Paid Quotes (890 quotes)

Picture of quotation author Zhang Ziyi
„They're not willing to admit that I've also shed blood and tears and often paid dearly for my success. This makes me feel extremely sad.“
― Zhang Ziyi ―
Picture of quotation author Zig Ziglar
„At 25, I was in the audience of my first professional speaker, Bob Bales. His presentation got my attention. I had never seen anyone having so much fun 'at work' and getting paid for it!“
― Zig Ziglar ―
Picture of quotation author Zig Ziglar
„Do more than you are being paid to do, and you'll eventually be paid more for what you do.“
― Zig Ziglar ―
Picture of quotation author Florenz Ziegfeld
„Half of the great comedians I've had in my shows and that I paid a lot of money to and who made my customers shriek were not only not funny to me, but I couldn't understand why they were funny to anybody.“
Picture of quotation author Clara Zetkin
„The capitalists speculate on the two following factors: the female worker must be paid as poorly as possible and the competition of female labour must be employed to lower the wages of male workers as much as possible.“
― Clara Zetkin ―
Picture of quotation author Catherine Zeta-Jones
„Everyone knows we get paid a lot of money, so why pretend otherwise?“
Picture of quotation author Pieter Zeeman
„I count myself fortunate to be able to contribute to this work; and the great interest which the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has shown in my work and the recognition that it has paid to my past successes, convince me that I am not on the wrong track.“
― Pieter Zeeman ―
Picture of quotation author Frank Zappa
„Without music to decorate it, time is just a bunch of boring production deadlines or dates by which bills must be paid.“
― Frank Zappa ―
Picture of quotation author Angus Young
„I saw Deep Purple live once and I paid money for it and I thought, 'Geez, this is ridiculous.' You just see through all that sort of stuff. I never liked those Deep Purples or those sort of things. I always hated it. I always thought it was a poor man's Led Zeppelin.“
― Angus Young ―
Picture of quotation author Graham Yost
„My first real showbiz job was on a Nickelodeon show called 'Hey, Dude.' That was my first real paid scriptwriting job.“
― Graham Yost ―
Picture of quotation author Lev Yilmaz
„When was the last time someone told you 'Look at the bright side of things' when you were depressed, and you actually paid attention to them? Maybe some people do, but I sure as hell don't.“
― Lev Yilmaz ―
Picture of quotation author Al Yankovic
„There are probably a few library fines I haven't paid yet, but I'm a pretty clean-cut guy overall.“
― Al Yankovic ―
Picture of quotation author Don Yaeger
„Jamie Moyer was in his third year as a major league pitcher and was, by his own admission, still wide-eyed,watching everything going on around him and soaking it in. He paid particular attention to older teammates on his Chicago Cubs squad, hoping to emulate habits that had allowed those veterans to extend their careers.“
― Don Yaeger ―
Picture of quotation author Steve Wynn
„My organization, my colleagues and I, are paid to run hotels in good times and fair times. We're professionals. That's what we do. I don't give a damn about the short-term market implications.“
― Steve Wynn ―
Picture of quotation author Ron Wyden
„Since 1994, lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have considered it politically risky to offer a plan to fix America's broken health care system. The American public, though, has paid the price for this silence as health care costs skyrocketed, millions went uninsured, and millions more grappled with financial insecurity and hardship.“
― Ron Wyden ―
Picture of quotation author Joe Wurzelbacher
„The media's worried about whether I've paid my taxes; they're worried about any number of silly things that have nothing to do with America.“
Picture of quotation author Elizabeth Wurtzel
„I am fortunate to have been well paid for an almost pathological honesty.“
Picture of quotation author Steven Wright
„I feel lucky that I can have people laugh solidly for a whole hour by just saying what I think and getting paid for it.“
― Steven Wright ―
Picture of quotation author Caroline Wozniacki
„My parents paid me small amounts for cleaning my room or cleaning the dishes and stuff, but I never really had a real job before I started on my professional tennis career.“
Picture of quotation author James Woolsey
„Countries are effectively paid deference in direct and indirect ways if they're huge oil suppliers.“
― James Woolsey ―

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