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It is not the employer who pays the wages. Employers only handle the money. It is the customer who pays the wages.

Henry Ford

Jealousy is the tribute mediocrity pays to genius.

Fulton J. Sheen

He that dies pays all debts.

William Shakespeare

A minute's success pays the failure of years.

Robert Browning

If a man empties his purse into his head, no man can take it away from him. An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest.

Benjamin Franklin

Honesty pays, but it doesn't seem to pay enough to suit some people.

Kin Hubbard

The body pays for a slip of the foot, and gold pays for a slip of the tongue.

Malaysian Proverb

Sometimes we gamble a little bit too much on defense. Sometimes it pays off. Sometimes it hurts our defense, and the other team can make a play. We didn't have to worry about that (Thursday).

Dominic Crayton

Everyone pays the same price. That's the message. We're not stressing the deal.

Deborah Silverman

Experience pays off a lot [when you're racing]. They know how the boat is supposed to feel when the boat is moving. If it's moving too fast they know how to make adjustments.

Mark Silverstein

Fear is the tax that conscience pays to guilt.

George Sewell

Like I said from day one, I'm just going to stay humble. I know that hard work pays off. It's just one of those things where I feel like hard work did pay off, but I'm still going to continue to work hard. I'm just going to continue to do the things I do, on the court and off the court.

Austin Brooks

All A.B. needs to do is keep on doing what he's doing. Everybody has to raise their level of play, not just A.B. Everybody else has to pick up the load around him. Guys have got to fill in and do their jobs. They've got to do what Mr. Benson pays them to do.

Joe Horn

One owner pays seven times more than another might pay.

Tom Tremont

He's a thug, and I want him out. He's always been a thug. I'll do everything in my power to see that he pays for it.

Bryan Colangelo

I'm not a very gregarious person. I can't bear attention being called to me in a public place, which is ridiculous in a business that pays you to be noticed.

Gabriel Byrne

We would not allow a private insurance company to not pay claims and we must not tolerate Medicaid doing the same. As governor, I will ensure Medicaid pays its bills and fix this problem once and for all.

Chandler Woodcock

An individualist is one who pays his taxes with a smile.

Al Diamond

All the hard work pays off. All the running and lifting and thousands of baskets. Everything pays off.

Jill Young

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

Twenty games is the magic figure for pitchers - .300 is the magic figures for batters. It pays off in salary and reputation. And those are the two things that keep a ballplayer in business.

Warren Spahn

A lot of people donate their miles. The Rotary only pays for hospitalization, the operation and medication. That's why my organization has to raise money for the other things.

Cecilia Carroll

Cory deserves it. He stays anywhere from 20 to 30 minutes late after every practice. You tell everyone hard work pays off. It's nice when it does.

Kevin Gallagher

He really works with you and pays attention.

Josh Thomas

It pays off a lot. It shows practice makes perfect.

Tavonne Reid

PLAUDITS, n. Coins with which the populace pays those who tickle and devour it.

Ambrose Bierce

I know there's a shot in that game I could have made, and if I'd been concentrating a bit more, who knows, we might have won. I think hard work definitely pays off.

Brian Doellman

Although our organization pays special attention to work by artists of African descent, in the end, merit carries the day and Ms. Huffman is undeniably amazing in this role.

Gil Robertson Iv

What this has all been about in the beginning is trying to make terrorism expensive -- trying to make Iran understand that if it pays for these acts, it's going to be expensive.

Terry Anderson

I only hope Oracle pays attention to that.

Scott Jenkins

It's really popular because it's such a great deal. People see really easily how they can use the membership over the course of the year. It really pays for itself.

Jane Dowrick

When we did the Beatles band and Seven Nations, [that] pays for doing classical music in Columbia, Sometimes you have to do the pop series to raise more money for the classical.

Harvey Galloway

Virtue is its own reward. There's a pleasure in doing good which sufficiently pays itself.

Sir John Vanbrugh

I'm doing something for myself. I'd like to get away from this, but it pays the bills. So until I figure out how to hide a mailbox, I have to work, pay bills and account for my time.

Don Vincent

When someone is going to pay $3,000 for a Windows NT or Windows 2000 license, you can bet she is going to use it. If she pays $2 or even $50 or $150 for a Linux package, that doesn't necessarily mean it is going to get used -- or it could mean it was used 1,000 times by the organization. We just don't know how to count that.

