If someone decides to be a musician now, it means because there is no hope of money at the end of it, it means they really want to be a musician. And if someone is writing now, there is no hope for money at the end of it.
I think money is due for some sort of collapse. People are going to realize that money has a half-life, like radioactive elements.
I am not a pig farmer. The pigs had a great time, but I didn't make any money.
Clearly this is a tough economic time, and a lot of families are hurting. So when we talk to parents, we talk about small changes for kids and things that don't cost extra money. Like adding water and eliminating sugary drinks and sodas. That's going to save money right there. Or adding a few more vegetables.
The idea that a congressman would be tainted by accepting money from private industry or private sources is essentially a socialist argument.
If time is money, it seems moral to save time, above all one's own, and such parsimony is excused by consideration for others. One is straight-forward.
Congress, the press, and the bureaucracy too often focus on how much money or effort is spent, rather than whether the money or effort actually achieves the announced goal.
Presidential leadership needn't always cost money. Look for low- and no-cost options. They can be surprisingly effective.
All I wanted to do was write - at the time, poems, and prose, too. I guess my ambition was simply to make money however I could to keep myself going in some modest way, and I didn't need much, I was unmarried at the time, no children.
We at Chrysler borrow money the old-fashioned way. We pay it back.