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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I think parenting is a huge responsibility. It was in my time when I was growing up and there still continues to be that responsibility.
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I love to feel clean. Whenever I was touring and doing shows, the minute I was done, I would immediately shower, take off all my makeup, and put on my PJs.
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In school, I didn't speak up often in class. I was never the person to yell out an answer. If I knew it, I might whisper it to my buddy and let him answer. I kept quiet.
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Oh, give me land, lots of land under starry skies above. Don't fence me in. Let me ride through the wide open country that I love Don't fence me in Let me be by myself in the evenin' breeze And listen to the murmur of the cottonwood trees Send me off forever but I ask you please Don't fence me in
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No one goes into standup to make money. The frustration and rejection are just too much.
