Jim Gaffigan Quotes
No one goes into standup to make money. The frustration and rejection are just too much.
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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.
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Money is in some respects life's fire: it is a very excellent servant, but a terrible master.
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Money coming in says I've made the right marketing decisions.
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It wasn't until '94 when I tried to commit suicide that I realized that it wasn't about the money.
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Stress is the reason for crime and all other kinds of frustration. To relieve it will eliminate everything else.
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At the end of the day, it's all about money.
Garry Kasparov
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You don't need money to be free. You can just say if you don't need stuff, you're always free.
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I'm not that lazy, but I don't need that much money. I lead a fairly simple life.
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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.
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I don't have a craving for money. And I don't have a craving for fame.
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Ben Franklin may have discovered electricity- but it is the man who invented the meter who made the money.
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Always try to rub up against money, for if you rub up against money long enough, some of it may rub off on you.
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Our philosophy is you need to give nonprofit money for health, nutrition, education, culture, and sports.
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For artists, the majority of the money we make comes from us being on the road and touring.
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I had no ambition to make a fortune. Mere money-making has never been my goal, I had an ambition to build.
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I wouldn't call Loopt a failure. It didn't turn out like I wanted, for sure, but it was fun, I learned a lot, and I made enough money to start investing, which led me to my current job. I don't regret it at all.
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I'd like to do things to make money to save myself but right now I can't do nothing. If they want to put me in jail, they can do that. It's kind of tough.
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You've done it before and you can do it now. See the positive possibilities. Redirect the substantial energy of your frustration and turn it into positive, effective, unstoppable determination.
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We do not diminish the value of what women or men achieve in any worthy endeavor or career -- we all benefit from their achievements -- but still recognize that there is not a higher good than motherhood and fatherhood in marriage. There is no superior career, and no amount of money, authority or public acclaim can exceed the ultimate rewards of family.
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I've had meetings with Fidel Castro. I've had meetings with Kim Il-Sung. I've had meetings with other dictators. I've met with the Butcher of Beijing. You know, I think it's important to hear, you know, each other's perspective.
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As a heterosexual man, I've never really doubted my sexuality, but I've had men in my life and thought, 'If I was gay, I'd be with him' - you know?
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I have been extremely touched by these signs of affection on the part of all the Thai people.
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Truth is a gem that is found at a great depth; whilst on the surface of the world all things are weighed by the false scale of custom.
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No one goes into standup to make money. The frustration and rejection are just too much.
