There is no rule more invariable than that we are paid for our suspicions by finding what we suspect. – Henry David Thoreau
If Moses had been paid newspaper rates for the Ten Commandments, he might have written the Two Thousand Commandments. – Isaac Bashevis Singer
I have ever been the queerest mixture of weakness and strength, and have paid heavily for the weakness. – Annie Besant
In 2003, GlaxoSmithKline paid $88 million in civil fines for overcharging Medicaid for its anti-depressant Paxil. – Bernie Sanders
Far too many businesses have been all too eager to lobby for maintaining and increasing subsidies and mandates paid by taxpayers and consumers. – Charles Koch
I used to sing at funeral homes for families that didn’t have a vocalist. I didn’t get paid. I needed to sing. – Anita Baker
I was your C student. I paid attention in the classes that were about how to get elected. – Gary Johnson
If I got paid, it was no more than five dollars a column, and I still think I was overpaid. – Dick Schaap
It is true we have won all our wars, but we have paid for them. We don’t want victories anymore. – Golda Meir
Economics has paid a terrible price for its dalliances with the Keynesian and neoclassical theories. – Edmund Phelps
I was a prodigy who learned how difficult writing was only after getting published. I paid my dues later. – David Quammen
The government paid the family of Richard Nixon $18 million for papers, tape recordings and other materials seized after Watergate. – Dexter Scott King
It’s crucial to keep in mind that the hundreds of millions of dollars now spent on prescription drug advertisements are ultimately paid for by consumers in the form a higher drug prices. – Michael K. Simpson