Some musical directors have more chutzpah. They pick up the phone and talk people into giving. I prefer to call and say 'thank you' after the money has been contributed.
— Zubin Mehta
The first album I bought with my own money was 'A Hard Day's Night.'
— Zooey Deschanel
I'm obsessed with Juice Press - they're everywhere. I spend so much money at that place it's crazy.
— Zoe Kravitz
Who is most deserving of all of the money that I, Zlatan, am paid? The answer is Zlatan.
— Zlatan Ibrahimovic
The political system is not for the people. The people are secondary to the economy. It's about what generates money, not about what benefits the people.
— Ziggy Marley
Success must never be measured by how much money you have.
— Zig Ziglar
Money isn't the most important thing in life, but it's reasonably close to oxygen on the 'gotta have it' scale.
Working in Hollywood, it's clear the more money you have, the more technology you can get. So you can build a whole Japanese set. Only in Hollywood!
— Zhang Ziyi
It's said that history inevitably marches toward democracy, but it only leaves the possibility of democracy, and the constant threat that it would be eroded by big money.
— Zephyr Teachout
After Citizens United, unlimited money could go directly to a corporate entity that can tell people who to vote for, with names and polling places included.
The core of my platform is to change the role of money in politics, support public education and break up monopoly power. All of these are fundamental prerequisites to a responsive democracy.
So paid media is when you buy an ad - typically in a presidential campaign that will be in Iowa, New Hampshire, the early states. It costs some money to make the ad, but the greatest cost is in actually placing the ad on TV.
Now, I made the most money I ever made in my life with 'Papers' - I think my first check was like $101,000, my folks couldn't even believe. At this time, this is like 2010, I'm still in the barbershop cutting hair, still being the regular Zaytoven because I felt like after 'Papers,' it wasn't going to get any bigger than that.
— Zaytoven
Art galleries are the best first date spots for my money.
— Zawe Ashton
Don't we all know why nerds do what they do? To get money, which leads to popularity, which leads to girls.
— Zadie Smith
I thought I was going to be a theater actor. I moved to New York after college and did some plays and worked a lot. Once the realities of living as a theatrical actor hit me, I realized I wanted to start making a little bit of money and not have to bartend and work in theater.
— Zachary Knighton
I had no clue about taxes at all. I didn't know they hit your paycheck. There's something that you've always got to put money away for. I didn't know you've got to put money away for it, even though it's coming out your own money. It's like, 'What the heck?'
— Zach LaVine
Growing up in Hollywood meant there were a lot of film stars' kids at my school - but no conspicuous wealth. It wasn't cool to show off that you had money.
There isn't any amount of money that could tempt me to promote something that I didn't believe in.
— Zoe Sugg
When I was injured after 'Kill Bill' I had a year where I not just couldn't make any money but I couldn't swim, I couldn't surf, I could hardly run, which is insane. I couldn't do gymnastics, martial arts, I could barely crawl on all fours. That was devastating to me.
— Zoe Bell
Success to me does not mean money.
Time well spent results in more money to spend, more money to save, and more time to vacation.
Every sale has five basic obstacles: no need, no money, no hurry, no desire, no trust.
Be realistic and truthful - and tell Hong Kong businessmen honestly that they should go for long-term investments since it is unlikely money can be made in the short haul.
— Zhu Rongji
It's not easy to be my sons because we're very high profile. We try so hard to give them a normal life. I'm very, very tight with them about money. I don't give that money until they ask, 'I need 100 yuan for my lunch card,' and so on. So they never have extra money.
— Zhang Xin
President Trump is taking foreign money through his businesses, which is in violation of the Emoluments Clause of the Constitution.
The key to fixing public financing is to free politics from big money.
Every district is going to be different, but if you wanted me to give advice to those candidates: Run your own campaign, the DCCC does not run your campaign. Figure out ways to raise money from small-dollar donors, and put some real energy into that because that will give you freedom to say no to big donors.
I'm always glad when people come together to help each other - whether they're raising money for somebody in a bad situation or making a creative piece like a song.
— Ze Frank
To me, my studio is my trap house. That's where I trap out of; that's where I hustle. That's where I make my money.
I think whatever you love the most is where you should spend your money.
— Zara Larsson
To go back, the mistake that Universal Studios made with 'Dawn of the Dead' was that they didn't have enough money or cared enough to make a soundtrack.
— Zack Snyder
Today the people from my State of Tennessee would listen to this debate, or even talk about a reference to God on our money or in the Halls of Congress or in our Pledge and say, please, let common sense and logic win the day and prevail versus legal mumbo jumbo.
— Zach Wamp
When I was younger, me and my dad used to do different things. I don't think I would call it community service. It was more just us doing nice things. We used to donate to Goodwill or do can drives. Give people money if they needed it. Little things like that.
I've always been really picky about roles and make a point of reminding myself that it's not about the money - because, obviously, there's a lot of money to be made in this business if you're willing to do anything.
I know the responsibility that entails from telling a story. The one thing I despise the most is when I go to a movie and I see a whole bunch of lazy actors making me waste my time and money.
— Zoe Saldana
If anything, the children of Paris should be giving me even more money for having the privilege of being in the same city as my incredible quality. And so should David Beckham. Call it a Zlaritable donation.
URGE is a grassroots charity. We organized to get some incubators to give to the hospital for the kids. We donate money to orphanages.
Most people consider me an optimist because I laughingly state that I would take my last two dollars and buy a money belt.
Money won't make you happy... but everybody wants to find out for themselves.
I had a pursuit different from others because they all came from downtown areas with money, but I didn't have any. All I wanted is to change my destiny with my own efforts.
— Zhou Qunfei
In business, every phase of things counts. Companies that just yell out a low price today to win business aren't going to make money in the long term.
— Zhang Jindong
To be fair, money and politics never work in a directly straight line.
Dependence on private money to run campaigns causes pain to Republicans and Democrats alike - and business owners. It’s time we did something about it. And public financing of elections should be the first step.
You build massive databases, you learn everything you can about the people in those databases, you figure out exactly how they can be useful to your campaign, and you ask them to donate money, door-knock, the virtual equivalent of being a sort of army of stamp lickers.
I've been doing two things my whole life: I've been cuttin' hair, and I've been playing the organ at church. Those two things are what I looked at as my life: this is how I'm gonna make my money, this is how I'm gonna make my living... It helped me to be stable in what I do.
Now that we have a bit of money, it is nice to get gifts for people. Before I was getting and not really giving.
— Zayn Malik
You make money out of things people pay for.
— Zanny Minton Beddoes
Economy I consider a virtue & should be practiced by all; there is certainly no way in which money can be laid out than in the education of children.
— Zachary Taylor
There is no accountability in soft money. None.
