I think, often, people who do something new creatively don’t benefit financially from it – it’s the people who come after and make them palatable that make money.
If you’re financially responsible, your children have a much better chance to grow up financially responsible.
I’m happy to work when I’ve worked, and you’ve got to take the hard times with the good times. But there are times where I’m not as financially set as one might assume. So you have concerns about, ‘Wow, I have this level of notoriety and… I better get a job.’
I don’t fit into the mold of the NBA man, and I think I’ve been punished financially for it.
We’re all born with different talents. I’m really not that smart, but I can see things – financially and development-wise. It’s just the way we’re made.
Someone needs to remind American CEOs that if you can’t run a company that is innovative, financially sound and doesn’t poison the rest of us, You can’t run a company.
My perception of life is not to ask Francois Hollande, who isn’t the father of my children, to support me financially.
I’m very, very fortunate to be in the job that I’m in, and I would love for it to continue forever, but it won’t. I have to financially and emotionally prepare for the day that ‘Mad Men’ will go away, because who knows what my next job is going to be?
My life has shifted to different levels financially, in terms of fame as a result of being blessed enough to be able to share my music with the world, and what that has done for me. Despite all of that, I always want people to listen to my music and be able to relate to it as well as to me.
We don’t spend loads of money. I want to make sure that when I’m gone, my wife is looked after and financially safe.
Mass layoffs produce big winners and losers. Most workers who remain are financially unscathed, even though their employer is struggling.
I do think the ICC has financially helped Afghanistan and Ireland a lot, but I think it’s crucial that the ICC provides these Associate nations with quality coaches to work on their basics.
My parents probably were delighted when I chose acting, because if there is one job in the world that is less financially reliable than acting, it is art.
I took a route of acting, rather than starmaking, so it cost me a lot financially.
If I wanted to work financially, I would have made a series of different choices. I do get offered lots of movies which you could make a lot of money out of. And I always say, ‘Why would I do that, when someone else could do it much better than me? Why would I want to do an action picture? Why?’
Your husband should be able to respect you; he cannot be financially dependent on his wife.
So, Israel, for all its glory, has failed as a social country because it has not built a strong society, but a very weak one. We succeeded militarily and financially, and we are the ‘Start-Up Nation’ – but when it comes to social issues, Israel has failed. It is very sad.
Even the Congressional Budget Office and the Social Security trustees appointed by the president say that Social Security is financially sound, without any changes for the next 40 to 50 years.
There are many families that want to raise kids on one income, or one income and some part-time work, and instead find themselves pressured, financially and culturally, to keep up with the dual-earning Smith-Joneses next door.
I think there’s really only been one successful video game adaptation, and that was probably ‘Tomb Raider.’ Whether or not you thought it was a good movie, it was successful financially.
Like I said, I’ve got too much respect for women to marry them, but that doesn’t mean you can’t support them emotionally and financially.
When there’s so much freedom – financially and otherwise – smart kids get themselves into trouble. My parents did a good job of sheltering me from the negative aspects of wealth and success.
In more than 500 instances, from the Gulf of Alaska to Bar Harbor, Maine, FEMA has remapped waterfront properties from the highest-risk flood zone, saving the owners as much as 97 percent on the premiums they pay into the financially strained National Flood Insurance Program.
Where Democrats have a real toehold to criticize Republicans is that families still feel very financially fragile. About 2 in 5 adults would struggle to come up with $400 in an emergency.
To pay 60 musicians for rehearsal and performance is quite something, and I decided I wouldn’t be able to handle that kind of situation financially again, unless somebody else was taking care of that end of it.
I grew up poor, financially lower class. Worked in restaurants for 17 years while going to acting school and trying to become a working actor. Because I know what it’s like to not have money, I turn down roles if I don’t want to play them.
I’ve done very well financially and sold a lot because I’ve had a multiple method of attack as a writer. That’s a conscious strategy.
Not only did God deliver me from the bondage of alcoholism, he also blessed my family financially because of my commitment to honor what he had done for me and for not doing what I believed could possibly be destructive to others.
You know, you should really look at where Mitt has led his life, and where he’s been financially. He’s a very generous person. We give 10 percent of our income to our church every year. Do you think that is the kind of person that is trying to hide things, or do things? No.
During my childhood my family risked a lot financially. They put every single penny they could into my racing and also their free time was completely compromised.
In the history of comics and movies and music too, it’s always when things are at their bottomed-out, either creatively or financially, there’s more chance-taking going on.
I want to retire and want to be able to live out my days financially secure. That’s what everyone wants.
I’ve succeeded beyond my wildest dreams – financially and the amount of fun I have in my life.
It’s nice to be financially secure. Apart from that, I really don’t care too much about money.
While theoretically and technically television may be feasible, commercially and financially it is an impossibility.
There are level-headed actors and outlandish actors and financially responsible actors and financially irresponsible actors.
What is good for you creatively is usually bad commercially. You thrive financially by sticking to a series and not fiddling about too much. You do yourself harm by moving away from the series and the genre. By trying things not based in that particular mode of writing, you will just lose readers.
Universities should be supporting Teach First, actively promoting it among their students and financially supporting them to join the scheme, using a small fraction of their income from higher fees for this purpose.
I don’t think I’d be happy if I were satisfied. I enjoy challenge, and I wouldn’t say that I’m an ambitious person career-wise or financially, really. I would like to travel more comfortably, but that’s really about all I need.
I fundamentally believe that your words have so much credibility if you’re not taking money upfront. I feel really comfortable pushing actors and pushing executives and pushing marketing people when we’re not going to benefit financially unless the movie works. I feel like that makes the playing field so much more level.
To be in a position, at my age, where I am financially independent, I can help develop things, I can promote stuff that I believe in, I can say no a lot and spend time writing – that is a gift.
It’s expensive to raise a child with special needs, which people don’t even think about. Emotionally it can be a struggle, but financially it’s really rough.
I am very worried about politicians who know that their countries are greatly benefiting financially and at the same time are saying that the European Union is not good for us. The message has to be coherent.
The music industry is up and down. Sometimes the people love you, and sometimes they don’t. I wanted to be the owner of multiple businesses that were financially profitable and sustainable.
My father, who was illiterate, smoothed iron for Ford Dagenham and we’d get up at 5;30 A.M. to give him a jump-start. My mother was a nurse and part of the Windrush generation. Growing up in east London, we were financially poor, but rich in hope and dignity, and we were happy.
Some players are more concentrated on what they will do after their football career and want to make sure their lives are financially settled. I prefer to play in big teams earn a little less money and win trophies.
Financially speaking, I haven’t ended my career in the best shape, and there are debts, as well as what is to come by way of a divorce settlement to Mandy.
I’m not financially insecure anymore either so I don’t have to sit there and get on the latest Poison tour just to make money, which is what a lot of them are doing.
Boxing is allowed to exist as an exception to state laws against violence on the premise that it will be regulated in a manner that protects the combatants physically and financially.
Fame is a lot of pressure, especially when you’re responsible for your entire family. Financially, emotionally – everything.
There are people who design buildings that are not technically and financially good, and there are those who do. Two categories – simple.
