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1 " In the evening [the Iraqi interim governor of Maysan province] asked me for fifty dollars to repair his windows, which had been destroyed in a recent demonstration. Although he was the governor, his salary was only four hundred and fifty dollars a month, and Baghdad had still not agreed to give the governors an independent budget.... For the sake of a tiny sum of money - a couple thousand dollars a month from the hundred billion we had spent on the invasion - we were alienating our key partner and successor. p. 264 "
― Rory Stewart , The Prince of the Marshes: And Other Occupational Hazards of a Year in Iraq
2 " The reason that man is seldom satisfied with his salary is that when it increases, he increases his expenses. "
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana
3 " It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it. "
― Upton Sinclair , I, Candidate for Governor: And How I Got Licked
4 " An employee is sheep. His employer is the shepherd. His salary is grass. "
5 " The real wealth of a good gardener is not his salary but the marvellous flowers he is raising in the garden! "
― Mehmet Murat ildan
6 " Bare hands grip success better than kid gloves. Be thorough in all things, no matter how small or distasteful! The man who counts his hours and kicks about his salary is a self-elected failure. "
