Paid Quotes · Page 21

Public servants are paid to serve the American people. Do it well.

— Donald Rumsfeld

I think professionalism is important, and professionalism means you get paid.

— Erica Jong

I'm an entertainer, and I'm paid as an entertainer.

— Judy Sheindlin

As an author, I get paid to break my own heart on a regular basis.

— Jamie Ford

I do think, of course, that women and men should be paid the same.

— Zoe Ball

I've always paid my own way, I've never lived off anyone.

— Kelly Brook

This is every creative person's dream - a hobby that I'm lucky enough to get paid for.

— Stephan Pastis

I get paid to practice. I play the game for free.

— Junior Seau

The Iraqis had paid a terrible price for Saddam's folly (in the Gulf War). But looking at the devastation they left behind…

— Margaret Thatcher

Right now the thing that I have learned the most is to be grateful that I have finally gotten to a point…

— Jim McKay

To become a grandparent is to enjoy one of the few pleasures in life for which the consequences have already been paid.

— Robert Breault

Don't expect to be paid a dollar an hour for your working hours when you then use your leisure hours as though…

— Henry Latham Doherty

I have never planned anything. I have been doing this job for over 50 years. I have been paid to work with…

— Donald Sutherland

What did I want with prestige? The British Open paid the winner $600 in American money. A man would have to be…

— Sam Snead

There are people who are very highly paid to cover the truth and who will protect their clients.

— Mary Hart

Debt is part of the human condition. Civilization is based on exchanges - on gifts, trades, loans - and the revenges and…

— Margaret Atwood

I will always vote what I have promised, and always vote the Constitution, as well as I will not vote for one…

— Ron Paul

The biggest influence on my writing, besides snagging some ideas about black humor, was that the paper mill had a program where…

— Donald Ray Pollock

We have reached a pivotal time in Indigenous affairs when for the first time, national attention is being paid to the horror…

— Jackie Huggins

I never really thought comedy was a career option, just something I did for fun. Suddenly I realised I was getting paid…

— Bill Bailey

For many years, our Messianic Jewish brothers and sisters have paid a great price. Other Jews have rejected them, and the Christian…

— Bill McCartney

If you look at film, distribution is pre-bought. If you've paid for the distribution, you say, 'I have to make sure it's…

— Shane Smith

I love when I am not typecast. I've been acting for 50 years. I was such a baby face; I was playing…

— Jacki Weaver

Social Security, for example - I'm 43. I've paid into the system. You know what? That money has been stolen from me.…

— Joe Miller

Women of fashion and character--I do not mean absolutely unblemished--are a necessary ingredient in the composition of good company; the attention which…

— Lord Chesterfield

If you would get money as a writer or lecturer, you must be popular, which is to go down perpendicularly… You are…

— Henry David Thoreau

When a thing is bought not for its use but for its costliness, cheapness is no recommendation. As Sismondi remarks, the consequence…

— John Stuart Mill

Is it not the glory of the people of America, that whilst they have paid a decent regard to the opinions of…

— James Madison

People were paid lots of money to make stupid decisions, people in big banks, and when people are paid to be stupid…

— Michael Lewis

Not only must weapons be bought and paid for out of surpluses of capital and labour, but they must also be put…

— David Harvey

The Auditor-General has been complaining year in and year out that the municipalities have not paid auditing fees. It is not because…

— Thabo Mbeki

I did not want to be mistreated, I did not want to be deprived of a seat that I had paid for.…

— Rosa Parks

Keenen's been bullying us our whole lives. At least we get paid for it now.

— Marlon Wayans

I got paid the same as my male counterpart grad students and onward.

— Donna Strickland

What I'm most proud of is that I paid off all the debts of my household.

— Ji Chang-wook

People have paid for content. They always have.

— Barry Diller

As soon as I paid the mortgage off in 1988, I started racing cars.

— Chris Rea

Once you get away from wanting to get paid, you can actually say some true things.

— Roseanne Barr

The only time you will ever see me in drag is when I am - What? Getting paid. It is my job.

— RuPaul

I'm trying to get paid, man. I'm not shy about that.

— Fred VanVleet