Hier stehe, ich kann nicht anders.note
— Martin Luther
Flavia: You look sharp enough. Why not fight for the winning side?
Malice: A sellsword who betrays her clients soon finds her sword doesn't sell.
Malice: A sellsword who betrays her clients soon finds her sword doesn't sell.
— Fire Emblem: Awakening, "Lost Bloodlines 3"
And the sign said "Long-haired freaky people need not apply"
So I tucked my hair up under my hat and I went in to ask him why
He said "You look like a fine upstanding young man, I think you'll do"
So I took off my hat, I said "Imagine that. Huh! Me workin' for you!"
So I tucked my hair up under my hat and I went in to ask him why
He said "You look like a fine upstanding young man, I think you'll do"
So I took off my hat, I said "Imagine that. Huh! Me workin' for you!"
— "Signs", Five Man Electrical Band (1981)
Carter: I say! Can't we simply pay this Fillmore fellow to give us what we want?
George: He spent ... the whole night guarding that test. Does that sound like someone who can be bought!?
George: He spent ... the whole night guarding that test. Does that sound like someone who can be bought!?
— Fillmore!, "A Cold Day At X"
McGhee: Why couldn't you just let it go? Why do you always have to be "Mr. Clean"?
Gently: Because life isn't a racket, Don.
Gently: Because life isn't a racket, Don.
—Inspector George Gently, "Gently Into the Cathedral"
"Your money can't save you any more than it could save me."
— 1st Officer William Murdoch, Titanic (1997)
"I do'nae trust any dollar I hav'nae earned."
— Scrooge McDuck, DuckTales (1987)
"Not your money. Not you. Money talks, and I don’t like how this money sounds. She spends five thousand lives like someone else would spend change. Cauldron made innocent people into monsters. They took everything from them. I can’t deal with that in good faith."
— Faultline, Worm
"I owe Mr. Amano a debt of gratitude. But he must pay his debt to society."
— Miles Edgeworth, Ace Attorney Investigations
John Dagget: I've paid you a small fortune.
Bane: And this gives you power over me?
Bane: And this gives you power over me?
"The Vietnamese are very intelligent. You never know what they think. The Russian ones who help them, 'come and give us their money. We are all Communists.' 'Chinese give us guns. We are all brothers.' They hate the Chinese! Maybe they hate the American less than the Russian and the Chinese. I mean, if tomorrow the Vietnamese are Communists they will be Vietnamese Communists. And this is something you never understood, you American."
— Hubert, Apocalypse Now
"Others make cash, we make history."
— The Usos, WWE
Simulation Worker: But sir, we've spent so much money on this project!
Kaiba: Screw the money, I have rules! (Beat) Wait, let me try that again.
Kaiba: Screw the money, I have rules! (Beat) Wait, let me try that again.
— Yu-Gi-Oh: The Abridged Movie, the Trope Namer.
Bud Fox: What I see is a jealous old machinist who can't stand the fact that his son has become more successful than he has!
Carl Fox: What you see is a guy who never measured a man's success by the size of his WALLET! ... I don't go to bed with no whore, and I don't wake up with no whore. That's how I live with myself. I don't know how you do it.
Carl Fox: What you see is a guy who never measured a man's success by the size of his WALLET! ... I don't go to bed with no whore, and I don't wake up with no whore. That's how I live with myself. I don't know how you do it.
Weekes: If you're not willing to provide us what we want, maybe we need to renegotiate your pay.
Nathan: Alicia, would you mind explaining the terms of my contract?
Alicia: Mr. Ingrim said that he felt this project was his patriotic duty as an American citizen. He's building and selling us the Machine ... for one dollar.
Nathan: Alicia, would you mind explaining the terms of my contract?
Alicia: Mr. Ingrim said that he felt this project was his patriotic duty as an American citizen. He's building and selling us the Machine ... for one dollar.
"As a reptile I've gotten through my entire life without sucking on a teat, and I'm not about to start with the government's."
— Gannji, The Order of the Stick
"Your destiny ... cannot be purchased."
— The Gatekeeper, Grim Fandango
"I knew there was more to you than money!"
— Princess Leia to Han Solo, Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope
"Must be President some day. A man you can't cajole, can't frighten, can't buy."
— Bram Stoker, on Theodore Roosevelt in 1895
Milo Thatch: You don't know what you're tampering with, Rourke!
Lyle Rourke: What's to know? It's big, it's shiny, it's gonna make us all rich.
Milo: You think it's some kind of a diamond. I thought it was some kind of a battery, but we're both wrong. It's their life-force. That crystal is the only thing keeping these people alive! You take that away, and they'll die!
