Income Quotes

The income tax is flawed for a number of reasons - it discourages economic growth and encourages a bloated government.

Let not your expenditure exceed your income.

I try to figure my adjusted gross income, but no matter how I figure it, it's still gross.

I think if I were a superhero saving the world, I'd expect at least not to have to pay income taxes. I mean there should be something in it for a hero who risks his life to save mankind every day.

You cannot make your opportunities concur with the opportunities of people whose incomes are ten times greater than yours.

Relative income uses two variables: the dollar and time, usually hours.

A gentleman doesn't have one set of manners for the house of a poor man and another for the house of someone with an income incomparable to his own.

I have an income nearly sufficient for my wants (no one's income is ever quite sufficient, you know).

Having an actual income can expand your romantic horizons toward the more appealing end of the spectrum.

This is a question too difficult for a mathematician. It should be asked of a philosopher"(when asked about completing his income tax form)

The zero-income-tax-rate states have far faster growth in tax revenues than did the states with highest income tax rate over this period.

I have been mislabeled as a big advocate of low-income home ownership over rental.

Many states rely on sales tax as their principle source of revenue and do not have a State income tax.

Make no mistake, the point of cutting the personal income tax and the capital gains cut is to send an unmistakable message to business leaders.

It was shocking to realize how many low-income Americans don't have savings accounts.

I would guess that there's adequate low-income housing in the country.

The term 'income inequality' is a bit misleading because it suggests in a somewhat pejorative way that the rich are getting richer at the expense of the poor.

Elections have to have at least a little meaning. Obama ran on income tax hikes for the wealthy. People knew they were voting for that. They want that. And it's good policy.

Long time ago when we were fab, back when income tax was all we had.

I am going to attack income inequality and I think I have a pretty good plan to do so. I don't just tell you what I'm against. I tell you what I'm for and how I would do it.

We have undocumented immigrants in America who are paying more federal income tax than a billionaire. I find that just astonishing.

I think the stress on income inequality is something that every American should take seriously.

By the year 1982 the graduated income tax will have practically abolished major differences in wealth.

The important prediction is not the automobile, but the parking problem; not radio, but the soap opera; not the income tax, but the expense account; not the Bomb, but the nuclear stalemate

65% of people say that cheating on your income tax is worse than cheating on your spouse. The other 35% were women.

Our Income Tax System is a disgrace to the human race.

Income tax in particular in the United States is concentrated on the top half of the income distribution, and very heavily skewed towards the top 10 or even top 1 percent.

We cannot afford to lose the Medicaid funding for low-income women.

The corporate income tax, in particular, is a tax that puts American corporations at a disadvantage.

I still believe a majority of Republicans are for income tax cuts.

The United States has worse income inequality than Nigeria.

Textbooks don't teach people how to avoid paying any income tax. But that's what an army of tax lawyers and corporate tax accountants do.

I'll tell you who doesn't have any personal responsibility. Companies like General Electric and others who pay absolutely no income tax.

Anybody who is familiar with the historical data from the IRS knows that raising income tax rates will likely actually reduce federal revenues.

Higher projected corporate and personal income tax receipts and lower public debt charges.

They talk about income inequality. I’m for income inequality.

We've already donated to Haiti. It's called the U.S. income tax.

If you really want to end income inequality, I've got the way to fix it. People who don't work shouldn't get any income.

I could juggle anything in my day. Balls, cigar boxes, knives...But there was one thing I could never juggle. My income tax.

The idea of abolishing Income Tax is to me highly attractive, both on other grounds and because it tends to public economy.

There are skeptics who do not come to their view because they have a source of income from carbon polluters.

The first step to boosting your income is to identify where your passion lives and to be true to it.

I didn't grasp the basic principle of being a promoter, which was: Put on music but also generate an income. I was on the dole most of the time.

Let's say you're all worried about student-loan debt and you need to have steady income. That doesn't have to be your everything.

I think that Governor Romney operates on the capital gains tax, his investments, what he lives off of instead of doing it off of his income.

Income is the natural and rational gauge and measure of respectability.

The main source of my income is through the commissions of the large-scale works and big sculptures, the projects.

Gorilla tourism is vital to Rwanda's economy: It's the third highest source of income.

We give 10 percent of our income to our church every year. Do you think that is the kind of person who is trying to hide things, or do things?

I've always taken risks and bought property well. As journalism wasn't particularly well paid, buying homes and selling them for profit improved my income.