Money Quotes
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I question the value of stars. I think they're overrated. They get too much money, too much praise.
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Aren't you ashamed to be concerned so much about making all the money you can and advancing your reputation and prestige, while for truth and wisdom and the improvement of your souls you have no thought or car?
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Commercials certainly pay more than films. I was pleasantly surprised at the profitability of commercials when I did my first ad for a popular soap brand years ago. I was paid a huge amount of money for a mere 30 seconds of screen presence. After that, ads have been a regular feature in my career.
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I don't think anyone enjoys raising money, but for some reason I seem to have a knack.
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What people fail to appreciate is that the currency of corruption in elective office is, not money, but votes.
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The reason I invest in technology is it's the only work humans do that actually is creative. All other types of economic activity are just moving money from one pool to another, whereas technology is what allows us to create value out of thin air.
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If you don't educate yourself, you'll never get out of the starting block because you'll spend all your money making foolish decisions.
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It can be a machine. The machine tries to make money and forget about the heart and the art. Hollywood is more about making money.
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So many people appreciate what you've done, the doors you've opened, but some people realise they're not going to be able to make as much money as they thought possible when you first started.
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To those who have being stealing government money, it has to come to an end.
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When you get the money, you still need to keep going; you don't stop. There has to be something else. I think it's the freedom to do what you want and to live your dreams.
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And there are a lot of groups or mayors that might say, hey, I need the money. I have budget deficit, so I have to do it and they do it. It doesn't matter what the community wants or where the money comes from?
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I've always loved clothes, especially handbags and shoes. I'd rather save my money on clothing and wear crap, but have the handbags and shoes. I used to buy a Ferragamo or Louis Vuitton bag every job that I got. Now I have a child, and we pay for private school, so I've had to scale back!
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Forget the historic nature of his election having to do with skin color - Obama has an opportunity offered to few presidents: the chance to set the course of the nation for decades, if not generations, to come. Who knows: perhaps in the near future, our grandchildren will spend money with Obama's face on it.
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Now that I'm gettin' old enough to get some money, I'd like to have some money. I don't get much made, I need to conquer a big chunk of money. Not quit playin' but quit playin' so hard.
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I wish theater criticism in this country could be more of a companion piece to the experience than a warning about where not to spend your money.
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My father has said a hundred times, and I have paid attention, that it's stupid to let money be the reason you don't do something.
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We can't possibly fight all the terrorists in all the countries where they exist because we don't have the money or manpower to do so.
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Virtue never has been as respectable as money.
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I am an unconventional beauty. I grew up in a high school where if you didn't have a nose job and money and if you weren't thin, you weren't cool, popular, beautiful. I was always told that I wasn't pretty enough to be on television.
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“People who work for money are no good. People who work for honor are also no good. That leaves only one reason. Love!
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Humor works, and it's the best way to get attention without spending a lot of money.
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I did 12 shows in 13 weeks at a summer theater in Maine where we were paid $35 a week. After taxes and $25 for room and board, I had enough money for a pack of cigarettes and a bowl of lobster bisque.
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Despite their good intentions, today's businesses are missing an opportunity to integrate social responsibility and day-to-day business objectives - to do good and make money simultaneously.
