Rainer Weiss Quotes

I'll do anything usually if there's money involved and little work.

Though monetary compensation may never add up, teachers can rest assured that they are important.

We gained a great deal of prestige, but not much money. We liked to work so much we couldn't hide it and the club owners paid us accordingly.

It's like a dream come true. When somebody is paying you to talk about yourself, you've won.

I think any writer is a fool if he doesn't do it for money. There needs to be some kind of incentive in addition to the project. It all goes together. It's fun to sit there and think of characters and get them into action, then be paid for it.

It troubles me that people speak about writing for money as ugly and distasteful.

There is no money in the world that would compensate me for writing a lousy book.

You can go home with a lot of money with absolutely no skill.

In many ways, that affection is the real reward for 56 years in the business. Although the money ain't exactly bad either.

But as a writer and performer, I want to get paid for what I do.

I got a lovely check today from being a writer that I earned by sitting at home. That's rewarding.

At this point, it's either for fun or it's for money. I don't take movies that I don't really like.

The first money I ever earned was for drawing stone tools.

Whenever you hear a man speak of his love for his country, it is a sign that he expects to be paid for it.

I'm a hard worker, and everything with me is, if I work hard, I should get paid for it. Everything with me, I try to symbolize something flashy like jewelry or a car. The rubbing hands is a symbol of hustling, so it goes back to the money.

Be the business never so painful, you may have it done for money.

Money won is twice as sweet as money earned.

I get paid for what most kids get punished for.

I'd be a fool to be in this for the money.

What's worth doing is worth doing for money.

There is nothing namable but that some men will undertake to do it for pay.

In places where money comes out of the ground, luck and a willingness to take risks are the main denominators that determine one's future, not talent or education or hard work. Money that is so easily acquired somehow comes to seem well deserved, because those who have it must be either uniquely perspicacious or divinely favored.

I value a buck, and when they're giving you $300,000 to lay down and look cute and pretty for a commercial in Korea, you gotta just go, 'Holy crap, this is unbelievable.'

Actually, I never work in movies for money. I'm glad when I get well-paid, but it's not always the case - trust me.

The will to win is worthless if you don't get paid for it.