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Quotes About Salary

It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it.
~ Upton Sinclair
There is a species of person called a 'Modern Churchman' who draws the full salary of a beneficed clergyman and need not commit himself to any religious belief.
~ Evelyn Waugh
My salary for 'Splash' was $350,000. I got about $800,000 for 'Summer Rental.' So, yes, I thought, 'Well, here's a chance to get some furniture for the house and some clothes for the kids.'
~ John Candy
The less a man knows the bigger the noise he makes and the higher the salary he commands.
~ Mark Twain
Mr Parkinson told him what was his due. "On your salary scale, the firm gives three months' sick leave on full pay. Then if you are still unfit for work, another three months on half pay.
~ Nevil Shute
I pay our nanny more than I'm earning.
~ Rupert Penry-Jones
It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends on his not understanding it.
~ Upton Sinclair
don't stay at the job for safe salary increases over time. That will never get you where you want—freedom from financial worry. Only free time, imagination, creativity, and an ability to disappear will help you deliver value that nobody ever delivered before in the history of humankind.
~ James Altucher
My father started out as a musician but he had a salary from a day job working as a health inspector for the government. When he left to set up his own entertainment agency his income became more uncertain.
~ Carol Drinkwater
We're way underpaid as race car drivers.
~ Denny Hamlin
Today, you hit .230, and you get a million and a half and think you're underpaid.
~ Vernon Law
Unequal pay exists across most job sectors of our economy, even in nursing.
~ Jan Schakowsky
If you have a great manager, you want to pay him very well.
~ Warren Buffett
If you claim to represent and speak for the people, and they are forced to pay your salary, you have a duty to experience life as near as possible to the way others live it.
~ Peter Hitchens
I'm famous for being nicer to my fans than anyone on the face of the Earth because I figure a) They pay my salary, and b) It's probably like a big moment in your life to meet somebody so I would say, just come on up.
~ James Woods
Quinientos a la semana y una puerta con pestillo.
~ Virginia Woolf
the president of Goodwill Industries made $800,000 a year.
~ Larry Brooks
Yet his salary was considerably more than Magellan's, the highest of any in the fleet:
~ Laurence Bergreen
Magellan's pay came to 50,000 maravedís, and an additional 8,000 maravedís each month.
~ Laurence Bergreen
By royal order, his monthly salary went directly to his wife, Beatriz.
~ Laurence Bergreen
The ship's officers were in a substantially higher bracket. First Officer Warms earned $180 a month; Captain Wilmott, the princely sum of $300 a month. Chief Engineer Eban Abbott's paycheck was $220 a month. For that salary Abbott was expected to keep the engines running smoothly, and play his part in entertaining the passengers, particularly the women on board.
~ Gordon Thomas
Minimum wage, minimum effort
~ Graham McNamee
Essentially, Goodell is a water boy who makes eight figures.
~ Gregg Easterbrook
The players wanted more money, higher salary caps and they didn't have that family relationship we felt with the players. Mentally, the players were more businesslike.
~ Guy Lafleur