A company that pays attention to the family unit is a successful company. We don't isolate the family. We don't make rides that say, 'Hey mom, dad, you go sit on the bench.'
Michael Eisner

A great many people seem to think writing poetry is worthwhile, even though it pays next to nothing and is not as widely read as it should be.
Mark Strand

A grouch escapes so many little annoyances that it almost pays to be one.
Kin Hubbard

A lifestyle is what you pay for; a life is what pays you.
Thomas Leonard

A minute's success pays the failure of years.
Robert Browning

Acting kind of pays my bills more than music does.
Marla Sokoloff

After all these years, I am still involved in the process of self-discovery. It's better to explore life and make mistakes than to play it safe. Mistakes are part of the dues one pays for a full life.
Sophia Loren

An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.
Benjamin Franklin

Being a nerd really pays off sometimes.
Ken Jennings

Big business never pays a nickel in taxes, according to Ralph Nader, who represents a big consumer organization that never pays a nickel in taxes.
Dave Barry

By taking a second wife he pays the highest compliment to the first, by showing that she made him so happy as a married man, that he wishes to be so a second time.
Samuel Johnson

Censure is the tax a man pays to the public for being eminent.
Jonathan Swift

Crime is the price society pays for abandoning character.
James Q. Wilson

Disease is the tax which the soul pays for the body, as the tenant pays house-rent for the use of the house.
Ramakrishna

Doing films in Latin America is like an act of faith. I mean, you really have to believe in what you're doing because if not, you feel like it's a waste of time because you might as well be doing something that at least pays you the rent.
Gael Garcia Bernal

Especially in local elections, because hardly anybody pays attention to those - but it's really important who's mayor and who's on the city council, county commissioners, sheriffs, district attorney, and of course the school board.
Jello Biafra

Every professional athlete owes a debt of gratitude to the fans and management, and pays an installment every time he plays. He should never miss a payment.
Bobby Hull

Every stress leaves an indelible scar, and the organism pays for its survival after a stressful situation by becoming a little older.
Hans Selye

Every woman should have four pets in her life. A mink in her closet, a jaguar in her garage, a tiger in her bed, and a jackass who pays for everything.
Paris Hilton

Fear is the tax that conscience pays to guilt.
George Sewell