Rourke: Well, that changes things. Helga, what do you think?
Helga: Knowing that ... I'd double the price.
Rourke: I was thinking triple.
Milo: Rourke, don't do this!
Rourke: Academics. You never want to get your hands dirty. Think about it. If you gave back every stolen artifact from a museum you'd be left with an empty building. We're just providing a necessary service to the archeological community.
Milo: Not. Interested.
Rourke: I got to admit, I'm disappointed. You're an idealist, just like your grandfather. Do yourself a favor, Milo. Don't be like him. For once, do the smart thing.
[Milo glares at Rourke]
Rourke: I hate when negotiations go sour.
King Jaffe Joffer: I know you have been inconvenienced, and I am prepared to compensate you. Shall we say one million American dollars?
Cleo: No way.
King Jaffe Joffer: Very well then. Two million.
Cleo: You don't have enough money to buy my daughter off.
King Jaffe Joffer: [Laughing] Nonsense.
Queen Aoleon: Jaffe, apologize to Mr. McDowell.
King Jaffe Joffer: I will do no such thing. The man is beneath me and so is his daughter.
To hell with your money! And you along with it. Why, that's unthinkable—trying to buy God's gift!
— Peter, Acts of the Apostles
I could never lend myself to any transaction, however respectable, that would commercialize on the prestige and dignity of the office of the presidency.
— Harry Truman, who retired from politics with no income save an army pension of $112 per month.
"I know how much this money means to you, but a human life means more."
—Kawanishi, High and Low (1963)
Mr. Machousky: Well, you're in luck! I've got a heart and you're breakin' it right now! Don't tell anyone...but I think I can float you a little something 'til things turn around for you. I know you're good for it.
Mike: Thanks, boss, but I came in for a job, not a handout.
Mike: Thanks, boss, but I came in for a job, not a handout.
Steely Dan: D-DIO paid me to cause this madness. Y-you can have it all!
Jotaro: Good grief. I know this is blatantly obvious, but you really are a piece of work. What you owe me... [summons Star Platinum] Can never be paid back with money!
[Star Platinum proceeds to beat Steely Dan within an inch of his life]
Jotaro: Good grief. I know this is blatantly obvious, but you really are a piece of work. What you owe me... [summons Star Platinum] Can never be paid back with money!
[Star Platinum proceeds to beat Steely Dan within an inch of his life]
Pip: (walking in with tape player) Hey, man, what are you doing?
Rex: Hey, bro, we got signed!
Pip: No, way. Are you crapping me?
Rex: What are you doing with that?
Chazz: Didn't you play the song for him?
Pip: No, no. We didn't hook this thing up yet.
Chazz: So you two haven't heard the demo?
Jimmy Wing: I heard it on the radio earlier.
Chazz: You heard it for about five seconds, and then it got ate.
Jimmy: Well, Chazz, my man, it's not just the music, it's the way you talk about it. You have such passion...
Chazz: Whoa, whoa. What am I hearing?
Pip: What's wrong, man?
Chazz: No deal. No.
(Chazz throws the pen and contract back)
Milo: What's this? What are you talking about?
Chazz: (angrily) No deal! Yesterday, dick-shine here kicks me out of Palatine Records, and today he has a record contract for me to sign? He hasn't even heard my tape! No! Deal!
Milo: But this is what you wanted!
Chazz: You wanna know what I think of your contract? (snatches the contract back) Allow me to demonstrate.
(Chazz wipes his behind with the contract, tossing it back as Milo gasps in horror)
Ian: He wipes his ass with his record contract. I love this guy!
Milo: But we still have a deal, right?
Chazz: I wanna be a rock star someday, but it's gotta be on my own terms.
— Airheads
Arkady Duvall: Five thousand in gold. Take it! Leave me be!
Jonah Hex: It ain't about the money, boy... (smacks the moneybag) It's about justice, and I aim to serve you some.
— Batman: The Animated Series, "Showdown"
Partnership Collective Drone: Bah! Every man has a price. These mercenaries... any action that delays their departure from Luna will benefit us, and will be richly rewarded.
Massey Reynstein: How richly?
Drone: One hundred thousand kilocreds. Galactic currency.
Massey: That's a lot of money. I could buy my way to any point in the galaxy with that. Throw in a clean conscience for me, and you've got a deal.
Drone: What is this "conscience" you speak of?
Massey: (Walking away) Part of my price.
Massey Reynstein: How richly?
Drone: One hundred thousand kilocreds. Galactic currency.
Massey: That's a lot of money. I could buy my way to any point in the galaxy with that. Throw in a clean conscience for me, and you've got a deal.
