Supplemental Income Quotes

Why work when you can fill out a few forms and get paid for doing nothing?

The problems you have as a novelist tend to have to do with making a living and trying to find ways to supplement the income you get from writing novels. For a lot of writers, that involves teaching. In my case, so far, I've been able to get by working in Hollywood with this TV stuff I've been doing. And it's very important, because my wife is a writer, too, and we don't have health insurance through any employer.

A lot of people in MMA do part-time jobs.

By being a waiter 100 percent, I think I was a lot like any other actor in New York. I had credits because I'd work lunches during the week, and then on a Wednesday would go be lucky enough to be in a movie like 'Kinsey.'

I'm fortunate in having journalism as a sideline to pay the bills, and I essentially do it in order to take as long as I want with books.

I was the founder of the 'Cartoon Bank' in the '90s. I was interested in finding ways for cartoonists to supplement their incomes.

I knew early on that I would do politics, but I would never make a living at it. I would do something else.

I worked for half a cent a word. I'm not a fast writer to begin with, so for the first few years I had do other things.

There's a lot of people out now around America who depend on checks from their fellow taxpayers being in the mailbox every day.

There's so much great TV and I always thought it would be such a fun little sideway to make money and then not have to worry about my films making a lot of money.

Theater was always in the backdrop. Nursing was a way to pay the bills. I wasn't a nurse; I had a nursing agency.

I think commercials are something that everyone does to get out there and get a little bit of exposure, get their feet wet, and also pay the bills. So anytime you can be a part of a wonderful, fun commercial, that's just a bonus.

Stand-up will always be my favorite and the most important thing that I do. I view everything else as free money.

Eventually I want to subsidize my income with other creative outlets that are going to not keep me tied to the road so much.

I was extremely lucky as I was in one of the last generations of British students who went to university and had my fees paid, and I had a grant as well. I also earned money from my waitressing and designing and selling my own range of dinosaur cards.

Given Miami's unique role in Airbnb's roots, I'm particularly proud of how South Floridians have embraced home sharing as an opportunity to earn supplemental income and catalyze economic development in their communities.

I just waited tables three nights a week to cover the bases.

Social Security is a family insurance program, not an investment scheme.

I actually went into writing first to supplement my income, which was a strange thing to do, and actually failed.

For years and years, I was doing extra work and guest spots and anything I could cobble together.

What is the alternative to Social Security for those at the lower end of the income distribution whose personal savings by definition are not going to be that high? There really isn’t any.

Social Security is the most important social program in America.

In today's world, most people are working side jobs while waiting to do what they really want to do.

Many adult book authors supplement their income by teaching at the college level. Full-time professors fare well, but pay for adjunct professors is notoriously shabby. Children's book authors have a sweeter deal. We're invited by schools, libraries, law firms, and Fortune 500 companies to share our best writing tips and strategies.

There isn't a single windmill owner in Holland who doesn't have a second job, for when there is no wind.