When an actor comes to me and wants to discuss his character, I say, 'It's in the script. ' If he says, 'But what's my motivation?, ' I say, 'Your salary. '
Lobbyists in Washington are making six figure salaries selling our government out to the corporate interests and we just sit and smile as if nothing is happening while the poor folks are getting poorer and their pharmaceutical bills rise.
When management owns stock, then rewarding the shareholders becomes a first priority, whereas when management simply collects a paycheck, then increasing salaries becomes a first priority.
In Liberia, our salary scales are so low that our judicial system has become corrupt over the years. Now, we need to do some things ourselves.
My salary situation at 'Morning Joe' wasn't right. I made five attempts to fix it, then realized I'd made the same mistake every time: I apologised for asking.
I think my top salary was maybe in 1966. I made $17,000 and 11 of that came from selling other players' equipment.
Salaries and wages must reflect the reality of the enterprise's economic performance; deviations from the planned performance should be reflected in pay.
Some idea of inflation comes from seeing a youngster get his first job at a salary you dreamed of as the culmination of your career.
Whites have more than eleven times the net worth or wealth of African Americans. They make greater salaries. Our unemployment rate is twice theirs. You look at the prison system and who that's chewing up.
Try to save something while your salary is small; it's impossible to save after you begin to earn more.
It is my belief that one's salary is between an individual and the IRS.
While everyone else is thinking about economics and politics, executive salaries and the future of the euro, do the opposite, even if it's hard. Invest in the spirit.
I wouldn't mind taking a rest for three or four months, but I have to keep on making films for the sake of my crew, who just wait for the next film because they're not on a fixed salary.
Corporations never actually mention 'money'; that would be vulgar. They prefer such words as 'turnover,' 'profit,' 'salary,' 'revenue,' 'budget,' 'premium,' and 'savings,' all much more refined.
The fact that somebody is reducing your salary is just telling me they're not satisfied with what you're doing.
Salaries are a huge area of corruption.
My high salary for one season was forty-six thousand dollars and a Cadillac.
Carl Friedrich Gauss, often rated the greatest mathematician of all time, played the market. On a salary of 1,000 thalers a year, Euler left an estate of 170,587 thalers in cash and securities. Nothing is known of Gauss's investment methods.
Obscene salaries send the wrong message through a company. The message is that all brilliance emanates from the top; that the worker on the floor of the store or the factory is insignificant.
They were the reason that he kept faith with his stars, that reinforced him in his belief that the universe had more in store for him than the mug's game of working for a modest salary until he retired or died.