Dan Kuznetsky

It's always beneficial to have numbers in a track meet. The boys and girls teams each have the maximum number of relay teams, so we hope our depth pays off and we improve over last year.

John Mcnally

They are entitled to make a profit. Certainly they should be entitled to pay the taxes that you and I and everyone else pays.

Sen. Louis Hill

T.A. (Aldridge) made us shoot 100 threes a day, then I would shoot 100 more at home. You get tired, but it pays off.

Brittany Bush

Tim pays homage to Ray Harryhausen and George Pal and people whose films he saw growing up and who also used this technique.

Leonard Maltin

Mistakes are part of the dues one pays for a full life.

Sophia Loren

Every women needs at least 4 animals. A mink in her closet, a jaguar in her garage, a tiger in her bed, and a jackass that pays for everything.

Paris Hilton

You could argue if it pays a little more attractively, then they won't have that resistance.

Sen. Greg Bell

Fraud is the homage that force pays to reason.

Charles Curtis

Hypocrisy is the homage which vice pays to virtue.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

We have more confidence in ourselves. We have seen that hard work pays off. We're not overconfident. Just confident.

Justin Abnee

We've been working really hard, ... The workouts have been tough, the miles have been up there, and I think that pays off.

Chris Warner

You could call it that. I hope nobody knows about him for a while. If nobody pays attention, you can quietly go about doing your job.

Phil Garner

Their confidence in me helps my confidence in myself. It all pays off in the end.

Shayne Graham

I wasn't really trying to get noticed. But I learned that doing what your heart tells you is right pays off.

Jonathan Farrar

First and foremost, the public demands it. The public pays for it.

Gene Mancini Jr

We're a reputable organization that pays its bills.

Richard Mcgrath

I don't find this good. As a football pro, you have to know who your employer is and who pays you -- unfortunately this isn't an exception anymore.

Gerd Niebaum

We work so hard in the (weight room). And I guess it pays off in the end.

Corbin Martin

Despair is the price one pays for setting oneself an impossible aim.

Graham Greene

It pays to be obvious, especially if you have a reputation for subtlety.

Isaac Asimov

TV is the big shotgun. Everybody pays attention to TV. You can sell almost anything on TV. It's expensive, but it's becoming increasingly popular. And it works.

Lester Duhe

It definitely pays to shop around.

Linda Sherry

The men who start out with the notion that the world owes them a living generally find that the world pays its debt in the penitentiary or the poor house.

William Graham Sumner

It is much more difficult today to build a portfolio that pays enough cash to live on.

Liz Miller

You'll see that the difference between what the school pays and tuition can vary dramatically.

Don Heller

Most airlines prefer to see a four-year degree on the résumé. It pays off in the end.

Jen Mcskimming

I told them we had 98 yards to go, but I didn't know it would take 16 pays to get all of it. We executed up and down the field. The run game, the pass game and protection were great.

Jay Fiedler

We need to be able to increase our efforts and the efforts of the CVB to sell the Convention Center. This is a huge investment for the state, and we need to make sure it pays off.

Ralph Brennan

I personally like it. If I go home I have a job that pays better, but the reason I stay here is for the experience.

Mike Schulte

You can look at the different companies that are available. You can compare from one company to another the formularies that they'll pay for and the appropriate co-pays in each category.

Peter Demestihas

You're asking me to choose between two children, the one that pays more and the one that I secretly love more. With the acting, it's somebody else's brainchild, and I'm just sort of helping flesh it out; with the music, there's a special satisfaction to being the brains behind the operation.

Jack Black

We don't know who the family is. We have no interest in knowing. It's beside the point. It's a terrible tragedy. It's done now. We hope that if one decent thing comes out of this it's that someone else pays attention the next time around.

Kate Brown

This is a plan that works and pays for itself. The people who use this facility and benefit from it being in Anoka County will pay for the facility.

Steve Novak

This way [Medicare] pays a flat rate and [the providers] will only cash in if they can keep their actual cost below the fixed rate.

Robert Gold

No man pays double or twice for the same thing, forasmuch as nothing can be spent but once.

William Petty

Hopefully the hard work we put in pays off. We all left the course feeling pretty good about ourselves.

Katie O'brien

Because of the need, and it's also paying a whole lot more, it's paying double what it pays here, just because of the hurricane.

Tony Fernandez

It pays quite well. There's a lot of contracts that pay anywhere from $350 a day to $1,500 a day.

