You can name your own salary in this business. I call mine…

My wife." "By what name is she called, Kincaid?" "Mine.

— Julie Garwood

I have visited sweatshops, factories, and crowded slums. If I could not see it, I could smell it. The foundation of society is laid…

— Helen Keller

If the members of parliament no longer consider themselves mandatories of the taxpayers but deputies of those receiving salaries, wages, subsidies, doles, and other…

— Ludwig von Mises

In North Carolina, for example, it takes 15 years to move a teacher's salary from $30,000 to $40,000. So it's really difficult to argue…

— Dana Goldstein

In my first start-up, I didn't get any salary for four years, so I had to move back with my parents.

— Travis Kalanick

It's kind of funny...the moments on which life hinges. I think growing up you always imagine your life--your success--depends on your family and how…

— Marisha Pessl

I will build a car for the great multitude. It will be large enough for the family, but small enough for the individual to…

— Anonymous

My salary is of little importance.

— Serge Aurier

I was invited to join the MGM cartoon department. But if I'd started work in animation I'd have had to take a cut in…

— Jack Nicholson

If you work for the federal government, the average salary is $7,000 higher than the private sector. Something's wrong with that, when you're making…

— Jesse Ventura

I buy my own clothes. I have a teacher's salary.

— Jill Biden

“Employment is an employee’s kissing of an employer’s ass. A salary is the employer’s pretense to be cleaning his ass.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

It's not about a salary, it's all about reality.

— KRS-One

If you want good behavior, don't pay on a commission basis. Our judges aren't paid so much a case. We keep them pretty well…

— Charlie Munger

One thing I don't want to feel is marketplace pressure, so I'm really glad I enjoy teaching because I can rely on that for…

— Aimee Bender