Quotes About Compensation

I believe in pay for performance.

But as a writer and performer, I want to get paid for what I do.

I think it's criminal how little people in the military are paid. These are people out risking their lives, taken away from their families for long periods of time. I think they should be paid dramatically more than they're paid.

All of these reissues were not authorized by me, I do not endorse them, the live album was put out without my permission, and I've not seen a dime at this point, either.

If music is to continue to support the livelihoods of artists, it cannot be taken without the permission of artists.

Allowances cut from their salary will be recovered indirectly by them from the public's pocket only so they will not lose anything.

Go confidently in the direction of your perseverance! Live the life you've contemplated. We shall find compensation in every disappointment.

A lawyer's opinion is worth nothing unless paid for.

When the nations of Europe began to conquer this New World they made ample compensation to its native inhabitants by bestowing on them civilization and Christianity in exchange for unlimited independence.

Now there is a growing feeling, it's something that David Cameron led on actually, he said this some time ago, that MPs should not be voting on their own pay.

I didn't cry when I left free-booting, smash-and-grab papers that would have appeared to be far more natural homes for me and, at the risk of being vulgar, paid far better for my services.

The things that churned inside Daredevil were deeply religious, somewhat guilt-driven traces of the messianic, with his powers being a compensation for and driven by the vulnerability of being blind. Green Arrow is not driven by dark forces.

We have to get very militant with some of these employers to say there's no shortcuts, our people have a right to a fair day's wage for a fair day's pay, and we've got to get that done. And that's going to happen.

We took the position we wanted our people to be better than minimum wage, so we're going to pay better than minimum wage, and we still do that.

Wage concessions are difficult to quantify, since their magnitude depends on many operating variables.

We always strive to be the best in the wage package.

You get paid more at McDonald's than you do under the existing minimum wage.

The minimum wage was due for an increase, but it was important that we offset its cost to small businesses.

Many unions have contracts with employers that are based on a multiple of the prevailing minimum wage. If the minimum wage goes up, union salaries go up by a similar percentage.

Home Depot has never hired one human being for minimum wage, not one. We have always paid a premium over minimum wage.

I have said, on a number of occasions, that we could have a lower minimum wage or no minimum wage.

Prosecutors and public defenders deserve to make a living wage.

When you work extra, you should be paid extra. That's what the Fair Labor Standards Act said. And I've met so many people who are working 60-70 hours a week, and they are effectively working 20 hours for free because they are making a little bit above the minimum wage, because the 2004 regulation enables employers to do that. That's not fair.

Middle-income wage earners have essentially had no pay increases since 2000.