- Nov 07, 2020
Money Quotes
On earning, spending and money's honest reality.
These quotes take a candid look at money: the shifting economics behind building a winning team, the blunt math of a manager's career, and the mixed blessing of money attracting the wrong kind of attention. For more, see our Status quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Being
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've always earned my own money and enjoy being independent. It's how I was brought up.
- Finance
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- Nov 07, 2020
Look, Congress has allocated more money to finance the upcoming Iraqi elections than it has for the American elections. There's something wrong with that.
- Vision
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you're not out front defining your vision, your opponent will spend gobs of money to define it for you.
- Job
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- Nov 07, 2020
Our job is to make films that are inherently global and can really stand up to the audience litmus test of, 'Is it worth getting in my car, spending the money, and going to the theater?'
- Support
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- Nov 07, 2020
Support women directors. When a play opens, and it's by a woman, put your money down.
- Brother
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- Nov 07, 2020
My first job ever was selling balloons with my brother at parades when I was about six years old. My father wanted us to learn about money, how to make it, save it, spend it, etc.
- Business
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- Nov 07, 2020
If there is anything I would do differently in my life, it is that I would study business more. I'm trying to teach my daughter Chloe at an early age about investing and money so she's not afraid of it.
- Nobody
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was offered a choice of a flat salary up front or a percentage of the film's future earnings. I took the up front money. Nobody could have figured what Halloween would ultimately become.
- Effort
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- Nov 07, 2020
Congress, the press, and the bureaucracy too often focus on how much money or effort is spent, rather than whether the money or effort actually achieves the announced goal.
- Makes
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't think anybody ever makes any money buying and selling stock. They have to make money by keeping the stock.
- Leadership
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- Nov 07, 2020
Presidential leadership needn't always cost money. Look for low- and no-cost options. They can be surprisingly effective.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
But even with no money you could still go to places like the Scotch Club and, you know, John Lennon might be sitting right over there, but I was certainly not a part of any of that circle. I was truly peripheral.
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- Nov 07, 2020