William Faulkner Quotes

There were many things I could do for two or three days and earn enough money to live on for the rest of the month. By temperament I'm a vagabond and a tramp.

William Faulkner

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• If we don't change from a world society that worships money and power to one that worships compassion and generosity, I think we'll be extinct by mid-century. I don't say that as an alarmist or as a pessimist.

  

  Patch Adams
  • World
  • Money
  • Power

• At the end of the day, it's all about money.

  Garry Kasparov
  • Money
  • Day
  • End

• I think movie and television companies are in the business of making money, and if you have a franchise, eventually you'll want to exploit that franchise and revisit it. So I assume at some point someone will do another story in the 'Lost' world.

  

  Carlton Cuse
  • World
  • Money
  • Business

• Money just draws flies.

  

  Mahalia Jackson
  • Money
  • Just
  • Flies

• Old habits die hard. I don't like spending money willy-nilly.

  

  Jack McBrayer
  • Money
  • Die
  • Habits

• The first money I have been offered was as District Officer Ba.

  

  Kamisese Mara
  • Money
  • First
  • Been

• Some musical directors have more chutzpah. They pick up the phone and talk people into giving. I prefer to call and say 'thank you' after the money has been contributed.

  

  Zubin Mehta
  • People
  • Up
  • Money

• If you have a line of business - I know this as a CEO - or if you have a teenager - I know this as a parent - who have a spending problem, what do you do? You quit giving them money.

  

  Carly Fiorina
  • Money
  • Business
  • Giving

• Gamble, cheat, lie, and steal. Let me explain: Gamble for your best shot in life - dare to take risks. Cheat those who would have you be less than you are. Lie in the arms of those you love. And finally, steal every moment of happiness.

  

  Caitlyn Jenner
  • Life
  • Money
  • Happiness

• I never cared about money or fame, and I don't care now. I follow the groove, and money always follows.

  

  Quincy Jones
  • Money
  • Care
  • Fame

• I've never done anything for money. My first love is things of limited commercial appeal. I could be happy doing Shakespeare for the rest of my life.

  

  Karen Allen
  • Life
  • Money
  • Happy

• I got started in 1995, working in a group called The Cash Money Click.

  

  Ja Rule
  • Money
  • Working
  • Group

• Great moments in science: Einstein discovers that time is actually money.

  

  Gary Larson
  • Time
  • Great
  • Money

• I worked with the Groundlings, doing sketch comedy and improv at a theater here in L.A. It was my hobby, but I took classes and stayed passionate about it because it's what I wanted to do. It just fit. It takes a while before you can actually make money at it. I worked for years.

  

  Fortune Feimster
  • Money
  • Comedy
  • Doing

• I have committed many sins in my life. But stealing money from the government, from the people, is not one of them.

  

  Ferdinand Marcos
  • People
  • Life
  • Money

• Well, I guess in all honesty I would have to say that I never knew nor did I ever hear of anybody that money didnt change.

  

  Cormac McCarthy
  • Money
  • Honesty

• My mother grew up strong. She was a charismatic leader among her peers, staging plays, organizing projects, raising money for charity; she was fiercely protective of her younger brother, with whom she shared a passion for jazz and rock and roll.

  

  Anand Giridharadas
  • Up
  • Money
  • She

• I never dress up too much on holiday, but I do spend money on good sandals from labels like Aquazzura.

  

  Poppy Delevingne
  • Up
  • Good
  • Money

• Crack is cheap. I make too much money to ever smoke crack. Let's get that straight. OK? We don't do crack. We don't do that. Crack is whack.

  

  Whitney Houston
  • Money
  • Hilarious
  • Too Much

• When you become famous, people can have a powerful yet illusory idea of who you are. You want to live your life, but still, you don't want to let anyone down. I know Ed Vedder, Kurt Cobain, Jerry Cantrell, all those guys felt it. They're smart, real, and all of a sudden, they're put on a pedestal.

  

  Ann Wilson Heart
  • People
  • Life
  • Live

• Peggy Atwood, Alice Munro, Hugh Hood, Michael Ondaatje - these are all old friends from my early 20s.

  

  Clark Blaise
  • Friends
  • Hood

• I think of reading like a balanced diet; if your sentences are too baggy, too baroque, cut back on fatty Foster Wallace, say, and pick up Kafka as roughage.

  

  Zadie Smith
  • Up
  • Think
  • Reading

• Unfortunately, fur is still flying off the racks. It's a billion dollar industry.

  

  Jane Velez-Mitchell
  • Flying

• There were many things I could do for two or three days and earn enough money to live on for the rest of the month. By temperament I'm a vagabond and a tramp.

  

  William Faulkner
  • Money
  • Month
  • Temperament