Mignon McLaughlin (1913–1983) American journalist
The Complete Neurotic's Notebook (1981), Neurotics and neurosis
“Mothers, of course, are all right. They pay a chap's bills and don't bother him. But fathers bother a chap and never pay his bills.”
Jack, Act I
The Importance of Being Earnest (1895)
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Irish writer and poet 1854–1900Related quotes
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John Brunner book The Stone That Never Came Down
Source: The Stone That Never Came Down (1973), Chapter 3 (p. 27)
“I write for love, but love doesn’t pay the bills.”
Stephen King book The Bazaar of Bad Dreams
Source: The Bazaar of Bad Dreams
“You must take care of the civil rights bill - my bill, the civil rights bill - don't let it fail.”
Charles Sumner (1811–1874) American abolitionist and politician
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“Churches should be led by men, specifically the leading men who pay the bills.”
Jeffrey Tucker (1963) American writer
Source: Jimmy Carter Excommunicates Himself, archive.lewrockwell.com, 2016-05-22 http://archive.lewrockwell.com/orig/tucker6.html,
“Are you truly living life or just paying bills until you die?”
Jay Samit (1961) American businessman
Future Proofing You (2021)
“Wilt thou seal up the avenues of ill?
Pay every debt, as if God wrote the bill!”
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882) American philosopher, essayist, and poet
Suum Cuique
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
Variant: Wilt thou seal up the avenues of ill?
Pay every debt, as if God wrote the bill!