Bucks Quotations

If I fail, the film industry writes me off as another statistic. If I succeed, they pay me a million bucks to fly out to Hollywood and fart.

Every single person that spent a few bucks to buy a book that I wrote deserves a big thank you from my whole family.

I’ve made upwards of a million bucks in the cops and robbers business.

Something is better than nothing. Doin' anything for a man, there's investments involved, there's time and production. It's better to give him ten bucks and get a record out than to never record the cat.

People would say I really loved Buck Rogers until the Hawk guy came on.

I have always considered reunions to be a way to make a quick buck, and it sells short my own experience of it the first time around.

I got a hundred bucks says my baby beats Pete's baby. I just think genetics are in my favour.

As it happened, I had a friend who was a good person who liked to present himself as a dreadful one. Using him as a role model, I created the first Buck Godot strip.

I was a telemarketer in my senior year at high school. I had to sell prosthetic limbs to paralysed veterans. I was making 150 bucks a week and it was horrible.

Rocco paid me 35 bucks a week at Murray's Inn in South Jersey. People started asking Rocco to have me sing.

It would absolutely suck if you paid a few bucks for a book only to find that on the first page it said, 'Once upon a time they all lived happily ever after' and the rest of the book was blank.

I was totally devastated for four years in the mid '60s when l tried to buck the tide.

If I didn't have to do it, I wouldn't have done it. If I had a million bucks in the bank, I wouldn't have done Playboy.

As a kid I had buck teeth and braces and acne. I hated what I saw. I'm still not comfortable, but that's why I change and adapt the way I look.

In 1972 through '74, right before we hit it big, we were hauling our own equipment into the club and setting up and playing for, I don't know, a hundred bucks a night.

I don't have a trainer. I have what I call 'the poor man's workout and the rich man's diet.' I run for 1 hour every day and do 500 sit-ups and 1000 crunches, and I lift weights at the Y for 28 bucks a month, even if it's 3 in the morning.

When we realize we can make a buck cleaning up the environment, it will be done!

Clint Eastwood is an extraordinary director because he knows the value of a buck. He knows where it will show on the screen.

If you don't like the President, it costs you 90 bucks to fly to Washington to picket. If you don't like the governor, it costs you 60 bucks to fly to Albany to picket. If you don't like me - 90 cents.

Some hedge fund managers have made big bucks trading oil futures - George Soros is one.

A tuna steak and a salad? Seventy bucks. Welcome to Los Angeles.

A lot of bands that reunite do it for the wrong reasons. They do it for the bucks and everybody can sense it.

With such enormous bucks devoted to trading in oil and other commodities, the distortions that they cause have been exacerbated.

The concept of loneliness and exile and self-sufficiency continually bucks me up.

Television is just one more facet of that considerable segment of our society that never had any standard but the soft buck.

And I try to give the best bang for the buck. I love performing more than anything else.

I grew up with the Grand Ole Opry, Dottie West, Conway Twitty, Buck Owens... not realizing it was influencing me as much as it was.

The buck stops with the guy who signs the checks.

Don't blame the marketing department. The buck stops with the chief executive.

There's one site where you can buy pictures of me for five bucks a pop.

I think there are lots of ways to make good work. You can throw big bucks at a project and make what some would call crap, or you can work very modestly with eloquently moving results.

You know, you meet some people, and do a lot of interviews, and you come across a Buck O'Neill and you know you are going to know him for the rest of your life. The same thing happened with Curt Flood.

Insurance companies pay big bucks for procedures but next to nothing for patient consultations and preventive medicine, which is what most medicine is.

I've had a lot of experience in independent film, and about how to choose. You've got to be very discerning about where you put your five bucks, and where you cut and what you don't cut.

I'm just trying to make a buck like everyone else.

As a producer or financier, you are going to go where you get the best bang for your buck.

There are certainly things labels can still provide that indie artists can't. They can pave the way to radio and pay big bucks for promotion.

Where is everybody? ... Are you kidding? You know where they're at. They're outside signing autographs for a thousand bucks or something.

Whether it was 50 bucks being sent to me at school, traveling through a snowstorm to see me play, coming to a football game in high school, all those things gave me a sense of love and belief and those things inspired confidence.

Women, stop buying the lingerie. Stop buying it right now. Oh, it's a big rip off. Oh my god, $18 bucks for panties this big? Come on, one trip through the dryer, and it's a frilly bookmark.

To make a quick buck, but over time, if you're not creating value for others, customers, society, isn't going to let you be around.

The only problem with Mitch [Pileggi, the actor who plays Skinner] is that his bald head means there's nothing to hold onto when he starts to buck.

