For the Left, affluence is won, not earned.

- Dennis Prager

I've always felt embraced by the Broadway community even before I felt like I earned it.

- Hugh Jackman

Something attempted, something done, Has earned a nights repose.

- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

I earned the right to get in the team, and fought every game to be in it.

- Graham Roberts

I used up every cent I earned as an actress.

- Gene Tierney

I think we've been the selection just because I think I've earned it by doing a lot of things for the district.

- Gene Green

I have never had a man give me money. I've always been the provider. I have always been the one who went out and earned, and I've never felt unequal in that way.

- Eddi Reader

Peter Jackson has just really earned the right to be Tolkien's torchbearer on screen.

- Evangeline Lilly

I've always earned my own money and enjoy being independent. It's how I was brought up.

- Donna Air

Treat each federal dollar as if it was hard earned; it was - by a taxpayer.

- Donald Rumsfeld

The opportunity to represent your country at the Olympic Games is earned, not given.

- Ashton Eaton

All the girls today want to be famous, but they haven't earned their spurs.

- C. Z. Guest

I played in the Premier League for Blackpool and earned the right to go to a club like Liverpool.

- Charlie Adam

I've earned my living in all sorts of terrible ways - as a janitor, a copy editor, a psychotherapist.

- Chad Harbach

I have a place in the Broadway community that can only be earned.

- Brooke Shields

I earned my famous name.

- Brian Wilson

You're not dead at 85. You're a long way from it. Go out and enjoy. You've earned it.

- Bob Newhart

Today everyone is a star - they're all billed as 'starring' or 'also starring'. In my day, we earned that recognition.

- Bette Davis

A penny saved is a penny earned.

- Benjamin Franklin

I worked very hard and I earned all the attention I'm getting.

- Anna Kournikova