Welcome to our collection of Compensation Quotes, where we delve into the diverse perspectives and insights surrounding the intricacies of compensation in various facets of life. Whether it’s discussions on fair wages, recognition of hard work, or the value of compensation beyond monetary rewards, this compilation aims to illuminate the multifaceted nature of this essential aspect of human interaction and societal structure.
Compensation goes far beyond just monetary remuneration; it encompasses acknowledgment, appreciation, and reciprocity. It reflects not only the economic exchange between employer and employee but also the intrinsic worth attributed to one’s efforts, skills, and contributions. Moreover, compensation extends to broader contexts, including relationships, justice, and societal equity, highlighting its significance in shaping interpersonal dynamics and societal norms.
Explore the diverse array of perspectives and wisdom encapsulated in the following quotes. They serve as poignant reminders, insightful reflections, and thought-provoking musings on the subject of compensation. Feel free to incorporate them into your discussions, presentations, or creative endeavors, whether by copying them verbatim, overlaying them onto images, or embellishing them with stylish fonts.
Life at a public company ain’t for me. The board pays you what you’re worth, then you get reamed for your compensation. Irving Azoff
People used to think that private equity was basically just a compensation scheme, but it is much more about making companies more efficient. David Rubenstein
San Francisco businesses face many challenges, including high rents, regulatory burdens, and the rising cost of workers compensation insurance and employee health plans. Gavin Newsom
In my first book, ‘Ghosts Of Manhattan,’ the setting was Wall Street, and I explored the predictable nature of a bond trader inside the compensation scheme at Bear Stearns and the government regulations of Wall Street. That was about money. Douglas Brunt
Other psychological theories say a good deal about compensation. Allen Tate
It’s time to update our workplace policies to reflect the realities of the 21st-century labor force and to support modern working families. It’s time to continue our nation’s long commitment to supporting unemployed workers by extending emergency unemployment compensation. Tom Perez
A pension is nothing more than deferred compensation. Elizabeth Warren
When you give chief executives too much compensation in stock options, they concentrate too much on the stock price, and there is a perverse incentive to raise the stock price, particularly when the chief executive wants to exercise his own options. George Akerlof
The pace of increases in labor compensation provides another possible indicator, albeit an imperfect one, of the degree of labor market slack. Janet Yellen
We are determined that expropriation without compensation should be implemented in a way that increases agricultural production, improves food security, and ensure that land is returned to those from who it was taken under colonialism and apartheid. Cyril Ramaphosa
Compensation needs to be predominately performance-driven. If CEO compensation was performance-driven, which I believe it was in IBM’s case, nobody would ever argue. If the shareholders didn’t make billions and billions of dollars, I wouldn’t make millions of dollars. Louis V. Gerstner, Jr.
One of the biggest challenges is for women to find an organization that’s willing to accept them back after they leave the work force to raise children without taking a cut in compensation and responsibility. Diane Garnick
If a person is seriously injured as a result of someone else’s negligence, then they are entitled to compensation. Robert Rinder
If I meet Putin, I’ll say to him: ‘So you’ve finally given us back our territory, how much more are you ready to give as compensation money for taking away our land and helping those who took part in the escalation in Crimea and Donbass?’ Volodymyr Zelensky
The only compensation, gained through the influence of nongovernmental organizations, consisted in slightly broadening for private individuals the possibility of access and appeal to the agencies enforcing the Covenant concerned with civil and political rights. Rene Cassin
Plutocrats were the chief beneficiaries of so-called neoliberalism and the suite of political changes it brought beginning in the late 1970s – deregulation, weaker protection for unions, the shareholder value movement, and the subsequent inflation of executive compensation. Chrystia Freeland
Like it or not, at HP we are technologists, not executive compensation consultants. Mark V. Hurd
It’s important to understand the compensation equation that a CEO and a founder has with his or her employees. Chamath Palihapitiya
The case decided on Thursday, though, seemed promising to takings fans because it wasn’t about compensation. It was about the requirement that any government taking must have a ‘public purpose.’ Michael Kinsley
Most game developers in the United States do not receive extra compensation for extra hours. Jason Schreier
Wherefore when a man giveth out his money upon condition that be may not demand it back until a certain time to come, he certainly may take a compensation for this inconvenience which he admits against himself. William Petty
Do your job and demand your compensation – but in that order. Cary Grant
Such a structure would also raise a number of problems: first of all, which Timorese to pay compensation to? It would open a can of worms in terms of who was really a victim and who was not. Jose Ramos-Horta
Though monetary compensation may never add up, teachers can rest assured that they are important. Monica Johnson
Zion and communities like it have been unfairly saddled with storing our nation’s stranded nuclear waste… with no compensation in return. The federal government needs to make right by these communities. Brad Schneider
You can look at what I did in the Senate. I did introduce legislation to rein in compensation. I looked at ways that the shareholders would have more control over what was going on in that arena. And specifically said to Wall Street, that what they were doing in the mortgage market was bringing our country down. Hillary Clinton
Legislative reforms in the 1990s and the public/private structure led managements to expand the GSEs’ balance sheets to enormous size, underpinned by wafer-thin slivers of capital, driving high shareholder returns and very high compensation for management. Jerome Powell
Because what happens is, as the economy suffers, tax revenues go down. But unlike businesses, where at least your variable costs go down, in government your variable costs go up: unemployment insurance, workmen’s compensation, health care benefits, welfare, you name it. Meg Whitman
If CEO compensation was performance-driven, which I believe it was in IBM’s case, nobody would ever argue. If the shareholders didn’t make billions and billions of dollars, I wouldn’t make millions of dollars. My salary was the same for 10 years. It was all performance-based. Louis V. Gerstner, Jr.
