Quotes about Income

Income tax returns are the most imaginative fiction being written today. Votes: 4

The hardest thing to understand in the world is the income tax. Votes: 4

A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of. Votes: 4

The income tax created more criminals than any other single act of government. Votes: 4

Hating the Yankees is as American as pizza pie, unwed mothers, and cheating on your income tax. Votes: 4

I'm living so far beyond my income that we may almost be said to be living apart. Votes: 4

The best measure of a man's honesty isn't his income tax return. It's the zero adjust on his bathroom scale. Votes: 4

When there is an income tax, the just man will pay more and the unjust less on the same amount of income. Votes: 4

Income seldom exceeds personal development. Votes: 3

Income inequity has to be addressed. Votes: 3

Income inequality has gotten worse under President Barack Obama. Votes: 3

Income is primarily determined by your philosophy, not by the economy Votes: 3

Income is the natural and rational gauge and measure of respectability. Votes: 3

gun registration is no more complex than the Income Tax system. Votes: 3

Our Income Tax System is a disgrace to the human race. Votes: 3

Income should be taxed one time at one rate, not again and again. Votes: 3

Income inequality is worse in towns run by Democrat mayors than in towns run by Republican mayors. Votes: 3

Income inequality and wage stagnation finally took their place among the principal moral issues of our time. Votes: 3

Income from property is not the reward of waiting, it is the reward of employing a good stockbroker. Votes: 3

The idea of abolishing Income Tax is to me highly attractive, both on other grounds & because it tends to public economy. Votes: 3

It's a rule worth having in mind. Income almost always flows along the same axis as power but in the opposite direction. Votes: 3

Income inequality is troubling because, among other things, it means that many people in our society don't have the opportunities to advance themselves. Votes: 3

The self-esteem one acquires and a well-earned feeling of one's strength are the only consolation in this world. Income, after all, most brutes have that. Votes: 3

The Original Sin which brought us to the brink of bankruptcy and dictatorship was the Federal Income Tax Amendment and its illegitimate child, Federal Aid. Votes: 3

Income, that is the thing. I wish an income that will keep flowing into my purse whether I sit on the wall or travel to far lands. Votes: 3

Income, that is the thing. I wish an income that will keep flowing into my purse whether I sit upon the wall or travel to far lands. Votes: 3

Income earned by the sweat of your brow should be taxed at the lowest rates, not the highest. Capital gains should be taxed at a higher rate. Votes: 3

There is nothing more demoralizing than a small but adequate income. Votes: 2

My problem lies in reconciling my gross habits with my net income. Votes: 2

The rate of interest acts as a link between income-value and capital-value. Votes: 2

Yet, individuals and corporations in Puerto Rico pay no federal income tax. Votes: 2

There are few sorrows in which a good income is of no avail. Votes: 2

An expenditure of words without income of ideas will lead to intellectual bankruptcy. Votes: 2

A wise man will live as much within his wit as within his income. Votes: 2

There are few sorrows, however poignant, in which a good income is of no avail. Votes: 2

Invest three percent of your income in yourself (self-development) in order to guarantee your future. Votes: 2

1913 wasn't a very good year. 1913 gave us the income tax, the 16th amendment and the IRS. Votes: 2

I would like to electrocute everyone who uses the word 'fair' in connection with income tax policies. Votes: 2

The New Deal was going to redistribute the national income according to ideals of social and economic justice. Votes: 2

The only thing that hurts more than paying an income tax is not having to pay an income tax. Votes: 2

The only thing that hurts more than paying an income tax is not having to pay an income tax. Votes: 2

If a child, a spouse, a life partner, or a parent depends on you and your income, you need life insurance. Votes: 2

Overcome your barriers, intend the best, and be patient. You will enjoy more balance, more growth, more income, and more fun! Votes: 2

Our incomes are like our shoes; if too small, they gall and pinch us; but if too large, they cause us to stumble and to trip. Votes: 2

It's good to give seniors more choices and more options, let them choose a plan that's best for them and target assistance to the lowest income people. Votes: 2

It was under Wilson, of course, that the first huge parts of the Marxist program, such as the progressive income tax, were incorporated into the American system. Votes: 2

I'm just curious, who's more fit to raise a child? A loving committed same-sex couple or an unmarried 15-year-old with no income and really no skills to parent? Votes: 2

According to the study, approximately 16.7 million U.S. workers born in Latin America had a combined gross income of $450 billion last year, of which 93 percent was spent locally. Votes: 2

Elections should be held on April 16th- the day after we pay our income taxes. That is one of the few things that might discourage politicians from being big spenders. Votes: 2

I started on an Apple II, which I had bought at the very end of 1978 for half of my annual income. I made $4,500 a year, and I spent half of it on the computer. Votes: 2

Obama made his no-new-taxes pledge over and over again four years ago as he campaigned. Not only has he repeatedly and blatantly violated it, but his policies have relentlessly assaulted poor and middle-income family budgets. Votes: 2

In my experience, poor people are the world's greatest entrepreneurs. Every day, they must innovate in order to survive. They remain poor because they do not have the opportunities to turn their creativity into sustainable income. Votes: 2

I have always paid income tax. I object only when it reaches a stage when I am threatened with having nothing left for my old age - which is due to start next Tuesday or Wednesday. Votes: 2

You can't live a positive life with a negative mind and if you have a positive outcome you have a positive income and just to have more positivity and just to kind of laugh it off. Votes: 2

Half the U.S. population owns barely 2 percent of its wealth, putting the United States near Rwanda and Uganda and below such nations as pre-Arab Spring Tunisia and Egypt when measured by degrees of income inequality. Votes: 2

Eastern Washington families and businesses should be able to deduct every penny of state and local sales tax they pay throughout the year from their federal tax bill, especially when people in most states are deducting their state income taxes. Votes: 2

When you're a self-made man, you start very early in life. In my case it was at 9 years old when I started bringing income into the family. You get a drive that's a little different, maybe a little stronger, than somebody who inherited. Votes: 2

I just think that - when a country needs more income and we do, we're only taking in 15 percent of GDP, I mean, that - that - when a country needs more income, they should get it from the people that have it. Votes: 2

