Bill Burr Quotes

People of my generation are used to collecting the heroic boys. And they're used to paying a lot of money for heroic boys. I don't make a third of what a guy would make.

Forget the credit, they (male actors) take all the money as well. We don't get paid even one-third of what male actors get. It's not so much about the money, but it's about (being a) woman.

How is it even sustainable in 21st-century America that women earn, on average, 77 cents for every dollar earned by men?

I have done a great deal of work; as much as a man, but did not get so much pay. I used to work in the field and bind grain, keeping up with the cradler; but men doing no more, got twice as much pay... Women work in the field and do as much work, but do not get the pay. We do as much, we eat as much, we want as much.

Listen, it's not just 'Full House.' It's across the board in the entertainment industry: women are not paid what men are paid.

Unequal pay exists across most job sectors of our economy, even in nursing.

I thought it was ridiculous that I was being paid less than a cameraman, and I wanted to shame them. And I did.

If women with the same skills as men were getting only 78 cents for every dollar a man earns, men would have long-since priced themselves out of the market.

My idea is that we've worked so many years for equality, but the only area where we've achieved equality, with men, is in job loss. We are still 77 cents to the dollar.

For the same work, dudes get paid more.

Some of you may know my story: How for nineteen years, I worked as a manager for a tire plant in Alabama. And some of you may have lived a similar story: After nearly two decades of hard, proud work, I found out that I was making significantly less money than the men who were doing the same work as me.

Why do women get paid less money? It doesn't make any sense.

If you look at total numbers in the working and middle class, men still on average make more than women.

A parking lot attendant who's a guy makes a lot more money than a child-care attendant who's a woman.

Women are not the richer sex. Women are not equal in society.

Because women still earn just 77 cents for every dollar men make. Those pennies add up to real money.

I think there is a war on women in technology.

Wage discrimination lasts forever. The disparity haunts women beyond their years in the labor force, impacting how much they save for retirement and ultimately receive in Social Security benefits.

Candidly, I've noticed that throughout my career, whether in offices that are majority male or majority female, the men are quick to advocate for themselves for a higher starting salary or more pay bumps over time.

I've managed many people in my career. I've managed very diverse teams. And it's interesting because what I've found over time is that when it would come to bonus time or raise time, I would hear from the gentlemen, 'I want to make X.' I don't think I ever heard from a woman who worked for me, 'I want to make X.'

I've been paid less than men I worked with who contributed less to the project.

Today, women make up about half our workforce. But they still make 77 cents for every dollar a man earns. That is wrong, and in 2014, it’s an embarrassment. Women deserve equal pay for equal work.

You know, for every dollar a man makes a woman makes 63 cents. Now, fifty years ago that was 62 cents. So, with that kind of luck, it’ll be the year 3,888 before we make a buck.

If an employer had to pay a man one dollar for the same work a woman could do for 59 cents, why would anyone hire a man?

It's interesting that there's so many different sides of this: Women get frustrated that we don't get paid enough; and then the Republicans or the CEOs that are men say, "Well, it's because women take off time for maternity leave."