Many people have said we just need to add more products. Look at Oracle, look at SAP. Add ERP and inventory or compensation. Add all this stuff. What we realized is we’re the customer company. We’re the front office solution, and our customers would be really upset if we just added a whole bunch of stuff and lost focus. Parker Harris
The expropriation of land without compensation is envisaged as one of the measures that we will use to accelerate redistribution of land to black South Africans. Cyril Ramaphosa
To be sure, faster growth in nominal labor compensation does not necessarily portend higher inflation. Ben Bernanke
There is a lot of interest among the descendants of Holocaust victims in getting back artworks that were looted by the Nazis, for getting at least some form of compensation and closure for the horrors visited upon their families. Alex Shoumatoff
Careful economic research has shown public-sector workers receive a level of compensation, pension benefits, and retiree health coverage in excess of what comparable workers in the private sector enjoy. In some instances, the total premium can be 30 percent or higher. Bob Beauprez
TARP became so politicized that having money from it was almost like a scarlet letter. There were debates over compensation, worry that the rules were going to get changed. All the banks were desperately rushing to get that money back as soon as possible – in part, so they could pay themselves bonuses without any government restrictions. Andrew Ross Sorkin
The Holocaust survivor who knows Auschwitz through the experience of suffering observes it all from the perspective assigned to him. He keeps silent or gives interviews to the Spielberg Foundation, he accepts the compensation payments promised him after a fifty-year delay, or, if he is prominent, he makes a speech in the Swedish Academy. Imre Kertesz
Cap the well, yes. Clear up the mess, yes. Make compensation – yes, absolutely. But would it be right to have legislation that independently targets BP rather than other companies? I don’t think that – would be right. David Cameron
A person is a fool to become a writer. His only compensation is absolute freedom. Roald Dahl
Allowing workers’ compensation for all injured workers is a better system than allowing people to be part of a black market of undocumented workers. Rashida Tlaib
Most successful entrepreneurs share their knowledge as a way of giving back. They do not demand compensation. Those who do are usually trying to take advantage of you. Vivek Wadhwa
Though few hiring managers would deliberately choose to offer women less money than their male counterparts, when using salary history to determine compensation, they unintentionally preserve the status quo. Too often, women will have a lower salary history, and, therefore get a lower offer. Letitia James
When I’m on that stage, I assume honor. I assume compensation, and I should. Nina Simone
I think the debate around nepotism is futile because I am an outsider and I know that there is no compensation of talent. Badshah
All unemployment compensation should be tied to a job training requirement. Now the fact is, 99 weeks is an associate degree. Newt Gingrich
America should meet its obligations in the form of Social Security, Medicare, our ability to pay our military, legally binding legislation that allows unemployment compensation, the judiciary, the federal court system, the federal prison system, all those kinds of things have to be paid for. Bill Johnson
JP Morgan always has higher capital liquidity, that is partially to make up for mistakes and problems and obviously it’s a tough economy. We support an oversight committee, we supported some of the compensation, new compensation rules, though we already follow most of them. We support a lot of it. Jamie Dimon
What we’re going to do is redouble our efforts on financial regulatory reform, because that has in it sensible things like say on pay, so at least the shareholders are minding the store, sensible things like saying, for heaven’s sakes, compensation should be focused on – on long term, so that you don’t have rewards for short-term risk-taking. Christina Romer
I act for free, but I demand a huge salary as compensation for all the annoyance of being a public personality. In that sense, I earn every dime I make. Michelle Pfeiffer
If we will be quiet and ready enough, we shall find compensation in every disappointment. Henry David Thoreau
The young generation is willing to experiment more. Firstly, they are less motivated by money and compensation, unlike the previous two generations. Secondly, integrity and governance are very important issues for them. Kumar Mangalam Birla
One of the specific powers and responsibilities of the federal government is to secure the borders. Property can be taken with due process of law and just compensation. Ted Cruz
Illinois then had no legislation providing compensation for accident or disease caused by occupation. Alice Hamilton