In the 1880s, people all over the world looked to America for inspiration. Its very existence was proof that it was possible to have a relatively free and peaceful country. No income tax, no foreign wars, no welfare state, no intrusions on civil liberties. Votes: 2

Every time a woman leaves the workforce because she can't find or afford childcare, or she can't work out a flexible arrangement with her boss, or she has no paid maternity leave, her family's income falls down a notch. Simultaneously, national productivity numbers decline. Votes: 2

Well, we lost a lot of our independence already. We are dependent on China for credit. We are dependent on Middle Eastern countries for energy supplies. And many Americans are dependent on the government for their income, health care, education of their children, food stamps. Votes: 2

Socialism violates at least three of the Ten Commandments: It turns government into God, it legalizes thievery and it elevates covetousness. Discussions of income inequality, after all, aren't about prosperity but about petty spite. Why should you care how much money I make, so long as you are happy? Votes: 2

We need business to understand its social responsibility, that the main task and objective for a business is not to generate extra income and to become rich and transfer the money abroad, but to look and evaluate what a businessman has done for the country, for the people, on whose account he or she has become so rich. Votes: 2

Expenditure rises to meet income. Votes: 0

Expenditures rise to meet income. Votes: 0

Frugality is a handsome income. Votes: 0

Live according to your income. Votes: 0

Never have a ceiling on your income. Votes: 0

Democracy is mob rule with income taxes. Votes: 0

A heavy progressive or graduated income tax. Votes: 0

Let not your expenditure exceed your income. Votes: 0

The chief problem of low-income farmers is poverty. Votes: 0

Manhattan is increasingly less available to average-income earners. Votes: 0

Whatever your income, always live below your means. Votes: 0

Never depend on a single source of income. Votes: 0

Every group spends more when its income grows. Votes: 0

Don’t tax my income, tax my consumption. Votes: 0

For too many, to work means having less income. Votes: 0

Friendship lives on its income, love devours its capital. Votes: 0

To double your income, triple your investment in self-development. Votes: 0

Middle income families with children are Australia's new poor Votes: 0

They talk about income inequality. I'm for income inequality. Votes: 0

The United States has worse income inequality than Nigeria. Votes: 0

In income tax, there is no case for amnesty. Votes: 0

Cannot people realize how large an income is thrift? Votes: 0

My main income came from failed movie and TV options. Votes: 0

The inequality of income and fortunes is essential in capitalism. Votes: 0

Men do not realize how great an income thrift is. Votes: 0

The income effects in an economy always sum to zero. Votes: 0

Individual income can grow only as fast as productivity rises. Votes: 0

Women lie about their age; men lie about their income. Votes: 0

If you want your income to grow, you too must grow. Votes: 0

We cannot afford to lose the Medicaid funding for low-income women. Votes: 0

True economy consists in always making the income exceed the outgo. Votes: 0

Your income is directly related to your philosophy, NOT the economy. Votes: 0

Solvency is entirely a matter of temperament and not of income. Votes: 0

Three ingredients of luxury lifestyle design are time, income, and mobility. Votes: 0

Mathematicians deal with large numbers sometimes, but never in their income. Votes: 0

Your income can grow only to the extent that you do. Votes: 0

I would guess that there's adequate low-income housing in the country. Votes: 0

You become financially free when your passive income exceeds your expenses. Votes: 0

The only imaginative fiction being written today is income tax returns. Votes: 0

Are not most professional mathematicians spared all trouble incident to income? Votes: 0

Let that which is wanting in income be supplied by economy. Votes: 0

In low-income countries, the main problems you have is infectious diseases. Votes: 0

Relative income uses two variables: the dollar and time, usually hours. Votes: 0

Middle-income countries are the biggest users of GMOs. Places like Brazil. Votes: 0

When I started to pay income tax, I was 50 years old. Votes: 0

There's just one thing I can't figure out. My income tax! Votes: 0

There is no income tax in Russia. But there's no income. Votes: 0

Sustainability is living on nature's income rather than living on its capital. Votes: 0

When your outgo exceeds your income, the upshot may be your downfall. Votes: 0

Never depend on single income. Make investment to create a second source. Votes: 0

I still believe a majority of Republicans are for income tax cuts. Votes: 0

It takes as much imagination to create debt as to create income. Votes: 0

Now, DVD can represent more income than the box office-and typically does. Votes: 0

The income tax has made liars out of more Americans than golf. Votes: 0

You cannot keep out of trouble by spending more than your income, Votes: 0

Stop policing the world and we can get rid of income tax. Votes: 0

Now my only income is a few royalty cheques from my books. Votes: 0

Luxury is the income tax of vanity. But it is so pleasant. Votes: 0

We've already donated to Haiti. It's called the U.S. income tax. Votes: 0

For there to be an expense, there must be income somewhere else Votes: 0

It is better to have a permanent income than to be fascinating. Votes: 0

To have a full stomach and fixed income are no small things . Votes: 0

Guess you lose some & win some, long as the outcome is income. Votes: 0

Paying debt service to banks leaves less income to buy goods and services. Votes: 0

Higher projected corporate and personal income tax receipts and lower public debt charges. Votes: 0

In the long run, greater investment would mean greater productivity and income growth. Votes: 0

People like me, whose income largely comes from dividends, should pay more taxes. Votes: 0

In capitalist enterprise there is no secure income and no security of wealth. Votes: 0

There are several ways to apportion the family income, all of them unsatisfactory. Votes: 0

When people gain income, they gain choice, and that is fundamental to dignity. Votes: 0

In low-income countries, getting to a health post is hard. It's very expensive. Votes: 0

We work hard to ensure an increase in investment, income, profit, savings, etc. Votes: 0

It was shocking to realize how many low-income Americans don't have savings accounts. Votes: 0

Freedom ultimately is dignity. And dignity, not income, is the opposite of poverty. Votes: 0

A safety net for the poor indeed requires some level of income redistribution. Votes: 0

We love our habits more than our income, often more than our life. Votes: 0

It's simple arithmetic: "Your income can grow only to the extent you do." Votes: 0

