Bonus – Quotes

I took a job

I took a job at the pool in order to earn the five cents a day it cost to swim. I counted wet towels. As a bonus, I was allowed to swim during lunchtime. Esther Williams

In the NFL, you have a short shelf life. As a running back, if you’re the first pick, and you’re NFL life expectancy is only 3.5-6 years, your first big contract might not come until three years in – well, you might never get there. They need to get those signing bonuses up front because … Read more

Every time I work

Every time I work with a European director, I find they hire the person that captures the spirit of the role. Americans tend to hire the best face. The person that looks more like the role, whether they can perform the role or not is a bonus. Elizabeth Pena

The total amount of

The total amount of money that Wall Street handed out in bonuses last year was double the total income of ALL full-time minimum wage workers. That’s obscene. Elizabeth Warren

But I think what

But I think what we’re coming to grips with is the fact that we actually have a mercenary Army, and it doesn’t have a nice ring to it. We call it ‘volunteers’, but we’re basically paying people to serve their country. And if you’re going to pay people and have a mercenary Army, you’re going … Read more

Don\\’t you know that

Don’t you know that there’s another bubble as well An expectations bubble. Bigger houses private planes yachts …… stupid salaries and bonuses. People come to desire these things and expect them. But the expectations bubble will burst as well as all bubbles do. Come to my gallery and I will sell you beautiful things at … Read more

You know what Gordie

You know what Gordie Howe got for a signing bonus? A team jacket! Ed Lauter

If you start out

If you start out with a tragic view of life, then anything since is just a bonus. Freeman Dyson

Let us first of

Let us first of all frugality in government-peace and freedom we will have as a bonus. Frederic Bastiat

Legal plunder can be

Legal plunder can be committed in an infinite number of ways; hence, there are an infinite number of plans for organizing it: tariffs, protection, bonuses, subsidies, incentives, the progressive income tax, free education, the right to employment, the right to profit, the right to wages, the right to relief, the right to the tools of … Read more