I think we are in an age where cash pays for time and space. The more cash you have, the bigger space you can buy and the smaller the technology to put in it.
Money is power, and in that government which pays all the public officers of the states will all political power be substantially concentrated.
Starbucks goes to a great effort, and pays twice as much for its coffee as its competitors do, and is very careful to help coffee producers in developing countries grow coffee without pesticides and in ways that preserve forest structure.
I have to pay the bills just like everybody else, but it also pays my soul to work.
I love the idea of making images of the parts of the body that we all have but that no one pays attention to, like the soft area underneath your nose.
Sometimes one pays most for the things one gets for nothing.
In the modern-day world, where time is premium and battle for subsistence is unimaginably tough, the hapless common man simply gives in and pays the bribe just to get on with life.
Citigroup has a lot of money, it spends a lot of money, and it uses that money to grow and consolidate power. And it pays off.
People sorta know my face, but I can still go out to the supermarket, and nobody pays much attention.
The men who start out with the notion that the world owes them a living generally find that the world pays its debt in the penitentiary or the poor house.
A constant stream of 'free' money is a perfect way to keep an inefficient or simply bad government in power. As aid flows in, there is nothing more for the government to do - it doesn't need to raise taxes, and as long as it pays the army, it doesn't have to take account of its disgruntled citizens.
Make no mistake, if the payroll-tax cut is extended, it will become permanent. Social Security will become another welfare program as the tie between what someone pays and what they receive gets broken.
That's one of the great privileges, being an actor, is that someone pays you and sends you off to learn about something that otherwise you'd never know about.
Someone pays me a hundred bucks every Tuesday to DJ. I don't think I'll ever give that up.
Every central banker in the world pays attention to credit growth, but not in the U.S.
That is someone who follows the teachings of the nonviolent Jesus and takes the gospel personally, and then pays the price. I fall into that category.
Doing films in Latin America is like an act of faith. I mean, you really have to believe in what you're doing because if not, you feel like it's a waste of time because you might as well be doing something that at least pays you the rent.
By taking a second wife he pays the highest compliment to the first, by showing that she made him so happy as a married man, that he wishes to be so a second time.
The President's budget pays for only six months of the war in Iraq and completely overlooks the transition costs of Social Security reform. The Administration always lied about the cost of the Medicare drug bill.
With modeling, I'm thankful to have so many work options. But you do have to be able to say no. In reality, everything would be yes because every gig pays more than any normal job. But you still have to keep your priorities straight in life. And my priorities are my girls.
The audience only pays attention as long as you know where you are going.
The White man pays Reverend Martin Luther King so that Martin Luther King can keep the Negro defenseless.
I do one Xanth novel a year, because at the moment that is all that publishers will accept; they don't want any other type of fiction from me, so Xanth pays my way.
An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.
Jealousy is the tribute mediocrity pays to genius.
Boxing is what pays my bills.
If your knowledge is in your hands and in your mind, then nobody can take it away from you. Be kind and be on time! You never know who you're talking to - the waitress today could be the producer tomorrow, so it pays to be kind to everyone.
There is no social program in this country that is as important as a good job that pays well, that gives someone an opportunity to go to work, have some security, have benefits, and take care of their family and have a good life.
It pays to be obvious, especially if you have a reputation for subtlety.
The price one pays for pursuing any profession, or calling, is an intimate knowledge of its ugly side.
I just like to do covers, every once in a while. If someone pays me to go into the studio, I'll do it.
Warren Buffett pays taxes on a smaller percentage of his billions in income than his cleaning lady.
Elected officials want to paint everyone with a broad brush. What they don't get is that everyone pays bills. Liberal activists pay bills. Conservative activists pay bills. Independents pay bills.
Boxes and rectangles on the side or top of a website simply do not deliver against brand advertising goals. Like it or not, boxes and rectangles have for the most part become the province of direct response advertising, or brand advertising that pays, on average, as if it's driven by direct response metrics.
When you're a mid-list writer, it pays to write fast.
A grouch escapes so many little annoyances that it almost pays to be one.