These days an income is something you can't live without - or within. Votes: 0

Your income tends to equal the average income of your five best friends, Votes: 0

Real poverty is less a state of income than a state of mind. Votes: 0

I'm now as free as the breeze - with roughly the same income. Votes: 0

Get rid of IRS; get rid of income tax; get rid of spending. Votes: 0

Higher income people don't have to pay taxes if they don't want to. Votes: 0

A large income will not give you happiness, but a blissful heart will. Votes: 0

I always had a fairly decent income, coming in just from the art. Votes: 0

I have been mislabeled as a big advocate of low-income home ownership over rental. Votes: 0

Well, today people have to be self-reliant if they want a secure retirement income. Votes: 0

The funkiest housing in Holland is for low-income, and I think that's very nice. Votes: 0

being in the middle class is a feeling as well as an income level. Votes: 0

I'm 40 years old. What I have seen my whole life is widening income inequality. Votes: 0

A wise man will live as much within his wit as within his income. Votes: 0

You're entitled to Medicaid regardless of your income. Don't worry about your health care. Votes: 0

I fear very much for our kids, for low income people and for seniors. Votes: 0

The question isn't at what age I want to retire, it's at what income. Votes: 0

Give according to your income lest God make your income according to your giving. Votes: 0

There are probably no more market-oriented individuals on the planet, than low income people. Votes: 0

Anger is an expensive luxury in which only men of certain income can indulge. Votes: 0

Captain Kirk has been a source of pleasure and income for a long time. Votes: 0

Bad business should be done without guilt if it is a source of income. Votes: 0

Well, today people have to be self-reliant if they want a secure retirement income. Votes: 0

In art as in life the valid sacrifices are those that bring no income. Votes: 0

Gorilla tourism is vital to Rwanda's economy: It's the third highest source of income. Votes: 0

I love the Roth IRA. Tax-free income in retirement is a truly great deal. Votes: 0

The middle income families in America have been crushed over the last four years, Votes: 0

There is absolutely no way to increase your income quicker than reading 30 minutes a day Votes: 0

China has no income tax, no unemployment and not a single soldier outside its borders. Votes: 0

The primary driver of final consumer demand is, of course, the level of disposable income. Votes: 0

In F-111, I question the collusion between the Vietnam War, income taxes, consumerism, and advertising. Votes: 0

Strictly speaking, every citizen above a certain level of income is guilty of some offense. Votes: 0

Unequal distribution of income is an excessively uneconomic method of getting the necessary saving done. Votes: 0

By the year 1982 the graduated income tax will have practically abolished major differences in wealth. Votes: 0

Never complain about your troubles; they are responsible for more than half of your income. Votes: 0

The requisitions of the income tax have added greatly to the attractions of mercenary crime. Votes: 0

There are thousands and thousands of free programs available for people of any income level. Votes: 0

Financial independence is the ability to live from the income of your own personal resources. Votes: 0

We only want autonomous collaborators that are incentivized to make or break their own income. Votes: 0

Among seniors, Social Security is the sole source of income for 26 percent of nonmarried women. Votes: 0

I think the stress on income inequality is something that every American should take seriously. Votes: 0

Once politics become a tug-of-war for shares in the income pie, decent government is impossible. Votes: 0

The PhD student is someone who forgoes current income in order to forgo future income. Votes: 0

Computer programming is pretty much guaranteed income. I'm good at it, and I like it. Votes: 0

You might be a redneck if your primary source of income is the pawn shop. Votes: 0

Las Vegas is a resort whose two chief sources of income are seven and eleven. Votes: 0

I think the issue of income and wealth inequality is in fact a moral issue. Votes: 0

At 50$ per barrel of oil we shall lose about three trillion rubles of budget income Votes: 0

Taxes on consumption, like those on capital or income, to be just, must be uniform. Votes: 0

There are few sorrows, however poignant, in which a good income is of no avail. Votes: 0

May you have the income of a Republican and the sex life of a Democrat! Votes: 0

Long time ago when we were fab, back when income tax was all we had. Votes: 0

When a man retires, his wife gets twice the husband but only half the income. Votes: 0

It is business that generates the jobs, income and taxes that keep a country going. Votes: 0

In general, investors prefer companies to reward executives for producing recurring income, not one-time gains. Votes: 0

You work hard for your income, and that hard work is what fuels the economy. Votes: 0

The average income in France is $1,000 a month, and you can't live decently on that. Votes: 0

The first thing a writer has to do is find a new source of income. Votes: 0

There is no moral distinction between the act of a pickpocket and the progressive income tax. Votes: 0

Ford's federal income tax rate was just 2.3 percent in 2009 even though it made $3 billion in profits. Votes: 0

Human trafficking is a globally assisted pandemic that generates billions of dollars of income a year. Votes: 0

You should always live within your income, even if you have to borrow to do so. Votes: 0

God wants your life. Not one hour a week, not 10% of your income, He wants you. Votes: 0

An income tax form is like a laundry list - either way you lose your shirt. Votes: 0

Never depend on a single income. Make Investments to create a second source.- Warren Buffet Votes: 0

I am not against hasty marriages where a mutual flame is fanned by an adequate income. Votes: 0

The secret of happiness is to live within your income and pay your bills on time. Votes: 0

Many poor and low-income women cannot afford to purchase contraceptive services and supplies on their own. Votes: 0

Your income is determined by how many people you serve and how well you serve them. Votes: 0

Happy salesmen not only multiply their volume of business and their income, they also multiply themselves. Votes: 0

The corporate income tax, in particular, is a tax that puts American corporations at a disadvantage. Votes: 0

I want to make a positive point of Ikea. It makes income inequality a minor distraction. Votes: 0

A heavy or progressive or graduated income tax is necessary for the proper development of Communism. Votes: 0

I am not against hasty marriages, where a mutual flame is fanned by an adequate income. Votes: 0

A substantial extension of public ownership is an essential pre-requisite of greater equality of earned income Votes: 0

Fairness dictates that the highest income people should pay the greatest share of taxes, and they do. Votes: 0