I’ve never seen an obese person who has said, ‘I am well in my mind.’ Happiness stops food being a compensation. Pierre Dukan
Women have helped shape our world, yet still do not receive the recognition and compensation they deserve. Colleen Hanabusa
It was also important for me to have a burning desire to achieve something worthwhile on that instrument, and I devoted many many many hours with little or no compensation to perfecting whatever I could, because I loved it so much. Billy Sheehan
I explain the law of compensation like this: ‘Returns are minimal in spite of massive effort at the start, yet returns can be massive with minimal effort over time. Robert Kiyosaki
I never understood girls who give away jewelry just because it came from an ex. I consider it compensation. Georgina Bloomberg
We will often find compensation if we think more of what life has given us and less about what life has taken away. William Barclay
Our party feels that we need to have fair compensation, living wage, good benefits, and decent treatment of workers, and that we can do that and still be competitive on a global basis. Dick Durbin
If every person charged with a crime was allowed to claim money from the authorities when their case was dropped, our police would end up spending all their time defending claims for compensation. Robert Rinder
The Olympics are very proprietary about letting others promote and market what’s going on, so we shut down for 17 days, and they don’t let us do a whole lot in return for giving our players to them. We don’t get compensated, and we’ve never looked for compensation. Gary Bettman
I pledge to you today that for as long as I am your governor, I will not seek or accept any outside compensation from any source. Kate Brown
There is nothing to be said for being crippled. You don’t see the world better or clearer, nor do you develop some special set of skills by way of compensation. Tony Judt
There are absolutely lots of teachers who are trying to come into the profession, but they are not attracted enough to say, ‘I’m going to switch careers to do it,’ or they are often not retained… because the salaries and the compensation aren’t there to make it happen. Melinda Gates
Forgetfulness – a gift of God bestowed upon debtors in compensation for their destitution of conscience. Ambrose Bierce
The inequality between CEO compensation and the compensation received by workers and stockholders has grown to such an extent that it endangers our economy and and our society. Danny K. Davis
The major tragedies in life, there’s just no compensation. But the minor ones you can always write about. It’s my way of dealing, and it’s a heck of a lot cheaper than psychiatrists. The story, you see, will get you through. Octavia E. Butler
History provides neither compensation for suffering nor penalties for wrong. John Dalberg-Acton
It’s easy to be a short-term hero. It is very easy for me to get tremendous results very short term, get that translated into compensation, and be off sailing in the Bahamas. But the goal for this company – and it’s very difficult to do – the goal is to follow a four- or five-year process. Paul Polman
No collection without compensation. Jeff Rich
Joe Biden abused the power of the Office of the Vice President, enabling bribery and other high crimes and misdemeanors, by allowing his son to influence the domestic policy of a foreign nation and accept various benefits – including financial compensation – from foreign nationals in exchange for certain favors. Marjorie Taylor Greene
An independent state does not pay too dear a price for its independence in accepting the sufferings of war when it cannot avoid them; a state which has lost its independence may find at least some compensation in the fact that its protector procures for it peace with its neighbours. Theodor Mommsen
Teacher compensation isn’t the only factor in cultivating great teaching. Other important priorities include changing how we measure student performance, providing more flexibility to teacher-preparation programs, and improving how we train and support principals. Michael Bennet
The UFC has a long history of changing a fighter’s compensation for a particular bout… There’s always changes that’s always being made as far as contracts. Tony Ferguson
Nowadays the dynamic element is more important in chess – players more often sacrifice material to obtain dynamic compensation. Boris Spassky
The fact is, that with the creation of the Jewish state in 1948, hundreds of thousands of Jews fled Arab countries, almost all of whom left behind all their property for which compensation was never paid. Meir Kahane
I think there needs to be modified penalties in training camp because there’s severely modified compensation in training camp for all of us. Aaron Rodgers
All artists deserve compensation for their work, including musicians. Marcia Fudge
