Top 55 Perks Quotes

Of all presidential perks, the pardon power has a special significance. It is just the kind of authority that would attract the special attention of someone obsessed with himself and his own ability to influence events.

I pretty much choose anything I do in life based on whether or not I can work in my PJs. Certainly one of the perks of doing an animated film is that you don’t have to go and get ready and wear wardrobe, and you just show up in whatever you’re wearing.

Thanksgiving, our eminent moral holiday, doesn’t have much for children. At its heart are conversation, food, drink, and fellowship – all perks of adulthood.

I’m a bit of a shill for the Clinton Administration, which has its perks. I’m invited to all the inaugural balls.

Abandoning traditions of responsibility and civility won the GOP control of both houses of Congress in 1994. Rejecting any compromise brought Republicans the perks and power of majority control for the first time in 40 years. Thus did the politics of total resistance become their path of least resistance.

There are definitely perks to being a good ski racer.

I’ll be honest, acting in a commercial film has its perks – crazy stardom, crazy money and frequent trips abroad – but why would I aspire for something I’m not cut out for?

I’ve wanted recognition; I wanted success; I wanted appreciation; I love the perks of being in the movies. I love the fame that comes with it – but that’s why I became an actor.

I had a certificate that said, ‘Doctor of Mixology, Harvard University,’ that I actually got from Harvard University. A friend of mine was a research assistant over there and it was one of those student or university perks and she brought me in on that. So I am a doctorate from Harvard and it only took me one afternoon.

But for me, personally, that’s one of the biggest perks of the job that I get to do these kinds of crazy things but in a safely created environment.

The perks of working in Japan are that you might go for two weeks every three or four months, so you do work an abbreviated schedule. But you really make up for the abbreviated schedule by how hard you have to fight, how much you’ve got to be in shape.

The details of the personal expenses that executives put on the company tab often are not known because loopholes in federal disclosure rules let publicly traded companies generally avoid disclosing the perks they give executives along with pay and stock options.

Isn’t it ironic that pay, perks, and benefits all cost your company at the bottom line, but authentic recognition, especially when it’s most unexpected, costs very little and gives the most impressive return on investment?

I thought food and drink were just part of the perks of living at the White House. The next day, I got a call from his secretary saying my dad wanted to see me in the Oval Office, and when I got there, dad was waving this little pink receipt. I didn’t know it came out of his salary.

For me, travel is one of the biggest perks of pro wrestling. You get to see the world on somebody else’s dime.

Why do politicians and bureaucrats get salaries and perks from the pockets of the poor and do nothing for them? So I took action against the corrupt and the lazy.

I’m doing ‘The Perks of Being a Wallflower’… It was a book I read when I was younger, and it just changed my life, and I just wanted to be a part of it.

Playing with different genres and perspectives and ways of telling stories is one of the perks of being a novelist, but at the same time, I want precision. And in order to be precise about stuff, you have to get personal. Symbolism is very boring.

One of the great perks of being an actor is you’re only as smart as the job you’re in, you know, and you’re only as informed as the job you’re in, and you do become an expert, and you read all the books, but then there’s a part of, like, you move on.

I’ve always felt that celebrity was wonderful for a lot of the perks that it could give you.

One of the perks of being an actor is to get to meet athletes that you respect. Especially who played before my time. Brooks Robinson is one of those athletes; they just don’t make them any nicer.

It’s nice to have boundaries, because as long as we have them, we can cross them a bit, and that’s what perks interest. If you have full freedom, what do you do?

There are a lot of perks when you’re an actor. Free food at work was my second favorite in the beginning, but my first was the weird stuff. Like seeing celebrities in no makeup and finding out what they ate.

I think one of the perks of getting to do comedy is the ability to hang out with the funniest people in the world.

I was an avid tomboy, and as long as I could ride my bike just as fast, hit the ball just as hard, and catch just as many garter snakes, I was accepted as one of the boys and enjoyed all the perks of superiority.

There are a lot of perks that come with fame, and with every positive there’s a negative, and then it all kind of balances out.

Far too many executives have become more concerned with the ‘four P’s’ – pay, perks, power and prestige – rather than making profits for shareholders.

That’s one of the perks of my job, is getting to see what the Internet does.

I found, through the process of doing ‘The Perks of Being a Wallflower,’ that I really love directing movies and I love writing books and so this will become the centerpiece of my career for the next ten or twenty years. Doing these adaptations.

One of the perks is when John Mayer calls you up and tells you, ‘Hey, buddy, I just bought a ranch in Montana. When are you gonna come by? When are we gonna hang out?’ It’s just not something I ever expected to happen.

There are perks to being the partner of a professional athlete – we were invited into beautiful homes, enjoyed stunning sponsor cars, got special treatment at restaurants, and attended many exquisite functions.

The rock n’ roll lifestyle did have its perks, but it wasn’t all limos and parties in the early days.

If I didn’t love acting, I would love to work at Google… if they’d have me. They have the coolest perks a workplace can have.

I don’t go to New York. I don’t go to parties. I just do my business and study nature. My career is 28 years in an obscure art school, with limited staff and no perks. All I am is a teacher.

I’m definitely lucky to have been included in some of the perks of my brother’s connections in the fashion world. It’s helpful considering I’m still like a five-year-old when it comes to shopping.

One of the perks of growing up, but also one of the biggest challenges, is making decisions about the future. Deciding what kind of job you want, whether you want to finish school, or whether you want to go to university are huge choices to make.

I think men and women will both agree that one of the perks of being single on Valentine’s Day is that you get to keep your money in your pocket.

It is fun to see girls going mad about me or dancing around to get one glimpse of me. These are major perks of being an actor. But you need to be cautious and respectful.

Working on ‘Open All Hours’ had some unexpected perks, not least the attractions of the canteen at the BBC’s rehearsal studios in West London.

My years of living the jet-set life were fun, but they weren’t fulfilling. The perks and benefits were lovely, but all of the fabulous furs, fancy jewelry and fun fetes simply weren’t enough to fill my soul.

Bill Clinton sitting on Air Force One getting his hair cut while people around the country cooled their heels and waited for him, became a metaphor for a populist president who had gotten drunk with the perks of his own power and was sort of, you know, not sensitive to what people wanted.

I want to go to Harry Potter Land! I actually should text Emma Watson to see if she can hook us up with a backstage pass or something. That’s the perk of doing a movie with Emma called ‘The Perks Of Being A Wallflower.’

I’m pretty upfront about my love and admiration for the military. One of the perks of making movies is that you get to sort of follow your own passions, and I believe quite passionately that we don’t pay enough attention and respect to our veterans. Not just our wounded veterans, but all veterans.

One of the perks of my job as a fashion journalist is the travel opportunity.

From campaign contributions to expensive perks paid for by special interests, wealthy donors and corporate special interests have increasingly been able to purchase influence and promote their agendas in Congress.

I’m fully aware of how lucky I am to do the work I do. I work really, really hard, and there are a lot of privileges and perks that come with the job.

Luckily, one of the perks of being an Angel is that I don’t have to go to casting. It’s so nerve-wracking – even the girls who have been in the show year after year still get nervous. The show is seen around the world, so it’s a huge honor to be selected.

I would love to do things that teach me new skills. Like, I don’t know how to ride a horse. And not that I need a film or television project to teach me that, but it’s one of the perks of being an actor, inhabiting a character who has experiences and a knowledge that I don’t.