Poverty is not only about income levels, but for lack of freedom that comes from physical insecurity Votes: 0

If there is anyone dependent on your income - parents, children, relatives - you need life insurance. Votes: 0

The highest-income Americans don't need tax-free health insurance, mortgage interest deductions or deferred taxation on retirement funds. Votes: 0

The library helps lower- and middle-income people - immigrants - get their shot at the American dream. Votes: 0

Having an actual income can expand your romantic horizons toward the more appealing end of the spectrum. Votes: 0

As we segregate by income into different communities, schools in lower-income areas have fewer resources than ever. Votes: 0

Warren Buffett pays taxes on a smaller percentage of his billions in income than his cleaning lady. Votes: 0

In fact, Social Security is the only source of income nationwide for 29 percent of unmarried elderly women. Votes: 0

Wealth comes from multiple incomes. Always think of growth and new businesses to create new income streams. Votes: 0

I know everybody's income and what everybody earns, And I carefully compare it with the income-tax returns Votes: 0

Every American should have above average income, and my Administration is going to see they get it. Votes: 0

Since Bush has been in office, African-American women have fallen behind in terms of income and wages. Votes: 0

Few of us ever test our powers of deduction, except when filling out an income tax form Votes: 0

Sales = income. The reason so many people have low incomes is that they are poor at selling. Votes: 0

If you don't work, you shouldn't have an income. If you don't work, you shouldn't get paid. Votes: 0

Investing is important, but get debt-free first. That's what frees up your income so you can win. Votes: 0

Please don't look at me as if you had a source of income other than your salary. Votes: 0

I just filled out my income tax forms. Who says you can't get killed by a blank? Votes: 0

I'd love to open a camp focusing on the arts accessible to kids from all income brackets. Votes: 0

A person's level of income and their desire to give have nothing to do with one another. Votes: 0

Personnel and their capacity for work on their exact jobs is the basic key to income and success. Votes: 0

Land is an emotional subject with a farmer in India because it is his only means of income. Votes: 0

An income means life to wretched mortals, but it is a terrible fate to die among the waves. Votes: 0

I try to figure my adjusted gross income, but no matter how I figure it, it's still gross. Votes: 0

A government debt is a government claim against personal income and private property - an unpaid tax bill. Votes: 0

I'm just trying to get used to living on a fixed income. Now, it's going to get unfixed. Votes: 0

HUD's mission is to provide decency and sanitary housing for low and moderate income people in this country. Votes: 0

... the top 10 percent of incomes pay 70 percent of the income taxes and cast about 25 percent of the vote. Votes: 0

The time has come to match outgo to income, instead of always doing it the other way around. Votes: 0

If there is any law governing the distribution of income between classes, it still remains to be discovered. Votes: 0

My personal taxes are 53% of my taxable income. That's 36% on the federal level and 17% for state and local. Votes: 0

The bottom line is that five million low-income Americans working full time for minimum wage, deserve a raise. Votes: 0

Does inequality in the distribution of income increase or decrease in the course of a country's economic growth? Votes: 0

The nation's first experiment with the income tax was tried at this time; another violation of the Constitution. Votes: 0

You can't control income. It varies based on conditions outside of [your] control. But you can control expenses. Votes: 0

Affected hundreds of thousands of ordinary Canadians who have invested in mutual funds that invest in income trusts. Votes: 0

Discriminatory wage practices undermine women's ability to provide for their families and survive on a decent retirement income. Votes: 0

You never find people laboring to convince you that you may live very happily upon a plentiful income. Votes: 0

In inner-city, low-income communities of color, there's such a high correlation in terms of educational quality and success. Votes: 0

I have an income nearly sufficient for my wants (no one's income is ever quite sufficient, you know). Votes: 0

Except for the usual house chores, doing income tax, etc., I am free to write whenever I want. Votes: 0

I would rather receive one percent of the income of 100 men, than 100% of the income of one man. Votes: 0

If you can get yourself to read 30 minutes a day, you're going to double your income every year. Votes: 0

Look, we play the Star Spangled Banner before every game. You want us to pay income taxes, too? Votes: 0

A mother's ability to provide for her children is not always tied to income, but rather to education. Votes: 0

No nation in history has ever survived a tax burden that reached a third of its national income. Votes: 0

After the break up of the municipality and the loss of his income my father lost health and spirits. Votes: 0

The amount of time that a young girl spends wearing pink will be inversely proportional to her future income. Votes: 0

Basic income is not a utopia, it's a practical business plan for the next step of the human journey. Votes: 0

For many people a job is more than an income - it's an important part of who we are. Votes: 0

In talking about equality and asking vehemently for its realization, nobody advocates a curtailment of his own present income. Votes: 0

Poor children in Baltimore face even worse odds than low-income kids elsewhere, mostly because they remain in impoverished neighborhoods. Votes: 0

President Bush listed his income as $822,000. You know what John Kerry calls someone who earns $822,000? Not even worth dating. Votes: 0

American capitalists, enthralled by the doctrines of finance, have put their income statements in service of the balance sheet. Votes: 0

People can also change the timing of when they earn and receive their income in response to government policies. Votes: 0

You can change your health, you can change your relationships, you can change your income, you can change anything. Votes: 0

I have continuously said that, at the very minimum, the Bush tax cuts for income under $250,000 should be extended. Votes: 0

There's nothing wrong with having a 9-to-5 job, but figure out a way to have another stream of income. Votes: 0

When my mother makes out her income tax return every year, under occupation she writes, eroding my daughter's self-esteem. Votes: 0

Practically all government attempts to redistribute wealth and income tend to smother productive incentives and lead toward general impoverishment. Votes: 0

You could use artificial intelligence to build a system around postcodes and income, which could lead to racial profiling. Votes: 0

The main source of my income is through the commissions of the large-scale works and big sculptures, the projects. Votes: 0

When I was 27 years old, I organized legal aid clinics to help low-income seniors. It was a life-altering experience. Votes: 0

An across-the-board, top-to-bottom cut in personal and corporate income taxes ... to expand the incentives and opportunities of private expenditures. Votes: 0

I pay a living wage, I believe in healthcare, I declare all my income, and I don't cut corners. Votes: 0

