“Cash-payment never was, or could except for a few years be, the union-bond of man to man. Cash never yet paid one man fully his deserts to another; nor could it, nor can it, now or henceforth to the end of the world.” MenWorldYearsEndsMoneyPaidUnionsDesertOne ManCashEnd Of The WorldPayment Book:Past and Present Source: Past and Present
“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
“For five years I've felt like the best prostitute in a high-class whorehouse. But all the other girls get paid more than I do.” YearsGirlFeltClassFiveBasketballPaidFive YearsOther GirlHigh Class Author:Dennis Rodman
“One hundred years ago, if someone said, 'damn,' people would take notice. Now, you can say almost anything. Secrets are the same way. Once upon a time when a secret was revealed, people paid an enormous amount of attention to it.” PeopleIfsWayYearsSaidSecretAttentionAmountHundredYears AgoPaidEnormousDamnOnce Upon A Time Author:Paul Levinson
“In time of this grave national danger, when all excess income should go to win the war, no American citizen ought to have a net income, after he has paid his taxes, of more than $25,000 a year.” ShouldYearsWarWinningDangerOughtCitizensTaxesPaidGravesIncomeExcessAmerican Citizens Book:Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: F.D. Roosevelt, 1943, Volume 12 Source: Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: F.D. Roosevelt, 1943, Volume 12
“Let's face it, we were all once three-year-olds who stood in the middle of the living room and everybody thought we were so adorable. Only some of us grow up and get paid for it.” YearsFacesThreeGrowsRoomsGrowing UpMiddlePaidThree YearsLiving RoomAdorableThree Year Olds Author:Meryl Streep
“I have never planned anything. I have been doing this job for over 50 years. I have been paid to work with some wonderful people and it has been a huge gift, to me.” PeopleYearsHas BeensJobsWonderfulHugePaidOver 50 Author:Donald Sutherland
“People think that I reached the top overnight; well, it took me fourteen years. I was twenty-nine before I really made it. I've had my jaws and hands broken. One arm is out of place. I've paid my dues in this business.” PeopleThinkingYearsWellsMadeHandsBrokenArmsPaidTwentiesDuesNineMade ItFourteen Author:Larry Holmes
“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
“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