Making Money Quotes - Page 9

• The more I learnt about this cheeky - almost rebellious - company, the more it appealed to me, as it unapologetically pointed to an alternative in a complacent and creatively bankrupt industry. Apple stood for something and had reason for being that wasn't just about making money.

  Jonathan Ive

  Apples, Design, Alternatives

  "Apple Story of the Day: Arise, Sir Jony Ive". www.computerworld.com. May 23, 2012.

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• It would be great to make a movie that had the style of a great '30s film or a movie of David's Lynch or some other director I love that could also make money, because that would say to the corporation, "Yes, you can make money and still do art." But it's tricky.

  Laura Dern

  Art, Style, Film

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• In my early 20s I was so miserable doing construction, I wanted something that paid money. I liked nice stuff. I liked cars and architecture, and things that cost money. I wanted to not swing a hammer, and make money… and not do stuff that was dirty. I attempted to get into comedy. I started to do stand-up, but I wasn’t very good at it.

  Adam Carolla

  Nice, Dirty, Naughty

  Interview with Ariel Adams, www.askmen.com. November 3, 2010.

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• Corporations are not in business to be social-welfare organizations; they are there to make money.

  Benjamin Carson

  Organization, Corporations, Welfare

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• I can walk through the front door of any factory and out the back and tell you if it's making money or not. I can just tell by the way it's being run and by the spirit of the workers.

  Harvey S. Firestone

  Running, Doors, Way

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• Yeah, we shot ourselves in the foot right out of the gate. The guy who ran it at first misled pretty much everybody about how much capital we had. He said we had enough to go three years without making money, and we had enough to go three weeks.

  Al Franken

  Feet, Years, Guy

  Interview with Stephen Thompson, progressive.org. July 2, 2009.

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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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• Does he council you better who bids you, Money, by right means, if you can: but by any means, make money ?

  Horace

  Life, Success, Money

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• As we sit here and idly chat, there are woman, female human beings, rolling around in strange beds with strange men, and we are making money from that.

  Henry Winkler

  Money, Men, Female

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• ... I just want to remind the owners and the players: you guys make money because you have a whole bunch of fans out there who are working really hard. They buy tickets. They're watching on TV. Ya'll should be able to figure this out. Get this done.

  Barack Obama

  Inspirational, Motivational, Hockey

  "NHL lockout: will there even be a season?" by Colin Horgan, www.theguardian.com. October 26, 2012.

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• Money is not the root of all evil...ignorance is the root of all evil. People do cruel and foolish things for money because they feel oppressed by a sense of lack. If people knew their power to generate wealth, they would never fight or hurt each other over money.

  Alan Cohen

  Love, Hurt, Ignorance

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