A thrifty housewife is better than a great income. A good wife and health are a man's best wealth. Votes: 0

The less money you owe, the less income you'll need and the less you'll have to save for tomorrow. Votes: 0

The English Established Church... will more readily pardon an attack on 38 of its 39 articles than on 1/39 of its income. Votes: 0

If you desire to become a more generous person, don't wait for your income to change. Change your heart. Votes: 0

The average mutual fund holding period for equity or fixed income is only about three years. It's too short. Votes: 0

I'm satisfied to have an ordinary success and an ordinary life and an ordinary income. Later, I don't know. Votes: 0

Once you taste the second income in the household and it changes your lifestyle, you get used to it. Votes: 0

You need a very good financial person to keep you honest, and to keep track of income and outgo. Votes: 0

The secret of success lies never in the amount of money, but in the relation of income to outgo. Votes: 0

A broken heart is a very pleasant complaint for a man in London if he has a comfortable income. Votes: 0

The average family earning minimum wage spends 141 percent of their income struggling to meet basic needs - food, shelter, clothing. Votes: 0

Human life depends not only on income but also on social opportunities, [for example] what the state does for educating. Votes: 0

A firm's income statement may be, likened to a bikini-what it reveals is interesting but what it conceals is vital. Votes: 0

In reality long-term travel has nothing to do with demographics, age, ideology, income, and everything to do with personal outlook. Votes: 0

Where micro-finance focuses on small loans to individual, low-income women, think of Acumen Fund more like a venture capital fund. Votes: 0

Prescription drug prices are skyrocketing and one-third of all seniors depend on Social Security for at least 90% of their income. Votes: 0

65% of people say that cheating on your income tax is worse than cheating on your spouse. The other 35% were women. Votes: 0

It's true that redistributing income to the needy is politically easier in a growing economy than in a stagnant one. Votes: 0

Good customers are an asset which, when wellmanaged and served, will return a handsome lifetime income stream for the company. Votes: 0

Leading economists have shown that by shrinking Texas, we can actually create more income for Texas in the long run. Votes: 0

Why is it that half of the households in America pay zero income tax? We need some real tax reform. Votes: 0

The income tax is flawed for a number of reasons - it discourages economic growth and encourages a bloated government. Votes: 0

I am indeed rich, since my income is superior to my expenses, and my expense is equal to my wishes. Votes: 0

My wife's income allowed me to do what I really loved. I realized that women's liberation is men's liberation, too. Votes: 0

A large retinue upon a small income, like a large cascade upon a small stream, tends to discover its tenuity. Votes: 0

Many states rely on sales tax as their principle source of revenue and do not have a State income tax. Votes: 0

The first time I had disposable income, the two things I cared most about were a television and a couch. Votes: 0

Many states rely on sales tax as their principle source of revenue and do not have a State income tax. Votes: 0

I solemnly swear that I will bear true and faithful allegiance to the Queen when she pays her income tax Votes: 0

We're going to look awfully stupid if we give income tax relief to people who do not pay income taxes. Votes: 0

I was trying to support a family with writing. I didn't have a private income. I had no other profession. Votes: 0

There are skeptics who do not come to their view because they have a source of income from carbon polluters. Votes: 0

The first step to boosting your income is to identify where your passion lives and to be true to it. Votes: 0

All progress is based upon a universal innate desire on the part of every organism to live beyond its income. Votes: 0

Nigeria has moved into low-middle-income, but their north is very poor, and the health care systems there have broken down. Votes: 0

BJP is committed to transform the agriculture sector. We want to increase farmer income and the purchasing power of villages. Votes: 0

In the tradition of national income accounting, economic policymakers have typically focused on variables such as income, wealth, and consumption. Votes: 0

I don't know if I can live on my income or not - the government won't let me try it. Votes: 0

Pell Grants are, and have been, critically important tools in making higher education a possibility for lower- and middle-income students. Votes: 0

The profession of a prostitute is the only career in which the maximum income is paid to the newest apprentice. Votes: 0

If the Lord had meant us to pay income taxes, he'd have made us smart enough to prepare the return. Votes: 0

If you're a person that has low income, you probably should have more assistance than a person with high income. Votes: 0

There are but two ways of paying debt: Increase of industry in raising income, increase of thrift in laying out. Votes: 0

I actually went into writing first to supplement my income, which was a strange thing to do, and actually failed. Votes: 0

Your income right now is a result of your standards, it is not the industry, it is not the economy. Votes: 0

Money not spent on a luxury one considered even briefly is the equivalent of windfall income and should be spent accordingly. Votes: 0

While most Americans have access to the best oral health care in the world, low-income children suffer disproportionately from oral disease. Votes: 0

Enthusiasm: If you don't FEEL enthusiastic, ACT enthusiastic. Soon, you'll BE enthusiastic. Double your enthusiasm and you'll probably double your income. Votes: 0

We have undocumented immigrants in America who are paying more federal income tax than a billionaire. I find that just astonishing. Votes: 0

People like me, whose income largely comes from dividends, should pay more taxes. The problem is that taxes aren't used efficiently. Votes: 0

Religiosity turns out to be the best indicator of civic involvement: it's more accurate than education, age, income, gender or race. Votes: 0

Research suggests that large divisions of income and wealth weaken demand and generate economic imbalances that create instability and undermine growth. Votes: 0

Whenever I think about the budgetary problems, I think about the problems of Errol Flynn ... reconciling net income with gross habits. Votes: 0

I'll tell you who doesn't have any personal responsibility. Companies like General Electric and others who pay absolutely no income tax. Votes: 0

The power to gossip is more democratically distributed than power, property, and income, and, certainly, than the freedom to speak openly. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

The ambition of the present Labour government is that every worker in the country will have a greater than average income. Votes: 0

Women now have to put so much attention into their careers, and not many families can pull off a single income. Votes: 0

The U.S. is the country that invented progressive taxation of income and of inherited wealth in the 1910s and 20s. Votes: 0

The unluckiest insolvent in the world is the man whose expenditure of speech is too great for his income of ideas. Votes: 0