Country music has always been the best shrink that 15 bucks can buy.

You know they say money can't buy happiness. Give me 50 bucks and watch me smile

You wasted $150,000 on an education you could have got for a buck fifty in late charges at the public library.

No one ever made a million bucks by being cautious or timid or reasonable.

Did folks know that the tax to fund the program [Social Security] only hits salaries up to $110,000? That means that if you make a million bucks, about 90% of your salary is tax free when it comes to the payroll tax that funds Soc Sec. That ain't right.

Bad movies are when people go, 'oh, I wasted $10 bucks and 2 hours and I don't even want to go back again.'

If you buy a $28,000 car, in four years it will be worth about 11,000 bucks.

Many hunters believe that bucks are being over-exploited and would like to see more mature bucks in the woods when they hunt. Most hunters today are interested in quality over quantity.

She just started competing. She has been skating about a year now, (and went to her) first competition in January in Bucks County. Needless to say, she likes it.

No, don't learn at karate schools. They overcharge you for karate uniforms. They make you pay, like, fifty or seventy-five bucks just for a karate uniform, and you don't wear a uniform in everyday life, so why train in one? Most fights take place outdoors, not inside with perfect lighting and mats.

Obviously, we don't have the bucks for big stars, so I'll be saved from having to worry about that. There are a couple of people I'd love to get, Asia Argento being first and foremost. If I could get a couple people like that, I'd be thrilled.

More people turn 80 every day than are born in Bucks County, and the baby boomers are starting to seek treatment in amazing numbers. To be ready, we have invested heavily and we will continue to make the necessary investments.

My father is the man that, he will give you what he doesn't have, still. If he has 10 bucks and you need 10 bucks because you're sick or you don't have nothing to eat, he will give you 10 bucks. He will be at zero, but he will help you. That's the kind of man that my father is.

My favorite leather jacket I got for 40 bucks at the Fairfax Flea Market, like, eight years ago. Leather just gets better over time. There's something about a jacket that you have over years and years - just fits like a glove.

Now you've gotta spend two thousand bucks to stay at my house. And for five, I'll let you photograph my wife in the shower.

Obviously it's a source of great consternation for the Bucks as well as us.

Near-term gasoline prices are likely to go somewhat higher. Are we going to see two bucks again? Not anytime soon.

I was surprised at the extent of this problem. All you need is hundred bucks and Internet access.

I would rather put my 10 bucks into the community than put it into Wal-Mart.

I go through them too quick. For $120 to $140 bucks a pop, they go too quick.

Bucks County is at the epicenter of America's political firestorm in 2006. Both parties have targeted this race.

Basically, what they would learn (at the seminar) is how to take a topographical map, an aerial photo, or both, and be able to look at that map and be able to pick out strategic funnels that mature bucks would use in moving around.

I have never been that far down South and that was a real selling point for me about Laredo. Also it is great to be going to a good team like the Bucks that has a great reputation. I try to play physical even though I am not the biggest guy and try to grind it out in front of the net.

I did it years ago and regretted it. Fifteen minutes later, it was like, 'Oh, man, I just got rid of a hat.' But then, in your mind, you start rationalizing it. It was worth it. You start to think, 'Now what are they going to do with these things?' You hope they give them to kids or to the less fortunate, somebody who can't spend 18 bucks on a cap. You'd like to think it's put to good use.

I don't think people are happy with additional fees. It's just another few bucks that they can give to the District of Columbia, and that's never ever well-received.

Fortunately, we had a good relationship with the Bucks and got most of what we needed from them.

I got cold hard cash for Christmas. Five bucks frozen in a block of ice.

I got 65 bucks a week and got to live on the boat. I didn't get any share of the treasure when I started. But again, you start at the bottom and work your way up.

He gave us instant credibility. Those guys are paid big bucks for a reason. They're the heartbeat of a team.

He was a great tight end. I bet him 100 bucks that he'd play tight end for us some day, and I lost the bet. I paid him 100 bucks. I wrote him a check. When I did it, it was more of 'You're a heck of an athlete. Whatever you put your mind to, you can get it done.' That's really what I was trying to say.

I wouldn't say everybody gambles. Probably a large number of the population does. When you are talking about millions of dollars, that's when it becomes a big deal. Fifty bucks here and there is not that bad, but when you have big money and when police get involved, it's serious. The police just don't get involved for nothing, for no reason.

Keeping a guy in prison costs 50,000 bucks a year. Executing one costs a couple million.

It could add a few million bucks to the bottom line.