Chris Boyd

I never expected to be in this position. But hard work pays off. It has showed with the season we're having.

Mike Cisco

One of the biggest gaps in health care in Humboldt County is in dental care, and the enhanced premium pays dentists better and almost eliminates co-pays.

Alan Katz

It pays to get drunk with the best people.

Joe E. Lewis

For them, it's easy to do and it pays well.

Peter Cassidy

Over the last four years, the board has worked with Prairie Grove and Crystal Lake to establish higher impact fees so that new growth pays its way.

Superintendent Mary Fasbender

Every game in our conference is tough. We made a couple of nice plays there and that's hopefully where our experience pays off.

Tony Gerharz

This haggling over who pays what should have been resolved long ago, ... We cannot stand by and watch a family residence burn to the ground, whether it's a mobile home or a mansion.

Jerry Jensen

It's inconsistent that UH pays rent. We've always had a cash surplus every year.

Howard Ikeda

Medicaid pays for all her doctors? appointments, all her prescription medications, any special medical care that may come up.

Shawn Towle

If everyone pays their dues, you can't even pay one months bills. You better figure out how many car washes and bake sales you need to keep going.

Patrick Meehan

There's a lot of ignorance and apathy. If you are going to organize, you have to understand it — who benefits and who pays under our current system.

Dennis Hartnett

When you've got no doubt in your mind that you're going to win, it pays off, ... It's got to be everyone. Everyone's got to be thinking, 'We're not going to lose.'

Scott Carr

I don't think growth pays its own way.

Richard Lamm

Horses run for him. I don't know if he knows what he's doing or is just a natural. He's learning quicker than most bug boys. He sits on a horse good. He pays attention and listens.

Roberto Gonzalez

About 30% will call for an appointment and half of those will be window-shopping. But one deal over $100,000 pays for the seminar.

Alan Haft

I like playing with those guys. We kind of have to find a balance -- we're very offensive minded with those guys but we just have to work hard on defense and it pays off.

Arturo Alvarez

A man who keeps a diary pays, Due toll to many tedious days; But life becomes eventful - then, His busy hand forgets the pen. Most books, indeed, are records less Of fulness than of emptiness.

William Allingham

I thought, if I do a movie, I may be rubbish at it. I know I'm good at music, though. And that's what pays my bills.

Sharleen Spiteri

It's like a sport, ... You're always reacting. You're going to battle every day and some people don't like it. But if you're good, the pay's good.

Craig Allen

To lose a customer and replace it is very expensive. It's critical that we have low churn ... . The investment we make in having a live person pays for itself in the long term.

John Nee

Defense cargo is a good segment of the business and it pays very well. Conceivably it could be a nice benefit for the company and give the stock a lift in the short term.

Jim Winchester

We're getting back incorrect deductible amounts, incorrect co-pays. We're here on the front lines, getting the brunt of it all. Not every patient has these problems, but there's a lot of it going on.

Tony Jones

God pays, but not weekly wages.

Polish Proverb

Money in this country justifies anything. If one picks up a 13-year-old for sex, it's illegal, but if one pays compensation to the family, it's okay.

Franciscan Father Jude

Promises, promise, promises. These promises we have all heard before... Nobody pays much attention to them.

Adolf Rosenstock

Each advertiser pays what it's worth to them, ... law firm marketing products.

Greg Stuart

Little or no increase in what the state pays to take care of its most troubled children has resulted in a $100 million budget hole.

Mark Fontaine

These places charge by the form, so a small-business owner filing a Schedule C probably pays $150 or so. The price goes up when the business is more complicated.

Keith Hall

What's not really clear who is who pays the license. I've talked to a few card companies, and a lot of those just gave me a pat phrase about how it wouldn't change anything that they're doing.

Jim Handy

If someone pays for a license, they will get access to the source code.

Brad Smith

Procrastination: Hard work often pays off after time, but laziness always pays off now.

Larry Kersten

Obviously crime pays, or there'd be no crime.

G. Gordon Liddy

The Super Bowl certainly pays respect to the host city, but it's certainly bigger than the host city.

Don Mischer

Declining enrollment certainly pays a part. We've been in decline for several years. Finances also play a part.

Jay Young

This win is tremendous. It's great for the program and it shows that everybody in the community and everybody in the program that it pays off if you keep working.

