Supermom wasn't a bad job description. The pay was lousy if you were talking about real money. But the payoff was priceless in so many other ways.
If you wrote something for which someone sent you a cheque, if you cashed the cheque and it didn't bounce, and if you then paid the light bill with the money, I consider you talented.
If you wrote something for which someone sent you a check, if you cashed the check and it didn't bounce, and if you then paid the light bill with the money, I consider you talented.
If I may paraphrase 's well-known aphorism, I would say that 'books are the money of Literature, but only the counters of Science.
Some People..If you could buy them for what they are worth and sell them for what they think they are worth…You would never have to worry about money again.
But truly it was not the money that mattered. It was the distant glitter of everything that was possible in the world, the things she had always wanted for herself and could not name and called happiness because there was no other word.
Money is like gasoline during a road trip. You don’t want to run out of gas on your trip, but you’re not doing a tour of gas stations.
On the top of Cadair Idris, I felt how happy a man might be with a little money and a sane intellect, and reflected with astonishment and pity on the madness of the multitude.
It doesn't matter who you are, or where you come from, or how much money you've got in your pocket. You have your own destiny and your own life ahead of you.
Most times problems are not solved with more money. It usually takes innovation." - L. R. W. Lee, Andy Smithson: Blast of the Dragon's Fury
I don't need fancy cars and loads of money to feel successful or wanted. All I need is my dreams turning into a goal that eventually becomes a reality.
Every time I look at my wallet; I don’t care how much money is there, I just want to know, does it make for this time food?
Because of the power that we have given money: The government would rather have taxpayers who do not vote, than voters who do not pay tax.
The story of money is very funny. Others burn what we earn. Why not give as we live, so the world will cry when we die. -RVM
The story of money is very funny. Others burn what we earn. Why not give as we live, so the world will cry when we die.-RVM
To cut 1930s jobless, FDR taxed corps and rich. Govt used money to hire many millions. Worked then; would now again. Why no debate on that?
Seven things money can't buy: A happy family True Love Passion Time Knowledge Respect Inner peace
I try to give to the poor people for love what the rich could get for money. No, I wouldn't touch a leper for a thousand pounds; yet I willingly cure him for the love of God.
Directing is a more pragmatic experience, where you have to deal with the restrictions of time and money that force you to make certain decisions you don't have to make when you're writing.
My own experience in the third world was that even if people started to make more money, the cost of living and housing increased often faster than the wages.
I think top scientists need to be compensated at a different scale in society. Somebody with experience will tell you that true scientists are not motivated by money - they are motivated by the quest itself. That is true. But I think an additional re...