The problem with the cable networks is the lack of money, not from personal income but as far as show budget. Votes: 0

We're a lazy, undisciplined generation. I don't exempt myself: I spend way too much, even though I make a good income. Votes: 0

Government is so big today that more than half the population gets a major part of its income from the state. Votes: 0

The differences in income between the poor world and the rich world are so great that people have to be interested. Votes: 0

A giant python was discovered in Florida. Spooky news for a state that derives half it's income from a giant mouse. Votes: 0

Wealth - any income that is at least one hundred dollars more a year than the income of one's wife's sister's husband. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

I have a weird life because I live on songwriting royalties, which are a strange income. Sometimes it rains, sometimes it doesn't. Votes: 0

Giving is a universal opportunity. Regardless of your age, profession, religion, income bracket, and background, you have the capacity to create change. Votes: 0

Man, I grew up like everybody else. Middle-low income family. My parents got divorced like most of the rest of the country. Votes: 0

Idiots are always in favour of inequality of income (their only chance of eminence), and the really great in favour of equality. Votes: 0

I don't believe, the president doesn't believe, that the high income tax cuts work, period. I don't think the evidence supports that. Votes: 0

There is some talk of lowering (the income tax), and they will have to. People are not making enough to pay it. Votes: 0

What you do with your billable time determines your current income, but what you do with your non-billable time determines your future. Votes: 0

The actual growth in a person's life is the rise in his wisdom and not the raise in his pay or income. Votes: 0

My goal was for acting to become my main income. I would say to myself, 'I'm good enough'. That became my mantra. Votes: 0

I'm a children's book writer, and my wife is a musician. We've raised a family on income from songs, performances and books. Votes: 0

And my response is 70,000 people in the state of Maine that paid income tax in 2011 will not be paying income tax in 2012. Votes: 0

It's more important to grow your income than cut your expenses. It's more important to grow your spirit that cut your dreams. Votes: 0

My properties are very good income-producing buildings, so I will have a very good stream of profit even if I can't sell. Votes: 0

Pay off your mortgage before retirement, and that's one less bill you'll have to worry about when you're on a fixed income. Votes: 0

This is too difficult for a mathematician. It takes a philosopher. The hardest thing in the world to understand is the income tax. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

Pity the man who inherits a million and isn't a millionaire. Here's what would be pitiful, if your income grew and you didn't. Votes: 0

I'm against an income tax because all the rich people hire lawyers and accountants to be sure that they don't pay income tax. Votes: 0

I could juggle anything in my day. Balls, cigar boxes, knives...But there was one thing I could never juggle. My income tax. Votes: 0

To obtain financial freedom, one must be either a business owner, an investor, or both, generating passive income, particularly on a monthly basis. Votes: 0

A man is rich whose income is larger than his expenses, and he is poor if his expenses are greater than his income. Votes: 0

The zero-income-tax-rate states have far faster growth in tax revenues than did the states with highest income tax rate over the same period. Votes: 0

If you're going to grow the economy, if people are going to have more income, you have to have stability in the marketplace. Votes: 0

To say that I'm enjoying a millionaire's lifestyle-well, I can tell you, I guess a millionaire's income doesn't go very far these days. Votes: 0

I think the wealthiest people in America are doing phenomenally well, 52 percent of all new income generated today goes to the top 1 percent. Votes: 0

If you are low income in the United States, you have a higher chance of going to jail than getting a 4-year degree. Votes: 0

I believe that people of my income group should pay more, and I explained why, but that won't necessarily lift overall wage levels. Votes: 0

Anybody who is familiar with the historical data from the IRS knows that raising income tax rates will likely actually reduce federal revenues. Votes: 0

Despite a voluminous and often fervent literature on "income distribution," the cold fact is that most income is not distributed: It is earned. Votes: 0

I believe we stand strongly against having the tax code used to make the income disparity in America any worse than it already. Votes: 0

If you really want to end income inequality, I've got the way to fix it. People who don't work shouldn't get any income. Votes: 0

Class is not a fixed designation in this country. We are an upwardly mobile society with a lot of movement between income groups. Votes: 0

Religion to be true must satisfy what may be termed humanitarian economics, that is, where the income and the expenditure balance each other. Votes: 0

The Democratic Party has lost much of it credibility with working class and low-income people. It retards progress toward presenting a genuine alternative. Votes: 0

The moment you make passive income and portfolio income a part of your life, your life will change. Those words will become flesh. Votes: 0

Thirty thousand a year was all right, but dyspepsia and inability to be humanly happy robbed such princely income of all its value. Votes: 0

People try to live within their income so they can afford to pay taxes to a government that can't live within its income. Votes: 0

Everyone has a telephone. Whether they can afford it or not. It's one of those things that people have, regardless of their income. Votes: 0

This is a question too difficult for a mathematician. It should be asked of a philosopher"(when asked about completing his income tax form) Votes: 0

In an unmolested market economy - one where all dealings are consensual - the 'allocation' of wealth and income is the result of transactions. Votes: 0

If you look at my career over the past twenty years, I've always been trying to look around corners for low-income communities of color. Votes: 0

Our GDP growth rates are creating - our high GDP growth rates, the success of our economy means we're creating lots of disposable income. Votes: 0

The best way to boost the economy is to redistribute wealth downward, as poorer people tend to spend a higher proportion of their income. Votes: 0

Employers able to work together with workers and sharing gains and profits will lead to a much better world, getting away from income inequality. Votes: 0

Growth is a substitute for equality of income. So long as there is growth there is hope, and that makes large income differentials tolerable. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

I've always taken risks and bought property well. As journalism wasn't particularly well paid, buying homes and selling them for profit improved my income. Votes: 0

I can assure you that my wife and I - every penny of income we've ever had, our taxes were paid in West Virginia. Votes: 0

Progressive taxation of income and profits means that precisely those parts of the income which people would have saved and invested are taxed away Votes: 0

Eventually I want to subsidize my income with other creative outlets that are going to not keep me tied to the road so much. Votes: 0

Crassus was in the habit of maintaining that nobody should be called rich who was not able to maintain an army on his income. Votes: 0

