To try and raise a budget for a film that is strictly for adults and both strong and graphic in content is not easy, especially when there is pressure to spend serious money on good special effects. – Dario Argento
You know, in the old days, you might be able to slowly sort of build an audience for your work by publishing two, three novels before you hit it big. You know, now, there’s much more of an emphasis in the publishing houses on making sure that every book makes money. – Chad Harbach
I did two movies that were arthouse movies; they were critically successful but made no money at all… but after making those movies, I thought, ‘I wouldn’t watch my own movies when I was 16, and my buddies where I came from wouldn’t watch my movies, because they were boring.’ – Daniel Espinosa
No matter how many people tell you, Save your money, when you’ve got a series, you never do. Somehow it doesn’t seem important. Maybe it’s because you’ve been without money for so long as an actor. – David Morse
On the other hand, we raised $25 million by going public. It’s that money that we used to build this company, to build the circulation, to build a high profile and to hire staff that made Salon what it is today. – David Talbot
I try to stay ahead of things, if you know what I mean. I take the money I make and reinvest it. – Mickey Gilley
I grew up with a single mother, and although we didn’t have a lot of money, she cared a great deal about what we ate. We were the original health-food family. We shopped at what were called health-food stores before Whole Foods – everything came from bins. – Mona Simpson
Money is misunderstood. The fact is if you want to be successful – the money will follow you. If you are a doctor, something else will follow you. If you are successful, there is an accompaniment. If your goal is just to make money, you won’t succeed. Money is a commodity to use, not to be dictated by. – Frank Lowy
I was lucky enough to see with my own eyes the recent stock-market crash, where they lost several million dollars, a rabble of dead money that went sliding off into the sea. – Federico Garcia Lorca
Money is just a way to keep score. The best people in any field are motivated by passion. That becomes more true the higher the skill level gets. – Eric S. Raymond
All I’m doing is I’m filling out my tax returns – or my accountants are, and I’m paying whatever I’m supposed to pay, though I’m giving away a large amount of the money and that probably lowers my tax rate because I’m giving away so much money. But change the law, but don’t blame me for the law. I’m not writing the law. I didn’t write the law. – David Rubenstein
I wanted to be an empowered woman, and I became an empowered woman. And now I want to empower every woman. And I do it through my clothes, I do it through my words, I do it through my money, I do it through everything. – Diane von Furstenberg
I believe – though I may be wrong, because I’m no expert – that this war is about what most wars are about: hegemony, money, power and oil. – Dustin Hoffman
My happiness doesn’t come from money or fame. My happiness comes from seeing life without struggle. – Nicki Minaj
All three of my parents – I also had a stepmother – were teachers, and my dad taught high school, and as he always reminded me when I was going to spend some money on something, ‘Your mother and I, in the Depression, had to decide whether to spend a dime on a loaf of bread or if we could go to a movie with it.’ – Dick Cavett
Flattery is a kind of bad money, to which our vanity gives us currency. – Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Once we relieve them from sanctions, their economy opens up, and they can sell oil and pistachios and whatever else they sell around the world. That was why Iran needed a deal. Everyone knows they fund terrorism around the world. Having that extra money will add a lot of problems and create a lot more hot spots. – Dan Webster
One way we gave small businesses more money to invest was by extending tax provisions on expensing. This allows businesses to immediately write off things like equipment, without being burdened by depreciation requirements. – Dennis Hastert
Profit or perish… There are only two ways to make money: increase sales and decrease costs. – Fred DeLuca
My book ‘The Exciting Adventures of Boo’ was first published when I was fifteen. It is a children’s book with ten different stories. In each story, the main character Boo learns a lesson – one of the ten most important lessons I learned as a kid. I also donated all the money from my books I personally sold to my local ASPCA Animal Shelter. – Manika
Early on, I joined that large group of show business cadets who were ‘multi-hyphenates,’ ‘independents,’ ‘self produced’ or ‘alternately financed.’ Sometimes, most times, I’ve had to do it all: raise the money, write the script, produce, direct and act in the film. – Mike Binder
I remember being a kid and saying, ‘One day, I’m going to have a ranch. One day, one day, one day.’ And now, I’m fighting in the UFC. I’m here making the money, and that one day is here. I can finally go get those things that I want. – Donald Cerrone
I’m not a money manager, but I can tell you what the conventional wisdom is. The younger you are, the more risk you can take on. – Maria Bartiromo
Dance music doesn’t care where you live. It doesn’t care who your friends are. It doesn’t care how much money you make. It doesn’t care if you’re 74 or if you are 24 because… 74 is the new 24! – Giorgio Moroder
I spent money, I slept with women around the league, but I always kept my mind on the game. – Dennis Rodman
Places like New York are just too intense, too much about money, too much about ambition; it’s all too superficial for me. – Carmen Kass