Quotes about "Money & Wealth"

When a single author uploading his own books to Amazon can earn more money than a large N.Y. publisher exploiting both print and e-rights, there's something amiss. ”

My grandchildren will be making money from the stories I write and sell as eBooks because they will continue to be making money. ”

I know dozens of authors who have had a lot of books published by New York, and they won't ever take another Big 6 contract since they've gotten a taste of the freedom, control, and money self-publishing offers. ”

Time is the ultimate long tail. Even with a big wad of money up front, if something sells forever, the back end is what ultimately counts. ”

For 10 years, I was my own label, my own promoter, my own PR. We borrowed money to print our CDs. ”

A couple of seats at a good picture house cost comparatively little but give a generous return in the shape of freshened minds and freedom from the worries that even the best regulated homes cannot always avoid. ”

If we have a common currency, the main regulator for policy in the country is the fiscal policy. ”

If another euro country fails, so does Slovakia. Our economy is 80% open and if the citizens of Spain and Portugal have no money to buy cars made here in Slovakia then that will be bad for us. Everything is connected. ”

Global warming has become a new religion. We frequently hear about the number of scientists who support it. But the number is not important: only whether they are correct is important. We don't really know what the actual effect on the global temperature is. There are better ways to spend the money. ”

Yes, negotiating is about money and the bottom line, but a lot of times, it's much more emotional and complex than that. Realizing that the economic outcome may not be the other party's top priority gives you more chips to play with and will enable you to achieve better results than you may have anticipated. ”