I like to say I'm more conservative than Goldwater. He just wanted to turn the clock back to when there was no income tax. Votes: 0

A high income job, a big house, nice cars, and lavish vacations don't mean you are rich, in fact it could mean exactly opposite Votes: 0

For the primary and secondary school years, we will aid public schools serving low-income families and assist students in both public and private schools. Votes: 0

Kids who live in low income areas face extra challenges and show up at schools that were not designed to meet their extra needs. Votes: 0

An award would be more prestigious if it came with a supplemental income for a year, so you could focus on repeating your title. Votes: 0

Ever since I started as an actress, just to catch up on some money, but not having an income for three years was tricky. Votes: 0

At the turn of the twenty-first century, the richest 5 percent of people receive one-third of total global income, as much as the poorest 80 percent. Votes: 0

We happily give up our freedom and our income in exchange for having someone else take responsibility for telling us what to do next. Votes: 0

More and more lower-middle-income families either live their lives in debt or leave the city altogether. The boom is strictly at the penthouse level. Votes: 0

Higher energy prices act like a tax. They reduce the disposable income people have available for other things after they've paid their energy bills. Votes: 0

The top 10 per cent of the US population appropriated 91 per cent of income growth between 1989 and 2006, while the top 1 per cent took 59 per cent. Votes: 0

Make no mistake, the point of cutting the personal income tax and the capital gains cut is to send an unmistakable message to business. Votes: 0

In Bakersfield, California, a Mexican strawberry picker with an income of $14,000 and no English was lent every penny he needed to buy a house for $724,000. Votes: 0

The key to financial freedom and great wealth is a person's ability or skill to convert earned income into passive income and/or portfolio income. Votes: 0

Children who have an education grow up to lead healthier lives - earn higher income, take better care of their families, contribute to their economies. Votes: 0

The economic costs, the financial costs, the job losses, the income losses, the fiscal costs of bailing out financial system are becoming larger and larger. Votes: 0

People can change the volume, the location and the composition of their income, and they can do so in response to changes in government policies. Votes: 0

A child's geographic location, race or parent's income level should not predetermine their life's course and it's up to us to see that they don't. Votes: 0

By 2035, there will be almost no poor countries left in the world. Almost all countries will be what we now call lower-middle income or richer. Votes: 0

Cities that tend of have better schools for middle-income families, they tend to have much better prospects for kids moving up in the income distribution. Votes: 0

I'm angry when we have to use state dollars to fill holes in our low-income heating assistance program because there isn't enough support from Washington. Votes: 0

For every day the government is shut down, it should be that we don't have to pay income tax that day because they're not working. Votes: 0

It is a mere illusion that, above a certain income, the personal desires will be satisfied and leave a wider margin for the generous impulse. Votes: 0

I feel awful for women who are trying to raise kids on their own, with zero income and no fathers present - that's single motherhood. Votes: 0

You boast of spending a tenth part of your income in charity; may be you should spend the nine tenths so, and done with it. Votes: 0

Rock 'n' roll started to make so much money and generated so much income for the record companies that suddenly it was no longer evil. Votes: 0

Never look at an opportunity at face value & pass it on that basis. Examine the income vs. the profit vs. expenses then make your decision. Votes: 0

The closest thing to a law of nature in business is that form has an affinity for expense, while substance has an affinity for income. Votes: 0

On my income tax 1040 it says 'Check this box if you are blind.' I wanted to put a check mark about three inches away. Votes: 0

It seems to me that it's better to allow people to have more spendable income.That helps 'LO stimulate the economy and create more jobs. Votes: 0

One of the most important of all the causes of great inequality of income is the inheritance of a great fortune by a small minority. Votes: 0

Contrary to the myth that Mr. Bush cut taxes only for the wealthy, the 2001 tax cut reduced taxes for every income-tax payer in the country. Votes: 0

Growing up in a lower-income family, you don't have the resources to make ends meet and you have to find creative ways to get by. Votes: 0

A company is an organic, living, breathing thing, not just an income sheet and balance sheet. You have to lead it with that in mind. Votes: 0

The life prospects of an American are more dependent on the income and education of his parents than in any of the other advanced industrial countries. Votes: 0

Economists report that a college education adds many thousands of dollars to a man's lifetime income - which he then spends sending his son to college. Votes: 0

The fact is that one of the earliest lessons I learned in business was that balance sheets and income statements are fiction, cash flow is reality. Votes: 0

Having a separate fund for the things in life that happen, helps keep the emergency fund in tact in case you lose your job or income. Votes: 0

[E]very man, everywhere, should be free to develop his talents to their full potential - unhampered by arbitrary barriers of race or birth or income. Votes: 0

I had been working on a second book with [David] Petraeus called Relentless. Obviously that book and the income that it would have generated went away. Votes: 0

The body is ready to have babies. Nature wants it done then, when the body can handle it, not after 40, when the income can handle it. Votes: 0

We ought to thank President Bush. He made it a lot easier for people to do taxes this year. No job, no income tax this year. Votes: 0

Understand that you need to sell you and your ideas in order to advance your career, gain more respect, and increase your success, influence and income. Votes: 0

When I speak of The Case for Equality I mean human equality; and that, of course, can only mean one thing: it means equality of income. Votes: 0

I agree with people who say we want more income equality; we want more consumer protection; and we want sounder banks. I agree with all that. Votes: 0

I've got people handling the media. I employ at the moment two people. No-one is paying income tax on the money they use to employ people. Votes: 0

You could make a case that women addicted men to their sexuality and then withdrew their sexuality until we provided them with a source of income. Votes: 0

Right now, too many women who reach retirement age find themselves widowed or single, relying on their Social Security check for over half of their income. Votes: 0

America is a place where you can be born into a low-income household but still lift yourself up, and it doesn't matter what color you are. Votes: 0

I think that Governor Romney operates on the capital gains tax, his investments, what he lives off of instead of doing it off of his income. Votes: 0

I have a day job, which means my family isnt dependent on the writing income. So if I have an idea I like, I write it. Votes: 0

I will not cut benefits. I want to enhance benefits for low-income workers and for women who have been disadvantaged by the current Social Security system. Votes: 0

