Quotes About Income

It does not require an economist to realise that a nation's wealth lies in the wealth of her citizens. Moneyed people are an asset to a nation, paupers are a liability. Take a man with an income of ten thousand a year, he is a valuable asset. The State can depend upon him for a definite yearly income. Then the man dies and the property—instead of passing to his son and continuing to yield the same yearly income to the State—has to be broken up and sold to pay death duties.

My brother is a policeman; my sister's an English teacher. When I hear what they make versus what I make, it's ridiculous.

I think there's a lot to be said for changing the balance of what we tax: wealth versus work.

You have to be very rich or very poor to live without a trade.

I think I could probably make $5 to $10m movies for a very long time and live a perfectly good life doing it. I'd probably get paid as well as a surgeon, which is pretty damn remarkable for a guy who went to film school.

While a reverse mortgage can indeed be a viable way to generate income, it is very important to understand that after you take out a reverse mortgage, you will still be responsible for paying the property tax, the insurance premium, and all the maintenance costs for your home.

A universal basic income doesn't give people dignity or protect them from boredom and vice.

My mother was a single parent, a speech therapist who worked for a company that kept a substantial percentage of the income they billed for her to teach stroke victims in convalescent hospitals to talk again.

Low pay is a serious problem, and its victims need a genuine solution.

Victory means I knocked someone out, that I got paid, and that I'll be able to get it to my kids.

Because several 'Titans' characters have been used in video games, I've got royalty checks for six figures. And I had no knowledge of this until I opened the mailbox, because I don't follow the video game world!

I see fighters make funny videos about me and stick them on Facebook and get 20 likes. When I make a video, I sell it to Fox and make seven figures. That's the difference.

You have to do all kinds of things like voice-overs, corporate gigs, and edit videos to support yourself.

You see the music videos and the bling and the cars, but all of that goes home at the end of the shoot. They make nothing because there's less and less money in the music industry.

Stand-up will always be my favorite and the most important thing that I do. I view everything else as free money.

The world is likely to view any temporary extension of the income tax cuts for the top two percent as a prelude to a long-term or permanent extension, and that would hurt economic recovery as well by undermining confidence that we're prepared to make a commitment today to bring down our future deficits.

I'll find a cottage in the country, where she and I will live off the income from my jointure." Turning from the fireplace, Devon gave her a narrow-eyed glance. "How do I fit into your future plans?" A hostile silence followed. "I really don't think I should be here," West said to the ceiling.

I've avoided the auction houses to stay out of the spotlight, but no more. We have to pay the bills.

We used to sit up on the roof with the couple from across the hall and play records and dance?' I sighed, wondering how we had come so far up in income and so far down in the things that really mattered.

S corporations do not pay taxes. For tax purposes, they are treated primarily as a partnership with profits and losses passed through to the owners. All income and expenses are passed through to the owners/shareholders, even if they include you, your spouse, and your children.

The balance sheet is made up of assets, liabilities, and equity. The P&L statement includes income, cost of sales, and expenses.

There are few sorrows in which a good income is of no avail.

All Reformers, however strict their Conscience, live in houses just as big as they can pay for.

There are few sorrows, however poignant, in which a good income is of no avail.