Pay Quotes

“There is no worse tyranny than to force a man to pay for what he does not want merely because you think it would be good for him.”
― Robert A. Heinlein, The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress

“Sometimes I go to God and say, "God, if Thou dost never answer another prayer while I live on this earth, I will still worship Thee as long as I live and in the ages to come for what Thou hast done already. God’s already put me so far in debt that if I were to live one million millenniums I couldn’t pay Him for what He’s done for me.”
― A.W. Tozer

“Many buy gadgets they don’t really need, with money they don’t have, for people they don’t actually care for, while infringing their corporeal and financial capacities, in order to pay doctors and psychiatrists.( "Keeping up with the Joneses")”
― Erik Pevernagie

“As for those who disbelieve, their deeds are like a mirage in a desert. The thirsty one thinks it to be water, until he comes up to it, he finds it to be nothing, but he finds Allah with him, Who will pay him his due (Hell). And Allah is Swift in taking account.”
― Anonymous

“If the affluent cannot afford hope, you cannot expect the destitute to pay for desperation.”
― David Mitchell, Ghostwritten

“As the sun shines I will make hay
To keep failure at bay
For there remaineth a pay
For my honest toil each day.”
― Ogwo David Emenike

“I want to be bullied.
But in again and you'll pay."

"She... wants to be bullied...?”
― Yuna Kagesaki, AiON Volume 1

“We had visceral, rich memories of dull, interminable hours. Then a day would pass in perfect harmony with our projects, our family members, and our coworkers, and we couldn’t believe we were getting paid for this.”
― Joshua Ferris, Then We Came to the End

“In the New World Order, you’ll probably have to buy a Dream Subscription, and without it sleep will just be black rest. Dreams are entertainment, and for that you’ll have to pay.”
― Jarod Kintz, There are Two Typos of People in This World: Those Who Can Edit and Those Who Can't

“How much money would I have to take from you so I don’t lose your respect?”
Crocker Fenway chuckled without mirth. “A bit late for that, Mr. Sportello. People like you lose all claim to respect the first time they pay anybody rent.”
“And when the first landlord decided to stiff the first renter for his security deposit, your whole fucking class lost everybody’s respect.”
― Thomas Pynchon, Inherent Vice

“Teachers deserve a well-defined, realistic job description and enough protected school day planning time to fulfill that job within their paid contracted hours.”
― Alexandra Robbins, The Teachers: A Year Inside America's Most Vulnerable, Important Profession

“Some people want to be exactly where you are,
but they don't want to pay the price you paid
to be where you are.”
― Augusto Branco

“I am not going to be reading your internet articles or re-posting them if you require me to subscribe.”
― Steven Magee

“Whatever you are giving. If the price is not mentioned. It might cost you, your whole life or it might cost you your life. Nothing is for free.”
― De philosopher DJ Kyos

“People want to get where you are,
but aren't willing to pay the price you paid
to have what you have.”
― Augusto Branco

“Having to pay for everything is a western concept, driven by banks.”
― Steven Magee

“In politics, 99.99% of the time. those with louder voices are the ones who are receiving invoices. It is not about ethics, morals or integrity. It is about the paycheck. There is no checkmate but it is a check payment.”
― De philosopher DJ Kyos

“The police ultimately pay the price for poor customer service when citizens become fearful of them.”
― Steven Magee

“The police ultimately pay the price for poor customer service when armed citizens start shooting them.”
― Steven Magee

“My message to the police is this: I am your boss because I pay your salary through my taxes!”
― Steven Magee

“When I pay my taxes, I expect an excellent functioning police department to be the outcome.”
― Steven Magee

“My girlfriend would offer to pay for hotels for her secret lovers to come and visit her!”
― Steven Magee

“Emotional intelligence understands the art and skill of authoritative argument before a judicial expert; as courtroom sessions communicate and operate with this case argument winner and loser method where the losers usually pay in a painful $ way!”
― Dr. Tracey Bond

“I have read stories of budget airlines stranding families and them having to pay $9,000 to get home!”
― Steven Magee

“I have tried approaching my companies about a pay rise a few times. Two of them said no, the other gave me a significant raise. I left the two that said no for better paying jobs. The best pay rise always comes from a new job offer. It can be tens of thousands more!”
― Steven Magee

“If you think you are being underpaid, underappreciated, and underdeveloped in your current job, then you are being hurt as a human being--and that is unacceptable.”
― David Bach, Smart Women Finish Rich: 9 Steps to Achieving Financial Security and Funding Your Dreams

“In school, you get a paid education.
In nature, you get a free education.”
― Michael Bassey Johnson, Night of a Thousand Thoughts

“Can you pay your way to heaven with credit? After all most people behaved like they can, otherwise why would they seem so fixated on accumulating and accumulating?”
― Ryan Gelpke, 2017: Our Summer of Reunions: Braai Seasons with Howl Gang (Howl Gang Legend)

“If it wasn't for USA medical insurance, doctors would be broke as hardly anyone would pay their expensive fees!”
― Steven Magee

“Don’t pay forward today what’s going to set you back tomorrow.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough