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Quotes About Earnings

Victoria leaned forward. "Never trust an altruist. Humans are selfish creatures. The only people who give away money either haven't earned it or are trying to buy prestige or absolution with it. She has prestige. What has she done that she needs to atone so badly?
~ Ilona Andrews
I don't come from money, Curran said. His voice rolled, filling the space. Everything I have I made with my own two hands, and I have to work hard every day for it. Even Daniels? another merc asked. That got some giggles. Curran cracked a smile. It was a bright, infectious smile. Especially Daniels. I work to keep her daily. Otherwise she wouldn't put up with me.
~ Ilona Andrews
Mathematicians deal with large numbers sometimes, but never in their income.
~ Isaac Asimov
It's hard to make money working; and the harder the work, the worse the pay
~ Isabel Allende
Trabajo para mí, lo que gano me lo gasto como quiero. Me ha costado mucho, no crea que ha sido fácil
~ Isabel Allende
Sudden money is going from zero to two hundred dollars a week. The rest doesn't count.
~ Neil Simon
The average hedge fund manager is going to earn zero per cent in extra return.
~ John C. Bogle
Managers don't have to cook the books to manipulate earnings; they often have all the power they need in the leeway built into accounting rules.
~ Fred S. Worthy
To convert an hourly wage to an approximate yearly salary, double the wage and change the decimal to a comma.
~ Don Tichnor
What is a Communist? One who hath yearnings For equal division of unequal earnings, Idler or bungler, or both, he is willing, To fork out his copper and pocket your shilling.
~ Ebenezer Elliott
When you criticize grown men, it's a lot easier. They make millions of dollars. They should be able to handle it, especially if you do it in a truthful manner... I'm sure it stings, but my whole objective is to be honest.
~ Booger McFarland
I'm just trying to make a buck like everyone else.
~ Tom Waits
I never lost money by turning a profit.
~ Bernard Baruch
Establish the work-pay-purchase connection. As far as I am concerned there is no age too young to start learning that money must be earned to buy the things your family needs.
~ Suze Orman
A Roth can also be a backup emergency fund. Because your contributions are made with after-tax dollars, you are free to withdraw them (though not the earnings on them) at any age without incurring taxes or penalties.
~ Suze Orman
Giving kids whatever they ask for is disastrous parenting. There's no sense of something earned. I'm sorry, but when you're 12, you don't need a new cell phone every few months just because a new one comes out.
~ Ewan McGregor
I never knew an early-rising, hard-working, prudent man, careful of his earnings, and strictly honest who complained of bad luck.
~ Henry Ward Beecher
Those who have lost their fortunes, and those who are just beginning to earn money, have nothing but personal services to offer in return for riches, therefore it is essential that they have available the practical information needed to market services to best advantage.
~ Napoleon Hill
There is no such thing as SOMETHING FOR NOTHING!
~ Napoleon Hill
The actual capital value of your brains may be determined by the amount of income you can produce (by marketing your services).
~ Napoleon Hill
They will act as if they deserved the money.
~ Nassim Nicholas Taleb
notion of alternative accounting: $ 10 million earned through Russian roulette does not have the same value as $ 10 million earned through the diligent and artful practice of dentistry.
~ Nassim Nicholas Taleb
It netted a 4.5% revenue
~ Nassim Nicholas Taleb
10 million earned through Russian roulette does not have the same value as $10 million earned through the diligent and artful practice of dentistry.
~ Nassim Nicholas Taleb