FIRE) sector, which comprises the rent and interest paid to the economy's balance sheet of assets by debtors and rent payers.” PeopleThinkingHas BeensRealCountryInterestEconomyFireGrowingProduceBalanceLaborPaidFinanceGoodsAssetsEstatesSheetsGoods And ServicesDebtorsBalance Sheets Author:Michael Hudson
“Tipping generally changes depending on where you are in the world. In Britain you don't always have to tip, but I always make sure I do. I have a lot of respect for waiters and waitresses - it can't be an easy job and they often don't get paid huge amounts, so I think it's important to reward them and let them know if they are giving great service.” IfsThinkingKnowsWorldGivingImportantJobsEasyHugeAmountPaidRewardsBritainWhere You AreWaiterWaitressTippingGreat Service Author:Andy Murray
“We're going to build a wall. Donald Trump never said it's going to go from one end of the country, from the Gulf to the Pacific, and he'll use good judgment about that. And there are ways, through tax and regulation policies, that we can - and immigrant fees - that this could be paid for. I have not studied the details of it but, absolutely, I think that is possible.” ThinkingWaySaidEndsCountryUsePolicyWallTrumpTaxesJudgmentPaidDetailsImmigrantsRegulationPacificFeesGood Judgment Author:Jeff Sessions
“In 1990, when we started the Black Community Crusade for Children, we were always talking about all children, but we paid particular attention to children who were not white, who were poor, who were disabled, and who were the most vulnerable.Parents didn't think their children would live to adulthood, and the children didn't think they were going to live to adulthood. That's when we started our first gun-violence campaign. We've lost 17 times more young black people to gun violence since 1968 than we lost in all the lynching in slavery.” PeopleThinkingFirstsChildrenYoungLostParentBlackCommunityWhitePoorAttentionTalkingViolenceParticularGunPaidSlaveryCampaignsVulnerableBlack PeopleAdulthoodDisabledCrusadesGun ViolenceLynchingBlack Community Author:Marian Wright Edelman
“No one thinks she [Carolyn Maloney] can pass the Paid Family and Medical Leave Act; she passed it through the House. I mean, it's just - she's there. She knows the issues and she makes sure they get done.” ThinkingKnowsMeanDoneHouseIssuesPaidMedical Author:Eleanor Smeal
“I once had a young musician come to me and say that he wanted to be a professional musician. I asked him to write his list. When he came back to me, the three things in his life he most wanted were: to be paid for his music; to travel around the world; to meet new people. We came to the decision, after thinking really creatively, that if he got a job on a cruise ship, he would fulfill those goals.” PeopleIfsThinkingWorldWritingWantedJobsYoungThreeGoalDecisionMusicianPaidListsShipsAround The WorldThree ThingsCruiseMeeting New PeopleCruise ShipsMost Wanted Author:Phil Keoghan
“I think it's the strength of her music, using art to make a statement. I think it really is. It was not a cheap gift. The gift was an expensive gift for Nina [Simone]. Diamonds are expensive. Her music was expensive. She paid for it, but I think it's her greatest gift.” ThinkingArtPaidStatementsExpensiveDiamondGreatest GiftsNina Author:Nikki Giovanni
“In fact, I think 500 years from now, the two Americans so far who will be remembered are George Washington and Neil Armstrong, who, amazingly hasn't been paid very much attention.” ThinkingYearsTwoFactsAttentionPaidRememberedArmstrong Author:Kevin Gutzman
“Anyone who supported Bernie Sanders who thinks we should raise the minimum wage, who thinks that we should have universal health care coverage, who thinks that the wealthy have not paid their fair share, and I could go on and on, would certainly not find that Donald Trump's views are in line with theirs.” ThinkingShouldCareLinesViewsShareGoes OnTrumpFairsShould HaveUniversalPaidRaisesHealth CareWealthyMinimumCoverageMinimum WageFair ShareUniversal Health Care Author:Hillary Clinton
“I think the most surreal moment for me having been a kid who was on unemployment, was on food stamps - I'm not kidding you, to utter these words aloud is so surreal to me - but to say, "I had to give up my Super Bowl tickets for my all-expense paid research trip to Argentina's wine country," it was like, who's life is this? It was splendid, and the nice thing was that they renewed my contract for another year.” ThinkingGivingYearsCountryMomentsKidsLife IsNiceGiving UpResearchPaidWineExpensesContractsBowlsTicketsUnemploymentStampsSplendidSurrealNice ThingsSuper BowlArgentinaAnother YearFood StampsSurreal Moments Author:Adam Richman
“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
“It was interesting; it's an interesting photographic problem [those demonstrations in the late Sixties]. But if I was doing it as a job, I think I'd have to get paid extra.” IfsThinkingProblemJobsInterestingLatePaidExtrasSixtyDemonstration Author:Garry Winogrand
“After college, I shot a pilot for a show on Lifetime, which was basically House of Style for a TV lover. I think I got paid $1,500, and I was like, "Mom, I'm moving out! I made it!" I did two seasons of that, but I felt like a talking head and wanted to do more.” ThinkingMadeTwoShowsWantedMovingHouseFeltTalkingStyleCollegeTvsMomLoversShotsSeasonsPaidLifetimeMade ItPilotsMoving OutTalking Heads Author:Tracee Ellis Ross
