#salary

The courts cannot garnish a father's salary, nor freeze his account, nor seize his property on behalf of his children, in our society. Apparently this is because a kid is not a car or a couch or a boat. ↗

— June Jordan

#apparently #because #behalf #boat #cannot

When we took on the name The Drifters, we became the new Drifters, and signed a contract to be put on salary, which I think was like a hundred dollars a week, a piece, five hundred dollars for all five of us. ↗

— Ben E. King

#contract #dollars #five #hundred #i

There is a species of person called a 'Modern Churchman' who draws the full salary of a beneficed clergyman and need not commit himself to any religious belief. ↗

— Evelyn Waugh

#belief #called #clergyman #commit #draws

I'm famous for being nicer to my fans than anyone on the face of the Earth because I figure a) They pay my salary, and b) It's probably like a big moment in your life to meet somebody so I would say, just come on up. ↗

— James Woods

#because #being #big #come #earth

Appraisals are where you get together with your team leader and agree what an outstanding member of the team you are, how much your contribution has been valued, what massive potential you have and, in recognition of all this, would you mind having your salary halved. ↗

— Theodore Roosevelt

#been #contribution #get #get together #halved

My high salary for one season was forty-six thousand dollars and a Cadillac. ↗

— Duke Snider

#dollars #forty-six #high #salary #season

Dude, I throw a stick. Come on. I get paid a pretty good salary to throw a stick. ↗

— Breaux Greer

#dude #get #good #i #paid

My agent tells me I am drawing the largest salary ever paid in the halls of England. Wonderful, isn't it? for a quiet, rural gardener like myself. ↗

— Lillie Langtry

#am #drawing #england #ever #gardener

I think my top salary was maybe in 1966. I made $17,000 and 11 of that came from selling other players' equipment. ↗