Top 1200 Low-Income Quotes & Sayings - Page 15

This is too difficult for a mathematician. It takes a philosopher. The hardest thing in the world to understand is the income tax.

The income distribution system constructed in the 20th century has broken down, and it will not come back.

There is a movement happening, a quiet one. A low-profile, low-resolution revolution. Comprised of writers and dreamers, of guerrilla artists and thought-ninjas. Those with something to say. They communicate through text inscribed on true public spaces, rather than blogs and forums. Choosing fewer words, even without being bound by 140 character limits. Using ink instead of pixels. Sending messages in living, breathing space. Pens scream louder into the void. Even if permanent ink is not aptly named.

No one is suggesting societies the world over should implement an expensive basic income system in one stroke.

The New Deal was going to redistribute the national income according to ideals of social and economic justice.

Every American should have above average income, and my Administration is going to see they get it.

I would like to electrocute everyone who uses the word 'fair' in connection with income tax policies.

Many women to whom I have preached the doctrine of freedom have weakly replied, 'But who is to support the children?' It seems to me that if the marriage ceremony is needed as a protection to insure the enforced support of children, then you are marrying a man who, you suspect, would under certain conditions, refuse to support his children, and it is a pretty low-down proposition. For you are marrying a man whom you already suspect of being a villain. But I have not so poor an opinion of men that I believe the greater percentage of them to be such low specimens of humanity.

By the year 1982 the graduated income tax will have practically abolished major differences in wealth.

Let's say you're all worried about student-loan debt and you need to have steady income. That doesn't have to be your everything.

My personal taxes are 53% of my taxable income. That's 36% on the federal level and 17% for state and local.

I think the stress on income inequality is something that every American should take seriously.

I'm not out to max my income. I think my viewers would call me on that right away if I did.

You can't live in the Bronx and survive on just $80,000 or so of income, if you're married and you have three kids at home.

The income tax created more criminals than any other single act of government.

On average, an underserved consumer spends 10% of their disposable income on unnecessary fees and interest rates.

The library helps lower- and middle-income people - immigrants - get their shot at the American dream.

Empowering women with greater income opportunities will lift societies at a much faster rate.

In general, investors prefer companies to reward executives for producing recurring income, not one-time gains.

When I was 19 or 20 years old, I wasn't making a living wrestling. I needed a full-time income.

I always say if you can't buy it three times over, you can't afford it. Don't drive a Bentley on a Benz income.

Women now have to put so much attention into their careers, and not many families can pull off a single income.

Every Mainer, regardless of their income or where they live, should have access to fresh, healthy food.

If there is any law governing the distribution of income between classes, it still remains to be discovered.

Employers' national income is a particular disincentive to employ because it is an expense without benefit.

The biggest single challenge to America and our future is income inequality. We've got to fix it.

American capitalists, enthralled by the doctrines of finance, have put their income statements in service of the balance sheet.

Carried interest... you're making money on somebody else's capital. It's not on your own. If that's not income, I don't know what is.

The main source of my income is through the commissions of the large-scale works and big sculptures, the projects.

Doctor, I had never had anybody like her in my life, she was the fulfillment of my most lascivious adolescent dreams– but marry her, can she be serious? You see, for all her preening and perfumes, she has a very low opinion of herself, and simultaneously– and here is the source of much of our trouble-a ridiculously high opinion of me. And simultaneously, a very low opinion of me! She is one confused Monkey, and, I'm afraid, not too very bright.

All progress is based upon a universal innate desire on the part of every organism to live beyond its income.

Affected hundreds of thousands of ordinary Canadians who have invested in mutual funds that invest in income trusts.

Investing is important, but get debt-free first. That's what frees up your income so you can win.

We do not go to work only to earn an income, but to find meaning in our lives. What we do is a large part of what we are

Retired Americans living on Social Security, exempt from taxes because their income is modest, are not the problem.

When the 1929 crash wiped out disposable income, there were not enough consumers to fuel a recovery.

You never find people laboring to convince you that you may live very happily upon a plentiful income.

People like me, whose income largely comes from dividends, should pay more taxes.

As a general rule, governments are wise to avoid taxation that is voluntary, as they need a steady stream of income.

I'm giving away 2 percent of my net income every month. I don't think Bill Gates is doing that.

In the high-income English-speaking world, the elderly get treated very well indeed.

The superior man does what is proper to the station in which he is; he does not desire to go beyond this. In a position of wealth and honor, he does what is proper to a position of wealth and honor. In a poor and low position, he does what is proper to a poor and low position.

Once politics become a tug-of-war for shares in the income pie, decent government is impossible.

In F-111, I question the collusion between the Vietnam War, income taxes, consumerism, and advertising.

Unequal distribution of income is an excessively uneconomic method of getting the necessary saving done.

So I do have to work, you know, and I find as many movies and TV shows that I can, because otherwise I wouldn't have an income.

After the break up of the municipality and the loss of his income my father lost health and spirits.

The income tax is flawed for a number of reasons - it discourages economic growth and encourages a bloated government.

The time has come to match outgo to income, instead of always doing it the other way around.

Higher projected corporate and personal income tax receipts and lower public debt charges.

My income started to dry up a couple of years after I had the big success with 'The One and Only.'

I reject the notion that Boston is a city hopelessly divided by neighborhood, income level or political outlook.

The main substantive achievement of neoliberalism has been to redistribute rather than to generate wealth and income.

Strictly speaking, every citizen above a certain level of income is guilty of some offense.

There is absolutely no way to increase your income quicker than reading 30 minutes a day

The problem with the cable networks is the lack of money, not from personal income but as far as show budget.

Hating the Yankees is as American as pizza pie, unwed mothers, and cheating on your income tax.

A substantial extension of public ownership is an essential pre-requisite of greater equality of earned income

Among seniors, Social Security is the sole source of income for 26 percent of nonmarried women.

An income tax form is like a laundry list - either way you lose your shirt.