Making Money Quotes - Page 10

• The function of the press in society is to inform, but its role in society is to make money.

  A. J. Liebling

  Anger, Society, Roles

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• I don't have any ego about it, but I find there's not a great work ethic in show business. A lot of people are in it to make money, and coming from stand-up, you have to work so hard because almost nothing works, and if you lose the audience for three minutes, you're dead.

  Norm MacDonald

  People, Work Ethic, Ego

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• My goal isn't to make money, it's to try and survive and make a point.

  Marilyn Manson

  Money, Goal, Trying

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• I invested in many companies, and I'm happy this one worked. This is capitalism. You invest in stock, it goes up, it goes down. You know, if you don't like capitalism, you don't like making money with stock, move to Cuba or China.

  Terry McAuliffe

  Moving, Cuba, China

  "Fat Cats and Shady Deals". www.foxnews.com. January 30, 2002.

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• I'm free of stress and worries now because if I don't like something I'm doing, I just find the fun in it instead of being miserable. Let me have fun with the people I work with, let me have fun making money - when I grew up so poor, ya know?

  Jenny McCarthy

  Fun, Stress, Worry

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• When I first starting making money, when I first made my first six-digits, I was - my big thing was I went to put super unleaded in my truck for the first time.

  Matthew McConaughey

  Firsts, Six, Truck

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• The health insurance industry does not like to pay out claims, because they don't make money. The only way they can make a profit is if they don't pay for your operation. If they pay for your operation and your doctor's appointment and your pharmaceuticals, they don't make any money.

  Michael Moore

  Doctors, Doe, Pay

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• We reward people for making money off money, and moving money around and dividing up mortgages a thousand times over, selling it to China... and it becomes this shell game.

  Michael Moore

  Moving, Games, People

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• Making a movie requires 20 to 500 people to make and a lot of money and the stakes are a lot higher.

  Alanis Morissette

  Movie, People, Actors

  Interview With Spence D., www.ign.com. June 18, 2004.

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• The studios don't seem to foster good writing. They're not so interested in that, but they're more interested in what worked most recently. They're definitely very serious about making money, and that's not a wrong thing, but you don't have to make money the same way all the time.

  Bill Murray

  Writing, Way, Serious

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• Making money from enforcing patents is no more wrong than investing in preferred stock.

  Nathan Myhrvold

  Patents, Investing, Preferred Stock

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• I always knew I'd go back to school. Modeling was a means to an end, making money for graduate school.

  Rachel Nichols

  School, Mean, Graduates

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• Album sales have collapsed, with few artists making money from albums; touring is more lucrative. But I'm 53 now and won't be able to tour forever, so a logical step is to get into writing film scores. Trouble is, you need to be somewhere which has a big film industry - another reason why I'm thinking about living in California.

  Gary Numan

  Writing, Artist, Thinking

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• I'm not trying to make friends, I'm trying to make money.

  Kevin O'Leary

  Trying

  "'Shark Tank' investor Kevin O'Leary explains why 'business is war'". Interview with Richard Feloni, www.businessinsider.com. February 5, 2015.

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• The only reason to do business is to make money; that's the only reason for doing business.

  Kevin O'Leary

  Reason

  “'Tread Softly Because You Tread on My Dreams,' A Story of American Greatness" by Molly Alexander Darden, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 8, 2013.

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• The most important thing for workers to understand is that you have to make yourself indispensable. You must make money for your employer or make his life easier, preferably both. Also, you have to learn as much as you can about your chosen endeavor.

  Bill O'Reilly

  Important, Easier, Employers

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• There is an incredible love in creating art unless somebody is saying, 'Hey, let's just make money,' because it doesn't work when you do it that way. If you are aiming for that, forget it.

  Yoko Ono

  Art, Creating, Hey

  "Yoko Ono On Lennon, Love, Feminism, And Japan". Interview with Deenah Vollmer, www.interviewmagazine.com. March 22, 2011.

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• I believe God, Jesus, died that we not just go to Heaven but that we excel in this life. I never think you make money your goal... God wants you to excel. Just keep Him in first place, and God will open up doors you never dreamed of.

  Joel Osteen

  Jesus, Believe, Thinking

  "The Gospel According to Joel Osteen: God Wants You to Be Happy" by Ely Brown and Edward Lovett, abcnews.go.com. September 14, 2011.

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• Love is cheap. You can buy it anywhere. Lives are cheap. It's money that's dear. You have to work days and sit up nights thinking how to make money.

  John Dos Passos

  Night, Love Is, Thinking

  John Dos Passos (1934). “Three Plays: The Garbage Man, Airways, Inc., Fortune Heights”

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• Music is a hobby, because I'm not making any money out of it, but I put just as much conviction into that as I do into my acting.

  River Phoenix

  Acting, Hobbies, Conviction

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• When you first get opportunities, suddenly you get surrounded by a lot of people who want to make money off you but also are there to help. But they start telling you so much what you need to be and what you need to do to maintain some idea of career maintenance.

  Brad Pitt

  Opportunity, Careers, Ideas

  Interview with Jenelle Riley, www.backstage.com. January 25, 2012.

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• Times change; Hollywood is not the same as it was when I first entered the business. It felt to me like it was starting to narrow down and centralize itself around what would... make money.

  Robert Redford

  Hollywood, Down And, Firsts

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• If your goal is to make money, becoming an entrepreneur is a sucker's bet. Sure, some entrepreneurs make a lot of money, but if you calculate the amount of stress-inducing work and time it takes and multiply that by the low likelihood of success and eventual payoff, it is not a great way to get rich.

  Eric Ries

  Stress, Goal, Entrepreneur

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• I understand what rappers are talking about. I think rap is less about educating people about the black community and more about making money.

  Dennis Rodman

  Basketball, Rap, Thinking

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• As for money and prestige, if one has an opportunity to make money and/or advance their position or place in life there can be a lot to weigh and consider, such as responsibilities, goals and objectives etc. We all make choices, deal with our sense of priorities, principles, ethics, morals, balancing, juggling, making compromises... or not! Ha!

  Axl Rose

  Responsibility, Opportunity, Goal

  "The craziest Axl Rose interview ever". Interview with Cameron Adams, www.news.com.au. March 9, 2013.

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