Aaron Allston
Aaron Allston

No one pays me to be nice.

Aaron Schock
Aaron Schock

If people don't know who you are, they're not going to listen to your message. And not everybody pays attention to politicians by watching Fox News and CNN.

Aaron Yoo
Aaron Yoo

I feel like after acting, the other half of why I love this business is the opportunity to work with and meet people who inspire you. That it pays my rent is a good bonus.

Abraham Verghese
Abraham Verghese

My advice for writers is to get a good day job. It takes the pressure off writing if you have a job that pays the bills.

Al Stewart
Al Stewart

Only two to three per cent of an audience is interested in words and pays attention to lyrics; most of the rest of it is about image or the beat or the sound, or else it's a tribal thing - country & western, rap, heavy metal, with historical folk rock off in some kind of cult.

Alesha Dixon
Alesha Dixon

Success now is waking up in the morning and being comfortable in my own skin. You can go to a job that pays well, but if you're not happy in yourself or if you're not grateful for what you have, it means nothing.

Alex Berenson
Alex Berenson

In a Ponzi scheme, a promoter pays back his initial investors with money he has raised from new investors. Eventually, the promoter can no longer find enough new investors to pay off the people who have already put up money, and the scheme collapses.

Alex Berenson
Alex Berenson

Bigger spreads mean bigger gaps between what buyers pay and sellers receive. For example, a spread of 10 cents a share means that the buyer pays $100 more for 1,000 shares than the seller receives.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

There has almost never been a period of substantial economic growth in the United States without significant investment. And no investment pays off within the same cycle. No investment pays off within the same year - especially a governmental investment. Even businesses don't work that way.

Amanda Seyfried
Amanda Seyfried

I just like to do covers, every once in a while. If someone pays me to go into the studio, I'll do it.