“This is very dangerous for us, as a society, and I think people deserve a politics of integrity that is not bought and paid for by big banks, fossil fuel giants, war profiteers, insurance companies, the things that those two corporate parties both represent and which pull the strings inside the party.” PeopleThinkingTwoWarBigsPartyCompanyDangerousIntegrityDeservePaidCorporateGiantsFuelStringsFossilsFossil FuelInsurance Companies Author:Jill Stein
“I think it's time that the wealthy and corporations paid their fair share to support this country.” ThinkingCountrySupportShareFairsPaidCorporationsWealthyFair Share Author:Hillary Clinton
“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
“I think as a moral question, restaurant workers should get paid more.” ThinkingShouldMoralPaidWorkersRestaurants Author:Anthony Bourdain
“If you talk to anybody who's been successful in business, they will tell you the thing that matters the most are people. And clearly, in this case, the quality of the people was not paid attention to. By the board and I don't know what they were doing. And I think there is a certain accountability by the board here.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsMatterCertainAttentionQualityCasesSuccessfulPaidBoardsAccountabilityThings That Matter Author:John Kasich
“I don't feel like it's a wasted vote because I think it encourages more people like that to run. I vote for the candidates that aren't bought and paid for like the Clintons.” PeopleThinkingFeelsRunningVotePaidClintonCandidates Author:Bill Burr
“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
“I think that is a fair general statement, but I also believe that Senator [Barack] Obama served on a board with Mr. [Bill] Ayers for a period of time, the Woods Foundation, which was a paid directorship position.” ThinkingBelievePositionPeriodsFairsPaidFoundationBillsWoodsStatementsBarackBoardsSenators Author:Hillary Clinton
“I believe devoutly that the national election is the closest thing we have to a civic sacrament of democracy. And I really do think that heed must be paid, and when people make a decision, those who are on the other side, including me, accept it, for that reason.” PeopleThinkingBelieveReasonI BelieveSidesDecisionAcceptingDemocracyPaidElectionIncludingClosestSacramentsCivicsHeed Author:Mark Shields
“Look at Hispanic women - they are being paid 42 cents on the dollar - or African-American women. I think it's an issue we have to look at across the board.” ThinkingLooksIssuesPaidDollarsAfrican AmericanBoardsCentsHispanicAmerican WomanAfrican American Women Author:Jessica Chastain
“I ask you, how would you like your mom, your wife, your daughter to spend $100,000 to go to Harvard or some state school, and go out into the workplace, and you know she's great, and men are getting paid $200 per week more than her? Would that piss you off? What if you lost your job and you stay home crippled while she goes out, and she thinks she's going to get a good job, but someone male with the same level of experience and the same level of education gets paid more than her? You're going to get pissed. Until you walk a mile in someone else's shoes, I don't want to hear it.” IfsThinkingKnowsMenWantStatesHomeSchoolJobsAsksLostWalksLevelsWifeWeekLike YouMomDaughterPaidMalesShoesMilesWhat IfWorkplaceGood JobHarvardYour MomOur DaughterCrippledYour Daughter Author:Pam Grier
“What we tried to do in 13th was get to the bottom of that. What were they motivated by? But certainly the attention that the Attorney General's office paid to it allowed for there to be some dialogue across the aisle that I think were the first steps then in change.” ThinkingFirstsAttentionStepsOfficePaidBottomDialogueMotivatedFirst StepsAttorneyAisle Author:Ava DuVernay
“I think Donald Trump is a master of moving on from losses when he suffered them, and if he can`t find a way in the short term to get the wall paid for by Mexico, I think he`ll Trumpet the fact that the wall is being built.” IfsThinkingWayFactsMovingTermLossMastersWallTrumpBuiltPaidMexicoShort TermTrumpets Author:Mark Halperin
“I'm embarrassed if I think anyone knows exactly what I paid for something, or even where I got it. I want what I'm wearing to feel good on, wear well, and to be extremely functional.” IfsThinkingKnowsWantFeelsWellsPaidFeel GoodEmbarrassed Author:William Gibson
“I think my science career had an arc to it that peaked in, let's say 2003/2004. I was in hog heaven, working in a corporation, getting paid pretty good money and doing really exciting research. And we had just done the Cool To Be You record, and I said well, we'll put this record out, but I can't tour it because I just want to do science. That's my gig, my future.” ThinkingWantWellsSaidI CanDoneHeavenCareersRecordsResearchExcitingPaidCorporationsBe YouGigsMy FutureArcsHogGood Money Author:Milo Aukerman
