Quotes tagged ‘Compensation’

(11 total)

“I wasn’t academically successful. And maybe I’ve spent a lot of my career trying to make up for that.”

“We have the skills and the right to acquire proper compensation.”

— S. Craig Zahler, Brett Ridgeman, Mel Gibson, imdb.com

“[Why Bond wears a gun] I have a slight inferiority complex.”

— Richard Maibaum, Paul Dehn, James Bond, Sean Connery, imdb.com

“True. But this one overcompensates by wearing slightly masculine clothing. Being more aggressive than her female colleagues. Which gives her a somewhat prickly demeanor, and ironically enough, makes it less likely for her to be accepted and promoted by her male superiors, who mistake her insecuritie…”

— Neal Purvis, Robert Wade, James Bond, Daniel Craig, imdb.com

“War could never be the result of individual or irresponsible will, but must be a measure of redress for injuries sustained.”

— Martin Van Buren, amazon.com

“A man who works for another is not going to be paid any more than he is worth; you can bet on that. A man ought to get what he can earn. Don't make any difference whether it's running a farm, running a bank or running a show; a man who knows he's making money for other people ought to get some of th…”

— Babe Ruth, en.wikiquote.org

“You're gonna wipe out a whole town for one little witch. Sounds to me like you're compensating for something.”

— Julie Siege, Dean Winchester, Jensen Ackles, imdb.com

“This is a world of compensations; and he who would be no slave, must consent to have no slave.”

— Abraham Lincoln, abrahamlincolnonline.org

“This is a world of compensations; and he who would be no slave, must consent to have no slave. Those who deny freedom to others, deserve it not for themselves; and, under a just God, cannot long retain it.”

— Abraham Lincoln, abrahamlincolnonline.org

“My husband, did the great work of the war, but Grant, had all the pecuniary compensation.”

— Mary Todd Lincoln, amazon.com

“What we seek is some kind of compensation for what we put up with.”

— Haruki Murakami, amazon.com