1 | [[foldercontrol]] |
2 | |
3 | [[folder:Comic Books]] |
4 | ->''"A Kenyan man once said to me, 'you can get used to everything when money's involved.' He used to stick mice up his ass for twenty bucks a time."'' |
5 | -->--'''Spider Jerusalem''', ''ComicBook/{{Transmetropolitan}}'' |
6 | [[/folder]] |
7 | |
8 | [[folder:Comic Strips]] |
9 | ->''"I don't know what's more sad, that every man has his price, or that it's always so low."'' |
10 | -->-- '''Hobbes''', ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes'' |
11 | [[/folder]] |
12 | |
13 | [[folder:Film -- Animation]] |
14 | ->'''Tulio''': I wouldn't set foot in that jungle for a million pesetas!\ |
15 | '''Miguel''': How about... a ''hundred'' million?\ |
16 | '''Tulio''': ...What?\ |
17 | '''Miguel''': I just thought that, since, after all, El Dorado ''is'' the {{city of gold}}...\ |
18 | '''Tulio''': What's your point?\ |
19 | '''Miguel''': You know, dust, nuggets, bricks... A temple of gold where you can ''pluck'' gold from the very ''walls'', but you don't want to go, so let's get back in the boat and row back to Spain! After all, it worked ''[[SarcasmMode so]]'' well last time...\ |
20 | '''Tulio''': Wait!... Wait a minute, new plan. We ''find'' the city of gold... We ''take'' the gold... And ''then'' we go back to Spain.\ |
21 | '''Miguel''': And buy Spain! ''That's'' the spirit! |
22 | -->-- ''WesternAnimation/TheRoadToElDorado'' |
23 | [[/folder]] |
24 | |
25 | [[folder:Film -- Live-Action]] |
26 | ->''"Follow the money."'' |
27 | -->--'''Deepthroat''', ''Film/AllThePresidentsMen'' |
28 | |
29 | ->'''Wade''': So let me get this straight, [[Film/JamesBond Jimmy]]: You shot 'im in the leg. You stole his car. You ''took his girl''. And '''now''' you want Valentin Zukovsky to set you up with Janus? What are you gonna do? Appeal to his heart?\ |
30 | '''Bond''': No, his wallet.\ |
31 | '''Wade''': [approvingly] That'll work. |
32 | -->-- ''Film/GoldenEye'' |
33 | |
34 | ->''"I just wanted to see if you had your price. Most of us do."'' |
35 | -->--'''Sir Guy Grand''', ''Film/TheMagicChristian'' |
36 | |
37 | ->'''Yuri''': How many Kalashnikovs do you have?\ |
38 | '''General Dmitri''': [Looking in the arsenal records] Forty thousand\ |
39 | '''Yuri Orlov''': Is that a four? Doesn't look like a four to me, it looks more like a one.\ |
40 | '''General Dmitri''': [[ComicallyMissingThePoint No, it's a four]].\ |
41 | '''Yuri Orlov''': It's whatever we say it is because no one else will never know the difference. Ten thousand Kalashnikovs for an entire battalion... your stocks are dangerously depleted, Dimitri, you should order more from the factory.\ |
42 | '''General Dmitri''': Someone will work it out. What happens then?\ |
43 | '''Yuri Orlov:''' Then we'll cut them in. |
44 | -->-- ''Film/LordOfWar''' |
45 | |
46 | ->'''Lord Cutler Beckett''': No doubt you've discovered that loyalty is no longer the currency of the realm, as your father believes.\ |
47 | '''Elizabeth Swann''': Then what is?\ |
48 | '''Lord Cutler Beckett''': I'm afraid currency is the currency of the realm. |
49 | -->-- ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanDeadMansChest''' |
50 | |
51 | [[/folder]] |
52 | |
53 | [[folder:Literature]] |
54 | ->''"You forgot the cardinal rule of employing mercenaries. They follow the person with the money."'' |
55 | -->-- '''Tattletale''', ''Literature/{{Worm}}'' |
56 | [[/folder]] |
57 | |
58 | [[folder:Live-Action TV]] |
59 | ->'''Servalan:''' You are infinitely corruptible. You'd sell out anybody, wouldn't you? |
60 | ->'''[[AntiHero Avon]]:''' I don't know; I never really had an offer I felt was worthy of me. |
61 | -->-- ''Series/BlakesSeven'', "[[Recap/BlakesSevenS3E1Aftermath Aftermath]]" |
62 | |
63 | ->'''Luke Cage:''' I can't be bought.\ |
64 | '''Rosalie Carbone:''' You can't answer that truthfully yet, [[TermsOfEndangerment sweetheart]]. You don't know your price yet. |
