“Folks who never do any more than they get paid for, never get paid for any more than they do”

“My body is a temple not just any boy gets to worship at. I won't do any more than I want to do.”

“We do not pay any more attention to the poor than we do to the balls; they are allowed to remain at the door and never come inside.”

“Funny thing, employment. If you keep doing it, you keep getting paid.”

“I determine to render more and better service, each day, than I am being paid to render. Those that reach the top are the ones who are not content with doing only what is required of them.”

“Do you know,
Considering the market, there are more
Poems produced than any other thing?
No wonder poets sometimes have to seem
So much more businesslike than businessmen.
Their wares are so much harder to get rid of.”

“Ninety-five percent of all jobs suck. That’s why people get paid to do them.”

“[…] the only folks who kill black folks any more are black folks.”

“" You'll never be criticized by someone who is doing more than you. You'll always be criticized by someone doing less. " Remember that.”

“I never would’ve thought—“
“Don’t think,” said Locke. “I’m paid to do that for you.”