Money Quotes
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'The Karate Kid' was just lightning in a bottle. The second movie is a very worthy sequel, because you got to explore the Okinawan culture and learned about Miyagi's life. The third, as is always the case, was made because the second one made a lot of money.
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What does it mean when people applaud? Should I give 'em money? Say thank you? Lift my dress? The lack of applause - that I can respond to.
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When you make a movie independently, you raise the money beforehand, and then you make the movie kind of by yourself.
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The national debt is totally unlike a family budget for about a gazillion reasons, not the least of which being that families cannot raise money by fiat or deflate the size of their debt unilaterally and that family members die instead of existing infinitely.
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The Obama administration, seemingly without any concern or worry, funneled money around U.S. law through foreign central banks to provide a state sponsor of terrorism with $400 million in blood money for American hostages.
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We pass bills authorizing improvements and grants. But when it comes time to pay for these programs, we'd rather put the country's money toward tax breaks for the wealthy than for police officers who are protecting our communities.
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My dad was a mechanical engineer and a drummer. We had no money, but I never felt we had no money, and that's what I remember now, having my own child. I think, 'Oh so what?' Kids don't go around the house seeing what's wrong with it.
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WHETHER YOU'VE GOT $20 TO SPEND IN TOPSHOP OR $2.000 TO SPEND AT GUCCI, LOOKING GOOD ISN'T ABOUT MONEY. IT’S ABOUT STYLE, AND STYLE NEVER GOES OUT OF FASHION.
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Setting the state budget is one of the most important tasks we undertake at the state Capitol - because after all, it's the people's money - not the government's.
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I want to save up money. This is probably long-term, but I for sure want to get into real estate and flip houses and start doing stuff like that. So I'm saving money. And, you know, being a kid at the same time. I want people to know I'm literally just a 16-year-old punk who's trying to hang out with some homies on the weekends.
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Me, I don't need money.
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I've made an incredible amount of money stealing fans from homeowners.
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The competition between me and Bill Gates, probably: Who can spend money more effectively that can do better philanthropy.
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I'd rather make less money and live in a just world.
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My brother starting earning early in life. I stopped taking money from my parents, and my brother would give me the pocket money.
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All that running around in my underwear put money in my pockets. I can focus on working in interesting movies without having to worry about supporting myself.
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As a rule, bond funds will not double your money overnight.
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Most people think they want more money than they really do, and they settle for a lot less than they could get
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I always urge women to aim for the highest job they can get because you get more money and you get more support and you get more control, and those are the three things that actually make life easier.
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I know what it means to do a job... I worked in a factory. I respect people in the service industry. What irritates me more is when people aren't respectful. There's a lot of nonsense behavior, especially in a place like Hollywood. The money, the power, they create little monsters.
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When people make donations to non profits, they want to know that their money goes to good use.
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Filmmaking is a very privileged art form. It costs a lot of money to make these things.
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My mother was asked to be a model when she was younger, but my father had not let her, so she was quite keen on me becoming a model. I just went off without telling my dad. I took off to Paris and never came back, but when I became a success and started making money, he was very proud of me.
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Men who accomplish great things in the industrial world are the ones who have faith in the money producing power of ideas.
