Quotes About Earnings

I used to work, part time, in a deli, in those days when your parents made you work just so you should know what work was like. And you'd make 4, 5, 6, ten dollars.

That the American, by temperament, worked to excess, was true; work and whiskey were his stimulants; work was a form of vice; but he never cared much for money or power after he earned them.

There's a big difference between wanting to work and having to work. And I had to learn that the hard way. Now money is very important to me, because I ain't got it.

Now as a former welfare recipient, I don't have a problem with expecting people to work to earn money. But where I come from we call that a job, not volunteerism.

You always get paid for how hard you work, but it's not always right away.

I'm not cocky at all. You ask anybody, I'm one of the nicest guys. I try to be as humble as I can, but if you work hard, sometimes you know that you earned more respect.

I am quite happy to take a cut. You've got to, if you want to work and continue working.

Every dollar that the boss did not work for, one of us worked for a dollar and didn't get it.

Much work is merely a way to make money; much leisure is merely a way to spend it.

People who work hard for their money cannot be placed in a worse position that those who allow their money to work for them.

I know I earn less at my primary school than you do, but I don't have to work as hard at my primary school.

You can pay Uncle Sam with all your overtime, is that all you get for your money?

If taxpayers want to keep more of the money they earn, they must also work to become less dependent on a government check. We look to government too often and to ourselves not enough.

If people work for me over the years, I expect them to be paid what they're owed, but I don't expect them to be paid more than they earn.

I don't work for nothing. I'm entitled to get paid.

I don't see that anybody needs to earn $12 million for three months' work, quite honestly.

Honest work deserves honest pay.

Employers should overcome a myopic quarterly earnings posture and focus on long-term strategies for growth that include investing in their own skills-training efforts to enable a broader pool of applicants.

Our view is that just because Amazon can disrupt somebody else's profit stream, it doesn't mean that Amazon earns that profit stream.

Our progress isn't just limited to the operation. Financially, we have been performing well. United's 2015 earnings were one of the best in the company's history, and we made significant progress shrinking the margin gap with our closest competitors, strengthening our balance sheet, and returning significant cash to shareholders.

The 77 cents that women make for every dollar men earn makes a real difference to our families - families stretching to make every dollar count.

Well, I guess that early 12 string. The first Martin I bought. I bought it around 1957 with money I earned as a janitor assistant. I bought brand new. I still have that.

I think the only person who will ever lose in a fight and still end up making a million dollars is Conor McGregor - that's just because of how his contract is structured or whatever.

I can't put on an act, so I try to be one of the best fighters so at least I get paid. Let's say Michael Bisping, he wasn't that great. He was losing, winning, but he was making a lot of money, and that was because he was outspoken and from the U.K. But not everyone can be like that. So, I tried to be the best I could.