I still get invitations from all over Europe to speak at dinners, and it's an honour that promoters and charities can use me to create income. Votes: 0

If people want capital gains taxed more like the highest rate on income, that's a good discussion. Maybe that's the way to help close the deficit. Votes: 0

I think it's terrible for people in effect to say that income from investment should be taxed at a much lower rate than income from labor. Votes: 0

The only one benefiting from this, the American taxpayer, almost half of our taxes, our income taxes, are going to the military and to these wars. Votes: 0

There is nothing wrong with wanting pay for work, or seeking to maximize one's income, as long as one does not use means that are destructive. Votes: 0

I think it is better when people with their own businesses and means of income join politics as there is some degree of honesty and integrity. Votes: 0

Let us wage a moral and political war against the gross wealth and income inequality... ...let us understand that when we stand together, we will always win. Votes: 0

It's income tax time again, Americans: time to gather up those receipts, get out those tax forms, sharpen up that pencil, and stab yourself in the aorta Votes: 0

The total amount of money that Wall Street handed out in bonuses last year was double the total income of ALL full-time minimum wage workers. That's obscene. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

Job security is a myth...it is also risky for self-employed people in my opinion. If they get sick, injured, or die, their income is directly impacted. Votes: 0

Let me tell you, the heart of my tax proposal: I will not raise taxes on the American people. I will not raise taxes on middle-income Americans. Votes: 0

Annual income is £ 20, the cost is 19, you will feel happiness. If annual income of £ 20, the cost is £ 20.6, you will see suffering Votes: 0

No change of job, no increased income, no new home, no new electronic device, or no new spouse is going to make things better inside of you. Votes: 0

We have got to make sure that every qualified American in this country who wants to go to college can go to college -- regardless of income. Votes: 0

I know nothing more important to inculcate into the minds of young people than the wisdom, the honor, and the blessed comfort of living within their income. Votes: 0

I don't consider myself a fashion person, I consider myself a shopping person. As a person who has girlie interests and a little bit of disposable income. Votes: 0

There are people who enjoy the life in England but don't pay a penny in tax, whereas my footballers pay more than half their income in tax. Votes: 0

If the economy is growing fast, there is call for a distributing income from the rich to the poor to to put in place social safety nets. Votes: 0

I suspect that writer's block afflicts mainly people who have some stable and ample source of income outside of writing. So far it hasn't been a problem. Votes: 0

I do work a lot. I mean, most of my income, I would say, comes from live performances. And then you've got publishing, you've got record royalties. Votes: 0

The very act of becoming an entrepreneur is contrarian to middle class values, study hard, get a good job, be happy with secure income and steady salary. Votes: 0

Never build after you are five and forty; have five years' income in hand before you lay a brick; and always calculate the expense at double the estimate. Votes: 0

All the Congress, all the accountants and tax lawyers, all the judges, and a convention of wizards all cannot tell for sure what the income tax law says. Votes: 0

[T]he essence of so-called war prosperity: it enriches some by what it takes from others. It is not rising wealth but a shifting of wealth and income. Votes: 0

Management is the key. Learn to manage your time, tasks, income, people around you, and you will be able to manage the achievement of your goals as well. Votes: 0

If you are an investor who's retired and hopes to live off the income that your portfolio is generating, then we would focus just on the dividend yield. Votes: 0

Sadly, this is the same old Republican story of Robin Hood in reverse - tax cuts for the rich while programs for average and low income Americans suffer. Votes: 0

Even though I had a good income from my lectures, no one would give me a loan. The insanity almost drove me to sympathize with the feminist movement. Votes: 0

When you go to bed tonight, ask yourself 'What percentage of my day did I spend creating residual income?' If the answer is ZERO, you're in trouble. Votes: 0

The shorter the hours, the larger the income. Don't get into the habit of putting in long hours or you may be set down into a permanent subordinate position. Votes: 0

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 Votes: 0

By the way, when I say cut taxes, I don't mean fiddle with the code. I mean abolish the income tax and the IRS, and replace them with nothing. Votes: 0

We give 10 percent of our income to our church every year. Do you think that is the kind of person who is trying to hide things, or do things? Votes: 0

I didn't grasp the basic principle of being a promoter, which was: Put on music but also generate an income. I was on the dole most of the time. Votes: 0

I can't control my own income, I can't control my own destiny, I can't even control my own farm if I'm a farmer. This is not going to last. Votes: 0

My roots were pretty far removed from high income. It's interesting to be back there at the level of income I have now, at this stage in my life. Votes: 0

There is a tremendous movement on to get lower taxes on earned incomes. Then will come the real problem, 'Who among us on salary are earning our income?' Votes: 0

A gentleman doesn't have one set of manners for the house of a poor man and another for the house of someone with an income incomparable to his own. Votes: 0

When fresh sorrows have caused us to take some steps in the right way, we may not complain. We have invested in a life annuity, but the income remains. Votes: 0

It might be said that it is the ideal of the employer to have production without employees and the ideal of the employee is to have income without work. Votes: 0

I am such a strong admirer and supporter of George W. Bush that if he suggested eliminating the income tax or doubling it, I would vote yes on first blush. Votes: 0

Realize that you earn income by providing value - not time - so find a way to provide your best value to others, and charge a fair price for it. Votes: 0

I am not brave enough to not pay my income tax and risk going to jail. But I can say rather freely what I want to say with my art. Votes: 0

If income tax is the price you have to pay to keep the government on its feet, alimony is the price we have to pay for sweeping a woman off hers. Votes: 0

I'd work on my game online and at casinos, build my bankroll, find good games, and try to put myself in a position to keep winning and earn a steady income. Votes: 0

The cartooning was always just an abstraction. It was an income. It was making me famous. It was allowing me to go and do other things that I'd wanted to do. Votes: 0

It is curious how people take it for granted that they have a right to preach at you and pray over you as soon as your income falls below a certain level. Votes: 0

If my brother and I wanted money in our pockets, we had to get jobs - my first was at 15, at Burger King. We had to come up with ways to create an income. Votes: 0