Quotes About Money

I make films for money and fame. But I made 'Kanjeevaram' for recognition.

Putin recognized that if he could get enough money, everything would be under control.

My recollection is - and I'd have to confirm this - but I don't recall paying any money to go to law school.

I never had huge amounts of money when I was young. I had huge amounts of fame, and I always had the sense of labor and recompense. I always said I don't want to work for pay, but I want to get paid for my song.

Most people don't reconcile their bank accounts.

The amount of money currently in your bank account is a fact. The amount you spend today is a choice. And the way you reconcile both is through clarity.

The record companies don't give you a chance, like in the old days when they went, 'Here's a pile of money. Go make a good record!'

Record companies don't think creatively about what something could possibly be because they are not filled with creative people. Nobody's looking at the future of music because they're concentrating so hard on what they can get from it right this second. It's really hard to see an artist; it's a lot easier to see money.

It's pre-roll or post-roll on Vevo. The record company makes money off of that, and then it trickles down.

We had a nightmare on our first album, and went through two producers. I decided, on the second album, to take the money that we were supposed to use for pre-production, and we went into a studio and cut the album with no producer. We finished the whole thing without telling the record company.

When the record company pays you an advance, it is just that - an advance. And it's at worse rates than any bank would charge you to pay them back.

Money definitely does not equal success in recording.

Rhythm and blues started even before phonograph records were being produced because black people entertained themselves. It wasn't done for money. It was done for entertainment. Most white people didn't know anything about this because prejudice kept them from ever seeing what was going on.

I'm not trying to sound pretentious, but we did sell 12 million records on the first album, so we did get paid a little bit.

We went into that knowing that we were never going to sell a major record 'cause we didn't sound like these bands, so I just thought this was an opportunity for us to make the kind of records that we wanted and make some money at the same time.

Profile has half the publishing and they control and administer the publishing and distribute and own the records, so our group is a 10-point crew. But we got a lot of money off of the shows.

Because obviously the whole purpose of putting records out is purely and simply to make money.

I think free agency changed the league more than the money. Teams had to build better facilities, coaches had to develop more personal relationships with the players and recruiting became such a big part of winning and losing.

College players make money for the colleges. You think they spend all that recruiting money to get the best students? Come on.

The fact that people still know us is, in my opinion, a result of our music and of the big money that runs the music industry today. The people who control the industry are accountants who recycle everything in new, nostalgic packages, and everything else, to make more money.

When a film company is in the red they come to me. Always it is the same.

Refinancing doesn't reduce your debt, it just restructures it, so be clear about what you want to achieve with a refi.

Through U.K. aid, we will help developing countries to crack down on money laundering and gather more tax - which will reduce their need for our help in the long term.

If we reduced the military expenses in 10 percent of the world, we would have enough money to save millions of lives in this world.