“My Big Mama is my No. 1 financial role model. Much of my advice stems from what she taught me. She never made more than $13,000 a year, yet she paid off her home before she retired. She saved money from every paycheck. She taught me to be skeptical. It makes me cry to think that I'm a nationally syndicated personal finance columnist for one of the world's best newspapers and my core advice comes from my black grandmother who was a nurse's aide with just a high school education.” ThinkingWorldYearsMadeHomeBigsSchoolBlackRolesAdviceCryTaughtModelsHigh SchoolPaidFinancialSavedCoreNewspapersFinanceGrandmotherRole ModelsNurseStemRetiredSkepticalMamaPaychecksColumnistsSchool EducationPersonal FinancePaid OffBig Mama Author:Michelle Singletary
“I mean at the end of the day, we are still brothers [with Malcolm Subban]. But I'm also getting paid to score goals so he better watch that glove side, because I like to go glove side. I know he thinks he's got a hot glove but I'm going to have to try and expose it.” ThinkingKnowsTryingMeanStillsEndsSidesGoalWatchesBrotherPaidHotScoreThe End Of The DayGloves Author:P. K. Subban
“I'm an Ivy League-educated lawyer, so you'd think the world wouldn't mess with me, right? But I've been paid $10,000 less than a less qualified man in the same role. I've had men I've worked with grab my leg or rub my back in ways that have made me feel uncomfortable. I've been taken off projects because I was pregnant, even though my pregnancies have been both been healthy and didn't impact my work at all.” ThinkingMenWorldWayFeelsHas BeensMadeRolesTakenHealthyProjectsPaidImpactLegsLawyerEducatedMessLeagueUncomfortablePregnancyPregnantQualifiedIvyWere PregnantIvy LeagueMess With Me Author:Jane Park
“The best unpaid sex, where you and the woman are really into each other, and there's a lot of really intense passion, and things are really hot between you...I've never had that kind of sex when I was paying for it. The best unpaid sex is going to be, I think, more passionate and more hot than the best paid sex.” ThinkingKindPassionSexPaidHotPassionateIntense Author:Chester Brown
“I think we go wrong when we insist, as some have done since 1945, on using experts who are paid Western salaries, drive beautiful cars and live in air-conditioned houses to teach people in the Third World how to improve their living conditions.” PeopleThinkingWorldDoneBeautifulHouseTeachAirConditionsCarThirdsPaidWesternExpertsSalaryThird WorldLiving Conditions Author:Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan
“It is understood that nonhuman creatures adapt to their places or they don't live. And for some reason that I can't figure out, even the biologists have excused our own species from that obligation. I think there's going to be a biological penalty to be paid for that eventually.” ThinkingI CanReasonFiguresCreaturesUnderstoodPaidSpeciesObligationPenaltiesBiologist Author:Wendell Berry
“I think any writer is a fool if he doesn't do it for money. There needs to be some kind of incentive in addition to the project. It all goes together. It's fun to sit there and think of characters and get them into action, then be paid for it. I can't believe it when writers tell me 'I don't want to show my work to anybody'.” IfsThinkingWantNeedsBelieveKindI CanCharacterShowsActionTogetherFunFoolProjectsPaidIncentives Author:Elmore Leonard
“I spend a lot of my time talking to the dead, but since I get paid for it, no one thinks I'm mad.” ThinkingTalkingPaidMadMy Time Author:Hilary Mantel
“I'm going to guess Republicans and Democrats, liberals and conservatives, all want clean air to breathe and clean water to drink. I'm sure most people think women should be paid the same as men if they're doing the same job. I think we all want good schools for our kids. If we made that list, we actually are in agreement on more things.” PeopleIfsThinkingMenWantShouldMadeKidsSchoolJobsWaterAirDrinkRepublicanPaidCleanDemocratBreatheListsAgreementClean WaterClean AirGood School Author:Michael Moore
“I've only half-admitted I'm a professional. I know I am, I've paid my dues, but one of the things I could do better when I'm acting is to really be rigorous and to think I know how to do it. To use my brain.” ThinkingKnowsUseActingBrainHalfKnow HowPaidDues Author:Emily Mortimer
“Whenever I think of the high salaries we are paid as film actors, I think it is for the travel, the time away, and any trouble you get into through being well known. It's not for the acting, that's for sure.” ThinkingWellsFilmActorsActingKnownTroublePaidWell KnownSalaryTime AwayFilm Actors Author:Bill Murray
“I think it was 1987 - something like that - or '86, and I thought, 'When you go equity and you're gonna get paid, you'll finally be able to make a living.' But it was not to be so. I always bartended and waited tables so I ended up not doing theater for about a year because nobody would hire me.” ThinkingYearsAblePaidTheaterTablesEquity Author:Denis O'Hare
“I think, in a way, I invented the term 'fight club' and that these things have always existed, but they never really had a label. Nobody had a language to apply to them. I created that language in two words and I've been paid a great deal of money for inventing two words and labeling something that has always been around.” ThinkingWayTwoFightingLanguageTermDealsPaidClubsLabelsInventingLabeling Author:Chuck Palahniuk
“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