#billion

I've never worked to make money. I understand we've got to eat and all that, but I never said I want to be a multimillionaire or a billionaire. To me, that's of no significance. I work to have the accomplishment. ↗

— Bob Parsons

#billionaire #eat #got #i #make

I have absolutely no regret about my vote against this war. The same questions remain. The cost in human lives, the cost to our budget, probably 100 billion. We could have probably brought down that statue for a lot less. ↗

— Nancy Pelosi

#absolutely #against #billion #brought #budget

You know, to preserve our job-friendly climate the Texas legislature didn't raise taxes this last legislative session while balancing their budget and maintaining their reserves - and might I add that our budget leaves $6 billion dollars in a rainy day fund? ↗

— Rick Perry

#balancing #billion #budget #climate #day

I paid $1.9 billion in taxes in my lifetime. ↗

— Thomas Peterffy

#i #lifetime #paid #taxes

If I could find a white man who had the Negro sound and the Negro feel, I could make a billion dollars. ↗

— Sam Phillips

#could #dollars #feel #find #had

By the time Obama came into office, Washington had already agreed over a period of a few weeks to a $700 billion government infusion into the world banking system. Nothing of the sort had ever been done before, and it was done spit spot with very little national debate. ↗

— John Podhoretz

#already #banking #banking system #been #before

Billions are wasted on ineffective philanthropy. Philanthropy is decades behind business in applying rigorous thinking to the use of money. ↗

— Michael Porter

#behind #billions #business #decades #ineffective

This world is filled with five billion people with five billion different ways of looking at things. ↗

— Scott Thompson

#different #different ways #filled #five #looking

Gary Ross is amazing. He's just - he always has a billion ideas of what he wants, but has a very clear perspective also; he just makes it work. He really does. He's trying different things and making everything look amazing. ↗

— Liam Hemsworth

#always #amazing #billion #clear #different

A billion dollars every week for Iraq, $87 billion for Iraq. We can't get $5 billion for childcare over five years in welfare reform. ↗

— Jim Wallis

#childcare #dollars #every #five #get