Drone: What is this "conscience" you speak of?
Massey: (Walking away) Part of my price.
(Gives a Death Glare) Is this a bribe? If so I'll arrest you where you stand.
— Mc Gillis Fareed to Coral Conrad, Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans
Dimitri: Look, I'm sure that two cats in a bag like us can work something out, yeah? We smoove, yeah? Look... see the money? You like the money? You can take all you want. I can—
Sly: No deal. You and the rest of the Klaww Gang have to be stopped.
Sly: No deal. You and the rest of the Klaww Gang have to be stopped.
Welles: You see, I like to know as much as I possibly can about the people I work with, and your record is exemplary. You've worked your way up the ranks without a patron, without connections, just through hard work. And now you're commander on a high profile base like this. You should be proud.
Ivanova: Thank you.
Welles: So I was wondering what your next step might be.
Ivanova: Well, for the time being, I'm very happy right here. Five years down the road, I dunno. Maybe running Babylon 5 if the captain decides to move on. Although the idea of captaining a starship has a certain appeal. Why?
Welles: Well, the Nightwatch is becoming more important back home. We have considerable support within Earthdome. The way you're going, I have every confidence that you'll get that starship within five years or so, but why not shave a year or two off that? We can do that for you.
Ivanova: In exchange for?
Welles: Your support, your help. Your position here could benefit us as much as we can help you. You have access to certain information, certain reports of various ships, people, and cargo. Activities which may strike you as potentially dangerous or disloyal. You could be of great service to Earth.
Ivanova: [disturbed] Does Mr. Lantz know about this conversation?
Welles: Oh, no, no, no. The Nightwatch is a separate division of the Ministry. I just thought we should be discreet.
Ivanova: Of course. Mr. Welles, as you say, I have access to a great deal of information, so I've been very much aware of the Nightwatch for some time now. What I saw worried me. And now I see that my worries were justified.
Welles: Commander...
Ivanova: I've gotten where I am through hard work and loyalty. Loyalty to the people I work with; loyalty to Earth; and loyalty to the ideals of the Alliance. What you're asking violates all three. Okay, so maybe it takes me a few more years to get my own ship, but I'll get there, and when I do, I'll have done it honestly, without selling out a friend or betraying a confidence. My hands are clean. Are yours?
Ivanova: Thank you.
Welles: So I was wondering what your next step might be.
Ivanova: Well, for the time being, I'm very happy right here. Five years down the road, I dunno. Maybe running Babylon 5 if the captain decides to move on. Although the idea of captaining a starship has a certain appeal. Why?
Welles: Well, the Nightwatch is becoming more important back home. We have considerable support within Earthdome. The way you're going, I have every confidence that you'll get that starship within five years or so, but why not shave a year or two off that? We can do that for you.
Ivanova: In exchange for?
Welles: Your support, your help. Your position here could benefit us as much as we can help you. You have access to certain information, certain reports of various ships, people, and cargo. Activities which may strike you as potentially dangerous or disloyal. You could be of great service to Earth.
Ivanova: [disturbed] Does Mr. Lantz know about this conversation?
Welles: Oh, no, no, no. The Nightwatch is a separate division of the Ministry. I just thought we should be discreet.
Ivanova: Of course. Mr. Welles, as you say, I have access to a great deal of information, so I've been very much aware of the Nightwatch for some time now. What I saw worried me. And now I see that my worries were justified.
Welles: Commander...
Ivanova: I've gotten where I am through hard work and loyalty. Loyalty to the people I work with; loyalty to Earth; and loyalty to the ideals of the Alliance. What you're asking violates all three. Okay, so maybe it takes me a few more years to get my own ship, but I'll get there, and when I do, I'll have done it honestly, without selling out a friend or betraying a confidence. My hands are clean. Are yours?
Mayor of Dirt: I appreciate how difficult this is for you, Beans, but you're making a practical decision.
Rattlesnake Jake: Decisions, decisions.
Mayor: There's no need for any more suffering. Your family's ranch is nothing but a wasteland now. Sign the deed, and relieve yourself of your father's burden.
Beans: (Beat) My daddy was not a burden! (splashes her glass of water in the Mayor's face) Keep your blood money and I'll keep my land!
Rattlesnake Jake: Decisions, decisions.
Mayor: There's no need for any more suffering. Your family's ranch is nothing but a wasteland now. Sign the deed, and relieve yourself of your father's burden.
Beans: (Beat) My daddy was not a burden! (splashes her glass of water in the Mayor's face) Keep your blood money and I'll keep my land!
— Rango