I think you'll see high-def DVDs come out a higher price point, ... I think we have an opportunity to win back a couple of bucks of (improved profit) margin on high-def DVDs.

I was down in blackjack, now I'm up 600 bucks so I'm pretty excited about that. My dealer was Alfie, and he was being good to me the other night.

I went from being a guy who owned one house and a pool company. A thousand bucks was a lot of money. Now, I own all of these properties. I still look back and say, 'How did all of that happen?' I'm just a regular guy who ended up with all of these holdings. What is strange is it is working out.

I went to Aspen right after school and got a freelance gig writing articles for the 'Aspen Times.' I was their nightlife correspondent. They paid me fifty bucks an article.

I think there are some obvious ones. Everyone knows that Cleveland wanted him. Dallas had put an offer out on him a couple years ago. Everybody knows that George Karl (Nuggets and former Bucks coach) is still in this game. Reggie Miller is leaving Indiana, and he's a two (guard). Those are just four teams off the gate.

I think every fat comedian owes him 80 bucks that's working today.

Open space preservation is at the forefront of what we all do. Being from Bucks County means being a leader in open space.

Our father was a very giving, caring person and a well-respected man in the community. Many folks knew him from the camera shop he owned until his retirement, but he was also an institution in town as a long-standing member of the Bucks County Historical Society. As recent as two years ago, he partnered with someone at the Mercer Museum where they poured over volumes of pictures of people and places he donated to the museum. The collection, which was dedicated to a lifetime of achievement, resulted in his receiving the Henry Chapman Mercer Award. It was quite an honor and justly deserved.

Really, the first years at every level bring back fond memories, from Bentley, Livonia Florist, MSU, Livonia Paragon, the Rockers and the Bucks. I will also never forget the championship Rockers team and, obviously, the 2000 Bucks team.

Really, when you think about what these guys are spending on racing fuel, the base price sounds expensive, but they're really not buying much each week and it's probably one of the cheapest things in their budget, ... Say the price did go up a dollar or two dollars. These guys won't stop racing because their racing fuel is costing them an extra 15 or 30 bucks a week.

Marc is an expert at scoring racks on the hoof. We were passing up bucks that he scored at 155, 160 and more. But Marc was after a particular buck, one that he estimated to score in the 170-class.

... like the health club model, after you pay your 30 bucks a month for 3 or 4 months and you only go once a week, you realize it's not worth it and you split. That's what will happen with Warcraft ,

I think people need a really strong reason to go to the movies and to pay the 10 bucks per person and to go out of the house and take that leap of faith, and 'March of the Penguins' certainly was unique and made it worthwhile to go out to the movie theater.

It allowed them to sue. If you have workers comp, they give you twenty bucks and a bus ride.

Maybe I'll just put in $20 bucks at a time or do less traveling,

What is it with girls?” Elliot said, splitting a smile between us. “I swear, I’ve never known a girl who could go to the bathroom alone.” He leaned forward and grinned conspiratorially. “Let me in on the secret. Seriously. I’ll pay you five bucks each.” He reached for his back pocket. “Ten, if I can come along and see what the big deal is.

We need someone with big bucks to go in there to make Michael's into substantive real estate, and I'm pleased that Dunkin' Donuts has enough money to go in there and make those changes. I think a lot of people are apprehensive, but I don't think they have thought it through. They don't want Dunkin' Donuts, they want someone else, but we can't get someone else who would be willing to redo the building. I was afraid that it was going to be turned into a real estate office, and that would be very terrible.

I was never 100 percent, so I just took the year off. I'm glad I did, and I'm glad the organization backed me up on that. I feel like a million bucks with my fresh legs.

I would hope that we would treat these funds as help for health-related problems for our citizens, not a bonanza of bucks for politicians to fund pet projects.

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.

Wink asked me once to put together a board game or something like that which followed our rules, ... It probably would have made a few bucks if we could have copyrighted or patented it.

We enjoy the challenge of beating teams on their home turf. The fans will be going crazy and screaming for them like they should, and the Bucks will be feeding off that. We enjoy that level of competition.

We will run these signals and verify that they were in fact working properly. We will run the timing of the sensors that were 3,400 feet up the track. We will make sure that the lights worked, that the cross bucks came down, and so on.

Yeah, there's absolutely. I mean, remember when The Searchers came out, it was a relatively big hit for a Western, and I think it made 5 million bucks - I don't even think it made that.

The problem we're having is that people are saying, 'It's not my problem,' ... That is exactly what they said in New Orleans. ... But go ask anybody in New Orleans, 'Would you have paid an extra hundred bucks in taxes last year to replace that levee?' Do you think you'd get any less than 99 percent saying yes?