#paid

Whenever you hear a man speak of his love for his country, it is a sign that he expects to be paid for it. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

#expects #hear #his #love #man

If you had asked people in 1929, 'Here is what is about to happen. How much would you pay to avoid the Great Depression from occurring?' The answer is they would have paid a lot. They would have borrowed money if it could be used to prevent the Great Depression. ↗

— Austan Goolsbee

#answer #asked #avoid #borrowed #could

I dare say there may be some men and women in the Armed Forces who are so decent that they would say: Give the Iraqi people money, we do not want to be paid back. That is the strength of our country. ↗

— Lindsey Graham

#armed forces #back #country #dare #decent

I get paid by the year, and I try to earn my money. ↗

— Chuck Grassley

#get #i #money #paid #try

I have often noticed that a bribe has that effect - it changes a relation. The man who offers a bribe gives away a little of his own importance; the bribe once accepted, he becomes the inferior, like a man who has paid for a woman. ↗

— Graham Greene

#away #becomes #bribe #changes #effect

Once I was standing in line to buy a telephone and Senator Wirth was in line with me. The next day the New York Times reported that we'd both purchased telephones and what price we'd paid! ↗

— Harold H. Greene

#buy #day #i #line #me

The house wife is an unpaid employee in her husband's house in return for the security of being a permanent employee. ↗

— Germaine Greer

#employee #her #house #husband #permanent

We all get paid very, very well, and we have responsibilities. ↗

— Taylor Hackford

#paid #responsibilities #very #well

I wasn't a financial pro, and I paid the price. ↗

— Ruth Handler

#financial #i #paid #price #pro

Nobody paid any attention career-wise to me in America until 'Bronson.' It gave me a calling card and passage into America, where I've always wanted to work. ↗

— Tom Hardy

#america #any #attention #calling #calling card