The BP settlement is a victory for Alabama: not only for the amount of compensation we were able to secure, but also for avoiding many more years of litigation. Luther Strange
The expropriation of land without compensation should be among the mechanisms available to government to give effect to land reform and redistribution. Cyril Ramaphosa
State and federal laws protect whistle-blowers, those who refuse to do something illegal, and workers who file claims for workers’ compensation. Bill Dedman
When determining appropriate levels of compensation, management must determine if the employee turnover rate is too low, too high, or just right. If turnover rate is high enough to adversely impact the entity’s performance, then employee compensation is probably too low. Jason Chaffetz
They prospect of seeing oneself in the mirror clean-shaven is too close to a Vincent Price film… a prospect not to be contemplated, no matter the compensation. Billy Gibbons
Greed has increasingly become a virtue among Wall Street bankers and corporate CEOs in the U.S. Nowhere else in the world do CEOs insist on receiving compensation as high compared to what their employees earn. Simon Mainwaring
Theatre owners cannot threaten actors with defamation cases and take them to court or seek compensation for losses incurred. Radha Ravi
The national framework of social insurance – social security, unemployment and disability benefits, work programs, and workers’ compensation – protected citizens from the kinds of risks that private markets couldn’t or wouldn’t insure. Ben Fountain
Walk away from anyone who is unduly focused on vacation and compensation. It’s a sign of potential trouble. No matter how talented you are, if you don’t really want to work at TOMS, you’ll never work out here. Blake Mycoskie
Are you asking for a raise? Do your research and know your market value. Having an informed sense of your worth, as dictated by the broader marketplace, will give you greater confidence in requesting increased compensation. It’s tough to dispute someone who can back up her assertions with facts and a smart, articulate argument. Ivanka Trump
A general principle of good taxation is that similar jobs, and similar kinds of compensation, should be taxed the same way: otherwise, the government is effectively subsidizing some jobs over others. James Surowiecki
The things that churned inside Daredevil were deeply religious, somewhat guilt-driven traces of the messianic, with his powers being a compensation for and driven by the vulnerability of being blind. Green Arrow is not driven by dark forces. Ann Nocenti
The Law of Divine Compensation posits that this is a self-organizing and self-correcting universe: the embryo becomes a baby, the bud becomes a blossom, the acorn becomes an oak tree. Clearly, there is some invisible force that is moving every aspect of reality to its next best expression. Marianne Williamson
It is bizarre to see the NFL attacking an America that has treated it so well over the years. Taxpayers pay over 70 percent of the cost of stadiums. Our citizens pay more and more for tickets, and valuations of professional sports franchises have skyrocketed. Player compensation keeps growing. Matt Gaetz
If you pick the right people and give them the opportunity to spread their wings and put compensation as a carrier behind it you almost don’t have to manage them. Jack Welch
Increasing inequality in income distribution in this country has broader policy implications, and there is also the growing problem of perverse incentives that result from executives receiving grossly disproportionate compensation based on decisions they themselves take. Barney Frank
It is extremely hard to bring a claim for compensation against the police or the Crown Prosecution Service, even when a person has been charged with an offence and later cleared. Robert Rinder
If China wants to build a new six-lane expressway, it can bulldoze its way past any number of villages in its path; in India, if you want to widen a two-lane road, you could be tied up in court for a dozen years over compensation entitlements. Shashi Tharoor
TARP is funded by taxpayers, so there are many rules about how that money can and can’t be used. The result: GM spends an awful lot of time checking in with the people who administer TARP over everything from hiring to executive compensation and management. For a global company, that adds up to a lot of distraction. Edward Whitacre, Jr.
Almost any government activity can also be seen as taking property ‘without just compensation.’ The basic model of an unconstitutional ‘taking’ would be if the government threw you out of your house. Michael Kinsley
The fifth amendment of the U.S. Constitution guarantees that no private property shall be taken for a public use without the payment of just compensation. Elton Gallegly
Misclassification means workers are denied not just minimum wage and overtime but other social safety net protections like workers’ compensation and unemployment insurance. Tom Perez
