Quotes About Income

Well, we lost a lot of our independence already. We are dependent on China for credit. We are dependent on Middle Eastern countries for energy supplies. And many Americans are dependent on the government for their income, health care, education of their children, food stamps.

Dad said I would always be "high minded and low waged" from reading too much Ralph Waldo Emerson. Maybe he was right.

The first step in providing economic equality for women is to ensure a stable economy in which every person who wants to work can work.

Once we demanded two chickens in every pot, then two cars in every garage. Now families want two homes—one a retreat for weekends and vacations—and maybe a boat or an airplane. So it follows that they need two pay checks.

If there is any law governing the distribution of income between classes, it still remains to be discovered.

As she traveled down the lane between the rows of parked cars, she noticed a conspicuous absence of new or expensive vehicles. Teaching didn't pay well enough for any luxuries, and Hannah thought that was a shame. There was something really wrong with  the system when a teacher could make more money flipping burgers at a fast-food chain.

I once watched in awe as a New York City tenant lawyer exclaimed, "Good!" when she was shown statistics about declining white male incomes.

You have to remember that professional football is a job, too, and some people have to get results on the pitch to pay to live.

I think professionalism is important, and professionalism means you get paid.

Many women are the lower-earning partner in a married couple, thanks in part to forces that relegate women to less remunerative professions and pay them less for the same work.

Student rental is definitely a very profitable form; it is also a very time intensive type of investment. There's a lot of working involved with student rentals.

If banks earn more profits, the employees will benefit.

Creative writing programmes are not very necessary. They just exist so that people like us can make a living.

The displacement of scripted series by reality programming continues to be a severe obstacle to a working actor's ability to earn a living.

Computer programming is pretty much guaranteed income. I'm good at it, and I like it.

A lot of my income has been derived from voicing Disney and family programming.

I support a progressive state income tax.

A fairer system bases itself on actual outcomes - if you earn more you pay more, through progressive income tax.

I could probably make more money if I did more commercial projects.

Initially, dancing for me was just for pocket money. The dancers are paid well and you get paid on a daily basis. Eventually when I got promoted as an assistant choreographer I was getting paid more. This was during my college days.

I still get invitations from all over Europe to speak at dinners, and it's an honour that promoters and charities can use me to create income.

There are a couple things that I could be doing, maybe owning a coffee shop or work in construction, building houses back in Nashville or British Columbia. I've also thought about being a property owner which would give me income and allow me to fix and maintain those properties to keep me busy.

Income is now more concentrated in the hands of the rich. Those well-off households tend to save and invest higher proportions of their earnings than middle-class or low-income families do.

I would be open to a proposal that would have some minimum tax level for everyone.