Dan Nobbs

My son pays about $70 or $80 a week for gas and I pay about $10 a week to ride the bus.

Jackie Johnson

It's fun, it thwarts capitalism, and it pays directly in useful stuff instead of having that useless intermediary, money.

Iris Peppar

I'm happy to be part of this organization for the next four years and receiving this contract extension shows that hard work pays off.

Leigh Bodden

During the workout, we're not really excited about it. It's not until afterward when you are able to do more than you were able to do and realize how much better you can be that you know working out more than you think you have to pays off.

Megan Duncan

Who goes out now and pays $350 bucks for a Coach bag? In times like these, you don't really go for fashion, you go where you can get the necessities.

Ulysses Yannas

Home is where you can say anything you please, because nobody pays any attention to you anyway.

Joe Moore

The Islamic Republic pays great cost to control and prevent transfer of narcotics to West.

Manouchehr Mottaki

The 'average' customer PIRG mentions has little in common with most bank customers, ... PIRG assumes a typical customer bounces checks, deposits bad checks, pays bills late and generally doesn't manage money well.

Donald Ogilvie

Devon has had an incredible career so far. It's an honor to be his coach and he really shows that hard work pays off.

Chris Como

The village of Oregon has absolutely no say over my job. There is representation on the Fire Commission, but the village has no majority on the Fire Commission. The village pays for the service that the district provides, and the money goes into the general fund.

Tom Eithun

La Fiesta really pays attention to the customer experience. We try to train our employees well, buy the best products, maintain a clean restaurant and hopefully keep a good atmosphere for the client.

Jason Thomas

The development community doesn't pay that fee. The real estate agent doesn't pay that fee. The person that pays that fee is the person buying that house. They have to borrow more money (through their mortgage) to finance local government.

Paul Cross

Wal-Mart receives more than 140 million credit, debit and electronic check payments per month and pays a small fee to process each transaction.

Jane Thompson

What we're talking about here are relatively small co-pays.

Jonathan Burns

You throw $5 million into a program like that, and it barely pays for the secretaries.

Tim Carlson

You have to travel abroad to find out how well-regarded Taiwan (art house) movies and directors are. But at home, nobody pays any attention.

Leste Chen

She is amazing to work with. She makes everything seamless, pays attention to detail and represents all parties with compassion and fairness.

Jamie Campbell

'Something to Look Forward To' pays homage to the talent, vision and persistence of particular black artists who have created dynamic abstract images and objects during extended and successful careers.

Martha Scott

It's our expectation that when a consumer pays $25 for something it should be worth $25 for a reasonable period.

Janet Jenkins

They are doing what they can to milk the cash flow while the getting is good. Oil prices are such that it certainly pays to explore and extract.

Matt Wright

We doubt the market pays 27 times estimated 2006 earnings and 24.5 times estimated 2007 earnings for a dividend yield that remains low.

Melanie Flouquet

Crime is the price society pays for abandoning character.

James Q. Wilson

It's a sad day when a cartoon is doing more and cares more and pays more attention to the environment than our president.

Kathy Najimy

It's a waste because ultimately, the public pays for it.

Donna Cupelo

It's the biggest injustice. These are two dedicated agents with 15 years of service combined and this is how the government pays them back? This is a day for the drug dealers to celebrate.

Joe Loya

It's not going to make money. It's not meant to make money. We charge $5 for each reading. That barely pays for coffee, programs and ushers.

Tracy Brigden

The money from the land sale pays my mortgage. I know other people who are doing the same thing.

Sharon Reader

That's why it pays for daters to be engaged to politics.

Trish Mcdermott

I favor development in a responsible way, where development pays for itself, is well planned and long-term goals set.

Carlton Christensen

He does better when there's better competition. That hard work pays off. I think he thinks about shot put 20 hours a day.

Brad Fairchild

If an employee is 50 or older and their new job pays less than the old one, they are eligible for a salary supplement under the federal act.

Patin Howard

It seems to be a good idea to use targeted co-pays rather than a flat across-the-board approach, if you can target well.

Mark V. Pauly

If they are not replaced every other year as insurance pays for them to be, they can begin to wear out and leak.

Linda West

Telecommunications retirees have had deductibles and co-pays for some years.

Bruce Taylor

We are very strong in some events and we have so many swimmers. I'm just hoping that our depth pays off.

Brian Holm

He pays attention to everything.

Laura Seeger

We don't make any money on the gas itself. What we pay for the gas is what the customer pays.

