Alex Trebek Quotes

The only reason I got into broadcasting was, I needed money to pay for my junior and senior years at college, and they hired me, those fools!

Alex Trebek

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• You start to become successful, and everybody starts to drive your money train to the bank, and they're not thinking anymore about what you want as an artist or if any of that even matters to you. It genuinely upsets people in my life that I don't care about money, and that's not my problem.

  

  Lady Gaga
  • People
  • Life
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• The American school system's a little warped, so anyone can get a degree if they have a little money.

  

  Adam DeVine
  • School
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  • American

• One half who graduate from college never read another book.

  

  G. M. Trevelyan
  • Book
  • College
  • Graduation

• I immigrated to the United States in 2001 for college.

  

  Karan Mahajan
  • College
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• Money just draws flies.

  

  Mahalia Jackson
  • Money
  • Just
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• I've done fine in this business, but I've never made quite enough money to have a family or have many options.

  

  Larry Drake
  • Family
  • Money
  • Done

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

  

  Jack McBrayer
  • Money
  • Die
  • Habits

• I had actually gone to a church-related college, but I went on a football scholarship, not because of any interest in the church.

  

  R. C. Sproul
  • College
  • Church
  • Football

• When I was in college, my brother, B.R. Chopra, who is everything to me, was a director in Bombay. He taught me filmmaking. What I am today is because of him.

  

  Yash Chopra
  • Today
  • College
  • Brother

• I'm a psychologist. I was a psychology faculty member, and then I became an administrator of the department, then the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. At the time of the presidential search, I was the dean.

  

  I. King Jordan
  • Time
  • College
  • Search

• I could be happy doing something like architecture. It would involve another couple of years of graduate school, but that's what I studied in college. That's what I always wanted to do.

  

  Parker Stevenson
  • School
  • Happy
  • College

• I was in college in the '60s, and the whole feminist movement had swept me up.

  

  Laura Schlessinger
  • Up
  • Me
  • College

• 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

• I made my money in an honest way. And I have declared it all. By co-founding Infosys along with Mr. Murthy and others, I earned financially.

  

  Nandan Nilekani
  • Money
  • Way
  • Others

• Of the billionaires I have known, money just brings out the basic traits in them. If they were jerks before they had money, they are simply jerks with a billion dollars.

  

  Warren Buffett
  • Money
  • Basic
  • Traits

• You must acquire the habits and skills of managing a small amount of money before you can have a large amount. Remember, we are creatures of habit and, therefore, the habit of managing your money is more important than the amount.

  

  T. Harv Eker
  • Important
  • Money
  • Remember

• 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

• I was a good student with mathematical ability and interests. As such, I took the usual college preparatory program in high school for one looking to become an engineer: all the available courses in mathematics and science.

  

  Dale T. Mortensen
  • Good
  • School
  • High

• We spend to pretend that we're upper class. And when the dust clears - when bankruptcy hits or a family member bails us out of our stupidity - there's nothing left over. Nothing for the kids' college tuition, no investment to grow our wealth, no rainy-day fund if someone loses her job.

  

  J. D. Vance
  • Family
  • Job
  • Kids

• Our societies have achieved a general level of prosperity of which most of all the human beings who have ever lived could only dream. Now we need to show that we can stop continually wanting more - more money, more stuff. We must show that it is possible for people to realise that they have enough.

  

  John Lanchester
  • People
  • Money
  • Dream

• Bobby made references to me a few times on Show Me The Money. He seemed to enjoy using words like 'sangnamja (T/N: true man, also the title for 'Boy in Luv') and 'leading a fast life' (T/N: pronounced as Bangtang). Saying "Like a true man, I lead a fast life" isn't a common mix of words, right? I thought that it wasn't just a coincidence.

  

  Kim Nam-joon BTS
  • Life
  • Money
  • True

• I like to say I believe in ghosts so I don't get haunted by one.

  

  Ella Henderson
  • Believe

• The most important part of ourselves is the mind, and it has been rather inaccessible.

  

  Ariel Garten
  • Important
  • Mind

• The only reason I got into broadcasting was, I needed money to pay for my junior and senior years at college, and they hired me, those fools!

  

  Alex Trebek
  • Money
  • College
  • Senior