It is possible to increase paper-money income to any amount by debasing the currency. But real income can only be increased by working harder or more efficiently, saving more, investing more, and producing more.
I travel a fair amount, read on the plane, and I read fast.
No amount of money will induce someone to lay down their life, but they will gladly do so for a bit of yellow ribbon.
There is no limit to the amount of good you can do if you don't care who gets the credit.
I love research so much that I do an enormous amount; it helps put off the moment of starting to write the story.
Meaning and value depend on human mind space and the commitment of time and energy by very smart people to a creative enterprise. And the time, energy, and brain power of smart, creative people are not abundant. These are the things that are scare, and in some sense they become scarcer as the demand for these talents increases in proportion to the amount of abundant computing power available.
When you do controversial work, you're going to upset a certain amount of people.
Day-dreams without work do not amount to anything; it is the actual work that counts.
I have already exceeded the amount of work my head can bear.
You need a certain amount of nerve to be a writer.
At one level you're condemned to the voice you have. But within those confines, you have a certain amount of freedom to range among your possible voices.
Make your goal to do a tremendous amount to improve your audience's lives.
The least amount of judging we can do, the better off we are.
Further, the United States is moving ahead in the development of clean coal technology. There are vast coal reserves in our country, and when it is burned cleanly, coal can provide a resource to supply a large amount of our energy requirements.
What inspired me most was the resilience of the Cambodian people. The country is still living with the trauma of the brutal Khmer Rouge regime. People lost everything - family, friends. The rich culture of Cambodia was nearly extinguished. They are a nation of survivors. And while poverty and infant mortality affect a disproportionate amount of the people there, those I met were hopeful for the future and doing the best they can with what they had.
Everyone has problems, and learning to share them is essential. Hiding pain requires an enormous amount of energy; sharing it is liberating.
Most inputs are useless and time is wasted in proportion to the amount that is available.
The beauty of running your own label and your own show is that you are in charge. I get sent a huge amount of musicfrom new and established talent every day, so if I like a track, I play it - no questions asked.
I mean, there is amazing amount of oil and gas and other resources out beneath the sea. It's staggering.
There are a huge amount of people who sell a TV pilot, every year, but most of them never get produced. It's very easy to make a living and never get anything produced.