Chad Jones

It would seem that the salary range is out of line with what you would expect across the country, and Ontario, which is the largest securities commission, pays considerably less, ... It really seems to me that the salary here is too high.

Brian Mason

People assume that Medicaid is a lot like insurance and pays for 100 percent of their health care.

Suzanne Messenger

The message that a well-administered pay-for-performance system articulates is clear: It pays to be a high performer.

Jim Long

It's a good honor for our kids to be recognized for these accomplishments. It's just another way of showing how hard work pays off. They're reaping the benefits of hard work.

Shane Sisco

He does a lot of different things for me. He pays for me going to camp. He's a very big part of my life.

Tyra Grant

My answer to pressure is to focus in on the work and hope it pays off. If it doesn't, at least I can say I did my best.

Julia Louis dreyfus

To be united, to be friendly, pays and pays well.

Vicente Fox

As we were resting them, we were explaining that was why. We hope it pays off to our advantage tomorrow night. I guess we'll see.

Kristy Curry

It's like whoa, this is what you want to be doing. This is why you put in all the hard work. Why am I doing this? Why am I eating so healthy? Why am I running so much? This is why. All this hard work pays off. It really pays off.

Damon Hollins

Tenacity and patience pays off.

Pat Mulroy

The common need is cash. Cash meets payroll. Cash pays business loans.

Stephen Moret

We're a bit young and inexperienced. We had some opportunities, but [Woodland's] experience pays off for them.

Cameron Walker

Guangdong pays great attention to bird flu. Human cases still only happen by chance.

Huang Huahua

No one pays me to be nice.

Aaron Allston

The way the championship points are structured, winning is not the most important thing. It pays the most points, but a top-five these days is almost as good as a win.

Jeff Gordon

Whether it is a business tax or a wage increase, the consumer ultimately pays for it.

Paul Bukowski

If managers find a diamond in the rough, good research pays off.

Tom Roseen

Public support on that issue will be nil, because everyone stuck in their traffic jams is paying those co-pays.

Bill Adams

Actually, for a good SEM agency, the fee pays for itself through increased efficiencies, freeing up additional budget for other media opportunities, or for marketers looking to increase spending by keeping the cost of customer acquisition on target even at higher scale.

Kevin Lee

We believe that sustainability pays and that these issues are material. But sustainability can mean different things in different industries.

Alexander Barkawi

Anyone who has had experience with organized crime would tell you that the mob never pays to hire contract killers. They do it themselves.

Peter Quijano

It's a pretty cerebral play. There's an awful lot of passion and emotion, but where it really pays off is in thought.

Joseph Mcgrath

County taxes should be cut. Collin County pays some of the highest gas taxes ...and we are 15th in the bottom for expenditures.

Rick Neudorff

Some condo owners have 'bare walls coverage', which means that the building pays for everything from the drywall in, ... It depends on things like whether you own the four walls of the condo, or just the airspace in between them. You might not be responsible for insuring the walls, for example, but you might have to insure your wallpaper and cabinetry.

Craig Parker

The deal is a clear sign that it still pays to be overweight Mexico and we expect to see more upside.

Carlos Asilis

That race pays more than Indianapolis, so you'd have to say it's the biggest race of the year and the eight best cars in the class are the only ones to run in it, ... So yeah, it's a very prestigious race.

Larry Dixon

This is a typical case in which mine owners make money, miners lose their lives and the government pays the bill.

Li Yizhong

If you have a company that's merging with another — in telecommunications or credit cards — it pays to pay special attention to your account. Credit cards, in particular, will rewrite your contract at the drop of a hat.

Joe Ridout

The one (interest) point you save pays for the credit insurance policy.

Eric Shaw

I think of it as an opportunity that presented itself. If this pays off I'll be really happy.

Eric Kohen

What our experiment demonstrates is a fundamental principle of how the brain pays attention. The promise here is that because we are doing this in owls, we can get at the mechanisms of how this works.

Eric Knudsen

Any ethical concierge would not base his or her decision on whether a service pays commission.

Eric Edenfield

We want to ensure that PG&E pays all of the legitimate claims that it receives.

Fred Lee

Just like email, instant messages can be used as evidence in a legal case. So it pays to make sure you have IM and P2P software under control in your IT environment.

Ed Golod

Housekeeping? If it pays well, I might as well have a try.

Zhang Ming