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title: "10 Windfall Quotes by 10 authors"
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> [“Inspiration is the windfall from hard work and focus. Muses are too unreliable to keep on the payroll.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helen-hanson/inspiration-is-the-windfall-from-hard-work-and-focus-muses-are-too/)

[Helen Hanson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helen-hanson/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/917/helen-hanson-242095_focus_inspiration-is-the-windfall-from-hard-wo_1592835.jpg)

> [“You long for a windfall that will let you quit and pursue your great hobby”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-kirn/you-long-for-a-windfall-that-will-let-you-quit-and-pursue-your-great/)

[Walter Kirn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-kirn/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/60f/walter-kirn-2189_windfall_you-long-for-a-windfall-that-will-let-yo_313745.png)

> [In the short run, the big windfall winners ... have been the Islamists.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-mcfaul/in-the-short-run-the-big-windfall-winners-have-been-the-islamists/)

[Michael McFaul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-mcfaul/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d62/michael-mcfaul-32680_bigs_in-the-short-run-the-big-windfall-winner_460336.png)

> [The windfall of great riches can, if mismanaged, make things worse, not better, for the recipients.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-mandelbaum/the-windfall-of-great-riches-can-if-mismanaged-make-things-worse-not/)

[Michael Mandelbaum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-mandelbaum/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/372/michael-mandelbaum-15229_better_the-windfall-of-great-riches-can-if-mism_1981197.png)

> [Money not spent on a luxury one considered even briefly is the equivalent of windfall income and should be spent accordingly.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/calvin-trillin/money-not-spent-on-a-luxury-one-considered-even-briefly-is-the/)

[Calvin Trillin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/calvin-trillin/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ec/calvin-trillin-4656_income_money-not-spent-on-a-luxury-one-consider_1596694.png)

> [A $10 million windfall? At today's prices, I'd feel almost as rich as I did one day in 1936 when I found…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-baker/a-10-million-windfall-at-today-s-prices-i-d-feel-almost-as-rich-as-i/)

[Russell Baker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/russell-baker/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e06/russell-baker-2930_bars_a-10-million-windfall-at-today-s-prices_2834713.png)

> [The military budget is simply an enormous pork barrel of special privilege, the privileges taking the form of windfall profits, of no-risk…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-karp/the-military-budget-is-simply-an-enormous-pork-barrel-of-special/)

[Walter Karp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-karp/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/609/walter-karp-49008_arms_the-military-budget-is-simply-an-enormou_1644755.jpg)

> [What this is about is hopefully an opportunity for me to help pave the way for my future in terms of getting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-parsons/what-this-is-about-is-hopefully-an-opportunity-for-me-to-help-pave/)

[Jim Parsons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-parsons/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/007/jim-parsons-10157_helping_what-this-is-about-is-hopefully-an-oppor_277993.jpg)

> [“The evidence suggests that when people get a windfall—and this seems to be the way people think about their tax refund, despite…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-h-thaler/the-evidence-suggests-that-when-people-get-a-windfall-and-this-seems/)

[Richard H. Thaler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-h-thaler/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/757/richard-h-thaler-8113_windfall_the-evidence-suggests-that-when-people-g_2407296.jpg)

> [Britain has squandered its windfall of natural resources from North Sea oil and gas. Instead of prudently investing the 'unearned income' from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-simms/britain-has-squandered-its-windfall-of-natural-resources-from-north/)

[Andrew Simms](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-simms/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f11/andrew-simms-61617_appropriate_britain-has-squandered-its-windfall-of-n_2763272.jpg)

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