Pecuniary Gain Quotes & Sayings

Everybody must have projects all the time. The maximum must be extracted from leisure ... The whole of life must look like a job, and by this resemblance conceal what is not yet directly devoted to pecuniary gain. — Theodor Adorno

Perhaps the reason why my life is so monumentally messed up is because I am an active participant. — Alisa Mullen

In a State, pecuniary gain is not to be considered to be prosperity, but its prosperity will be found in righteousness. — Confucius

I've always said I can't tell sometimes that people even have an album out until I see them nominated for a Grammy. I think country gets dumped on across the board by the Grammys. — Toby Keith

I don't believe I can really do without teaching. — Richard P. Feynman

if enough lost things band together, even in the darkest depths, they aren't really lost at all anymore. — Catherynne M Valente

Of all noxious animals, the most noxious is a tourist. And of all tourists the most vulgar, ill-bred, offensive and loathsome is the British tourist. — Francis Kilvert

I want to feel like honey and trombones. I want to feel like honey and trombones — Anis Mojgani

When Warren Buffett says the sun shines out of somebody's backside, it's worth paying attention. — Guy Spier

You cannot learn what you are made of if you rely on anyone or anything else to help you. — Christopher Paolini

Not, at any rate, such a woman as her. It went against the grain with Mr. Sowerby, this seeking of pecuniary assistance from the very woman whose hand he had attempted to gain about a fortnight since; but he allowed his sister to prevail. What — Anthony Trollope

He sees those tears in your eyes. He knows the desire of your heart. And you will hear from Him-just in time to take the next step. — James C. Dobson

There's a fearful term that's in fashion at the moment - closure. People apparently believe it is desirable and attainable. — Penelope Lively

And I'd have you know, through all of it, I still had perfect nails! Because I am completely swell. — Sarah Scheele

Check your belonging and steps carefully. — Agung Rusmana

As a matter of constitutional tradition, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, we presume that governmental regulation of the content of speech is more likely to interfere with the free exchange of ideas than to encourage it. The interest in encouraging freedom of expression in a democratic society outweighs any theoretical but unproven benefit of censorship. — John Paul Stevens

Husband, we talked about this," Persephone chided. "You can't go around incinerating every hero. Besides, he's brave. I like that. — Rick Riordan

I was on a par with the Creator of the Universe there in the dark in the cocktail lounge. I shrunk the Universe to a ball exactly one light-year in diameter. I had it explode. I had it disperse itself again.
Ask me a question, any question. How old is the Universe? It is one half-second old, but that half-second has lasted one quintillion years so far. Who created it? Nobody created it. It has always been here. — Kurt Vonnegut