income comparison Quotes

In Washington journalists can afford to live almost as well as people who work for a living.

I look at guys like - guys like Floyd Mayweather making $42 million dollars for a pay-per-view - what am I doing differently from what this guy's doing?

We might not make what athletes in other sports make, but we have greater longevity and we do have certain freedoms to do things they can't do. Like stay home one week and play the next week.

Relative income uses two variables: the dollar and time, usually hours.

It's incredible, ridiculous really, isn't it? You realise you can make more money on the golf tour in one week than some people make in a lifetime.

I don't listen to the refs. I don't listen to anyone who makes less money than I do.

People would rather earn 60 grand in an area where their neighbours earn 40, than earn 80 in an area where their neighbours earn a hundred.

I can make a better living as an actor than I can as a director. Though I certainly would prefer to be directing movies.

When I got back to Madison Avenue, I realized that copywriters made more than artists, so I switched.

I don't look at my pension. It's not as big as yours so it doesn't take as long.

A person working 45 hours per week averages 44% more income than someone working 40 hours per week. That's 44% more income for 13% more time.

We have a high standard of living. ... In Norway, we've tripled our income since 1970. In the rest of western Europe, income has merely doubled.

Let us be clear: I take ten times more money for a concert than for an opera performance.

Research indicates that most women want their man to earn more than they do.

Compared to today's salaries, our cut was minuscule but it was very good for the time.

I guess if you are making more money than your mom and dad, you can set your own boundaries.

I've never wanted to get adjusted to my income, because I knew I wanted to go back to public service. And in comparison to what my mother earns and how I was raised, it's not modest at all. I have no right to complain.

I've been in the Premier League for 10 years, more, and the money I've been paid is phenomenal compared to your average, everyday working man.

I see guys who can't make 10 percent of what I make, and yet they have four Bentleys, three houses, and four bodyguards.

The middle class in the rich countries is where the political game is being played. They are voting in elections in the U.S., U.K., France and Germany. They are working people in the upper part of the global income distribution. They might on average be happy that the Chinese are doing well, but they are not happy that the Chinese are doing well relative to them.

I make a lot more off the trades and Image than Marvel.