#pays

Being a nerd really pays off sometimes. ↗

— Ken Jennings

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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. ↗

— William Graham Sumner

#find #generally #house #living #men

No man pays double or twice for the same thing, forasmuch as nothing can be spent but once. ↗

— William Petty

#man #nothing #once #pays #same

Hypocrisy is the homage vice pays to virtue. ↗

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

#hypocrisy #pays #vice #virtue

Censure is the tax a man pays to the public for being eminent. ↗

— Jonathan Swift

#censure #eminent #man #pays #public

The burning of an author's books, imprisonment for opinion's sake, has always been the tribute that an ignorant age pays to the genius of its time. ↗

— Joseph Lewis

#always #author #been #books #burning

Jealousy is the tribute mediocrity pays to genius. ↗

— Fulton J. Sheen

#genius #mediocrity #pays #tribute

Every stress leaves an indelible scar, and the organism pays for its survival after a stressful situation by becoming a little older. ↗

— Hans Selye

#becoming #every #indelible #leaves #little

A company that pays attention to the family unit is a successful company. We don't isolate the family. We don't make rides that say, 'Hey mom, dad, you go sit on the bench.' ↗

— Michael Eisner

#bench #company #dad #family #family unit

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. ↗

— Gael Garcia Bernal

#america #because #believe #doing #faith