Writers of novels and romance in general bring a double loss to their readers; robbing them of their time and money; representing men, manners, and things, that never have been, or are likely to be. – Mary Wortley Montagu
You definitely want to do the little films. They’re always going to be harder, but you don’t do them to make money. You do them so you can see what you can make with the research that you have. – Marguerite Moreau
Because of their low earnings and family obligations, Latinas would not be putting much money into private investment accounts. An average Latina could wind up losing thousands of dollars under this proposal. – Grace Napolitano
Happy is harder than money. Anybody who thinks money will make you happy hasn’t got money. – David Geffen
Many scammers are only using personal checks for payment because they can take the money and run. – Matthew Lesko
If the Eagles were to get back together, it would have to be for the right reasons. I think it would look awful if it were just for the money. – Glenn Frey
There is no virtue in compulsory government charity, and there is no virtue in advocating it. A politician who portrays himself as ‘caring’ and ‘sensitive’ because he wants to expand the government’s charitable programs is merely saying that he’s willing to try to do good with other people’s money. – P. J. O’Rourke
If giving money to a politician prejudiced my ability to think and write honestly, I wouldn’t do it. Fortunately, it doesn’t. – George Packer
I think space, architectural space, is my thing. It’s not about facade, elevation, making image, making money. My passion is creating space. – Peter Zumthor
I believe in making movies very inexpensively; I think that way too much money is spent on making movies. Enough movies are being made, but not enough experimental ones. – Dax Shepard
Modeling wasn’t the thing that was going to define me in any way; it was just a way to make a lot of money. – Michelle Phillips
Unless you are completely retired, earning money is the best form of wealth preservation. – Felix Dennis
I didn’t end up some sad, tragic guy singing in a lounge somewhere. I never went out and took big money for nostalgia and became like an oldies act. – David Cassidy
Having been governor of New Mexico, I know that legislation gets passed to benefit those who have money and influence. Then they buy more money and influence. That’s one reason why, as governor, I vetoed more than 750 bills and thousands of line items. I did it to keep crony capitalism away from government. – Gary Johnson
I had been playing for about a year and a half when the Beach Boys formed. When our folks went to Mexico on business, we would take the food money they had left us and we would rent instruments. – Carl Wilson
I am a theatre actor, but the last ten years I’ve taken parts in movies because it keeps me in money. – Michael Gambon
I cannot with any real integrity perform songs I’ve done for 25 years. I don’t need the money. What I need is to feel that I am not letting myself down as an artist and that I still have something to contribute. – David Bowie
Success is not about how much money we have in the bank, but it’s about how many peoples’ lives we have impacted through it. Success is experienced when we do things which are never done before. – Naveen Jain
In my career, there have been roles I haven’t taken because someone involved with the project gave me a bad vibe. I don’t care how much money is on the table: No job is worth feeling uneasy every day. – Gabrielle Union
Philosophically, what I have learned is to thy own self be true. That is the biggest lesson of all. Relax; music is fun. To many people take it to seriously because of the money involved. – Greg Lake
I always want to do – take everything and take it to the next step. I don’t want to just keep doing something the same ol’ thing. Obviously, I could have wrote ‘Mother’ 20 times and made tons of money and be playing gigantic arenas and whatever, but that’s not really what I want to do. – Glenn Danzig
Use your time well. Everyone gets time equally. It doesn’t matter how much money you make. – Danny Meyer
College is expensive; I always knew that, and I wanted to make money, partially to spend a little of it here and there, but primarily for a college savings fund. – Gillian Jacobs
This is why I wanted to be different and why I wanted to have power and fame and money: because I wanted to be attractive to the opposite sex. I’d be lying to you if I didn’t say that was a big part of it. – Michael Buble
I might say that in retrospect, looking at where the community college system is today, I think we may have gone too far. The community college system is so big, so broad, so consuming of tax money. – Daniel J. Evans
The West coast money and the East coast money, in an ever-increasing manner, is finding its way to Chicago. – Eric Lefkofsky
Most people work just hard enough not to get fired and get paid just enough money not to quit. – George Carlin