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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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.
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Unless you are completely retired, earning money is the best form of wealth preservation.
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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!'
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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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The great thing about American women is their energy and the way they love to dress. French women don't really dress; they are too conservative, as it's always a question of money. In America, women are powerful and strong, determined. If they want to be an object, they choose to be in control.
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When I am tanned and in shape I feel confident about my appearance.
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You don't learn charm. It's not something that you can acquire. I have used it much in my life with great success, but it's not necessarily what makes me an actor. It became a very easy label to attach to me. It also feels a bit dismissive. People go, 'You're so lovely and charming', but it's a wee bit, 'That's all you are.'
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Power is what spoils people. Yes, it seems to me that the seeking after power is the great danger and the great corruptor of mankind.
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You have Extreme and Van Halen and the history that I have with other people I played with. There are some effects that will hopefully break that stereotype.
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No one goes into standup to make money. The frustration and rejection are just too much.
