Income Quotes · Page 11

There is nothing more demoralizing than a small but adequate income.

— Edmund Wilson

Why is it that half of the households in America pay zero income tax? We need some real tax reform.

— John Cornyn

A primary justification for a basic income is social justice.

— Guy Standing

Freedom ultimately is dignity. And dignity, not income, is the opposite of poverty.

— Jacqueline Novogratz

It is business that generates the jobs, income and taxes that keep a country going.

— Mark Skousen

The goal of retirement is to live off your assets, not on them.

— Frank Eberhart

I want to make sure that the American worker has an opportunity to see their wages rise and their incomes increase.

— Rick Santorum

In the long run, greater investment would mean greater productivity and income growth.

— Bob Frank

I'm angry when we have to use state dollars to fill holes in our low-income heating assistance program because there isn't enough…

— Jodi Rell

If a man has important work, and enough leisure and income to enable him to do it properly, he is in possession…

— R. H. Tawney

All decent people live beyond their incomes; those who aren't respectable live beyond other people's; a few gifted individuals manage to do…

— Hector Hugh Munro

Anything in this culture that stands still long enough eventually becomes okay if a person can derive an income from it. Eventually,…

— Henry Rollins

Income earned by the sweat of your brow should be taxed at the lowest rates, not the highest. Capital gains should be…

— John C. Bogle

A high income job, a big house, nice cars, and lavish vacations don't mean you are rich, in fact it could mean…

— Robert Kiyosaki

Raising the federal minimum wage won't just put more money in the pocket of low-income families - it also means they spend…

— Hillary Clinton

I don't know what the average income of Muslim-Americans is, but Muslim-American immigrants of recent vintage, I bet they have a very…

— Thomas Friedman

The essential point here is that all people with small, insecure incomes are in the same boat and ought to be fighting…

— George Orwell

Lobbyists know that a 0 percent tax rate on capital income is not, in fact, the lowest possible rate. There can be…

— Joel Achenbach

A man is still likely to earn more money than a woman, even one doing the same job. You have a far…

— Daniel Craig

The shortage of buyers, which the world is suffering from, is readily understood, not as due to people not wishing to obtain…

— Paul Dirac

In fact, the corporations are driving out the competition and it is not getting better, especially when they are not paying income…

— Dolores Huerta

By using general consumption PPPs, the World Bank is, in effect, saying to the poor: "Sure, you cannot buy as much food…

— Thomas Pogge

Skilled shortages in America exist because we are shielding our skilled labor force from world competition. [Visa quotas] have been substituted for…

— Alan Greenspan

Whether you're studying electrical engineering or poetry, college is not about maximizing income, it's about becoming a better and more informed observer…

— John Green

When a destitute mother starts earning an income, her dreams of success invariably center around her children. A woman's second priority is…

— Muhammad Yunus

I was brought up by a Victorian Grandmother. We were taught to work jolly hard. We were taught to prove yourself; we…

— Margaret Thatcher

When two working people decide to marry, their federal income tax is usually increased. As soon as one spouse earns at least…

— Millicent Fenwick

The truth is that political consciousness in this country is pretty low... To the degree that we can help educate and organize…

— Bernie Sanders

While certain coastal cities have become very prosperous, the rest of China has a per capita income of $200 a year. The…

— George Friedman

The history of taxation shows that taxes which are inherently excessive are not paid. The high rates inevitably put pressure upon the…

— Andrew Mellon

Look, in particular, at the people who, like you, are making average incomes for doing average jobs- bank vice presidents, insurance salesmen,…

— Dave Barry

With the socialization of the health care system through institutions such as Medicaid and Medicare and the regulation of the insurance industry…

— Hans-Hermann Hoppe

I am not against hasty marriages where a mutual flame is fanned by an adequate income.

— Anonymous

Income is primarily determined by your philosophy, not by the economy

— Jim Rohn

The lower half of households by wealth held just 3% of wealth in 1989 and only 1% in 2013.

— Janet Yellen

Higher projected corporate and personal income tax receipts and lower public debt charges.

— Ralph Goodale

A heavy or progressive or graduated income tax is necessary for the proper development of Communism.

— Karl Marx

I didn't want to limit my income so I decided to master all aspects of stunting.

— Hal Needham

Just about the time when my income gets to the point where food prices don't matter, calories do!..

— Anonymous

You cannot keep out of trouble by spending more than your income,

— William J. H. Boetcker