Jim Gaffigan Quotes
No one goes into standup to make money. The frustration and rejection are just too much.
Quotes to Explore
-
If I can create some space that people haven't experienced before and if it stays with them or gives them a dream for the future, that's the kind of structure I seek to create.
-
Money is in some respects life's fire: it is a very excellent servant, but a terrible master.
-
Money coming in says I've made the right marketing decisions.
-
It wasn't until '94 when I tried to commit suicide that I realized that it wasn't about the money.
-
Stress is the reason for crime and all other kinds of frustration. To relieve it will eliminate everything else.
-
At the end of the day, it's all about money.
Garry Kasparov
-
You don't need money to be free. You can just say if you don't need stuff, you're always free.
-
I'm not that lazy, but I don't need that much money. I lead a fairly simple life.
-
The fact that the movement was carried on by women who, for the most part, had no money of their own and were totally inexperienced in organization, and that they won their fight in about two generations, makes a story often dramatic and always worth preserving.
-
I don't have a craving for money. And I don't have a craving for fame.
-
Ben Franklin may have discovered electricity- but it is the man who invented the meter who made the money.
-
Always try to rub up against money, for if you rub up against money long enough, some of it may rub off on you.
-
We weren't dirt poor, but there was no spare money kicking around. While it was very much understood that the way to a better life was through education, books were a luxury we couldn't afford. But when I was six, we actually moved opposite the central library, and that became my home from home.
-
Unless you are completely retired, earning money is the best form of wealth preservation.
-
Hating Wall Street is an American tradition that dates back even to the days when Thomas Jefferson cursed that money lover Alexander Hamilton. And for centuries, the complaints about it have largely stayed the same: 'It does nothing! It creates chaos! It's a parasite that sucks hardworking Americans dry!'
-
Our philosophy is you need to give nonprofit money for health, nutrition, education, culture, and sports.
-
For artists, the majority of the money we make comes from us being on the road and touring.
-
I had no ambition to make a fortune. Mere money-making has never been my goal, I had an ambition to build.
-
Artists need support, time and money to develop their ideas, and if people rip stuff off, you don't have to be that brilliant to figure out that you're ultimately going to affect the end product.
-
I've reached a point in my life where it's the little things that matter... I was always a rebel and probably could have got much farther had I changed my attitude. But when you think about it, I got pretty far without changing attitudes. I'm happier with that.
-
When I was growing up, we didn't have much money. What was important in my house was to have food on the table, be happy, and have our family.
-
No one goes into standup to make money. The frustration and rejection are just too much.