65 | -->-- ''Series/LukeCage2016'' |
66 | |
67 | ->'''Bodie:''' Would you [[DestinationDefenestration push a girl out of a window]] for two million? |
68 | ->'''Doyle:''' ''(beat)'' Is that a definite offer? |
69 | -->-- ''Series/TheProfessionals'', "Everest Was Also Conquered" |
70 | |
71 | ->''"It's not hard to buy someone who's never had anything."'' |
72 | -->-- '''Fjor Jutul''', ''Series/Ragnarok2020'' |
73 | |
74 | ->'''[[GreedyJew Herod]]''': I am told Roman gentlemen do not solicit bribes, one must offer the bribe as a gift. Is that so?\ |
75 | '''Marc Anthony:''' Yes, yes that is so. We are the most [[HypocrisyNod dreadful hypocrites]] I'm afraid.\ |
76 | '''Herod:''' I offer you a gift then. Help me take the throne of Judea, make my enemies your enemies, and I offer you a substantial gift.\ |
77 | '''Posca:''' How... substantial would this gift be?\ |
78 | '''Herod:''' How substantial does it need to be?\ |
79 | '''Posca:''' Twenty thousand pounds of gold.\ |
80 | '''Herod:''' Done.\ |
81 | '''Marc Anthony:''' ''(beat)'' I say we should have asked for more. |
82 | -->-- ''Series/{{Rome}}'' |
83 | [[/folder]] |
84 | |
85 | [[folder:Tabletop Games]] |
86 | ->''"Money buys people. People think otherwise, to them it's just an exchange for services or a little palm-greasing to keep one's mouth shut, but you know better. With a few words and the right amount, a person is as much a product as a toaster is."'' |
87 | -->-- ''TabletopGame/HcSvntDracones'', describing the "Minions" [[SkillScoresAndPerks Focus Ability]][[note]][[JustForFun/IThoughtItMeant No, not]] [[Franchise/DespicableMe THOSE Minions]].[[/note]] |
88 | |
89 | ->''"His loyalty couldn't be bought at any price; but it could be rented remarkably cheaply."'' |
90 | -->-- '''Inquisitor Allendyne''', ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'', after the execution of Rogue Trader Parnis Vermode for trafficking in interdicted Xenos artifacts |
91 | [[/folder]] |
92 | |
93 | [[folder:Video Games]] |
94 | ->'''Kano:''' So why'd you knock back my offer?\ |
95 | '''Jacqui:''' I'm not a sellout, ''asshole!''\ |
96 | '''Kano:''' We just haven't found the right price. |
97 | -->-- ''VideoGame/MortalKombat11'' |
98 | |
99 | ->''"Everyone you know... everything you do... can be bought and sold. The price of loyalty is always changing."'' |
100 | -->-- '''Maximilien''', ''VideoGame/{{Overwatch}}'', [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ht9YdKxL0yE Storm Rising Trailer]] |
101 | |
102 | ->''"You see how it works? You grease the hinges, the door opens."'' |
103 | -->-- '''Bouncer''', ''VideoGame/RatchetAndClank2002'' |
104 | |
105 | ->'''Maximillian's Bouncer:''' Hold it right there! Nobody gets through these doors!\ |
106 | '''Ratchet:''' Well I guess we'll have to take our payola elsewhere!\ |
107 | '''Maximillian's Bouncer:''' Ahem. I mean... Nobody gets through these doors unless they give up that payola. Step right through. |
108 | -->-- ''VideoGame/RatchetAndClankGoingMobile'' |
109 | |
110 | ->'''Alucard:''' I need your help.\ |
111 | '''Master Librarian:''' Oh, but young master, I could never betray the good Count...\ |
112 | '''Alucard:''' You won't go unrewarded...\ |
113 | '''Master Librarian:''' Really? In that case, just tell me what you need! |
114 | -->-- ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaSymphonyOfTheNight'' |
115 | |
116 | ->''"[[FictionalCurrency Macca]] opens all doors. I'd be willing to do [[BackFromTheDead this]] for you for a little compensation. You can also pay me in [[UsefulNotes/Nintendo3DS Play Coins]], if you'd like."'' |
117 | -->-- '''[[GameOverMan Charon]]''', ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIV'' |
118 | [[/folder]] |
119 | |
120 | [[folder:Visual Novels]] |
121 | |
122 | ->'''Nicole:''' My mom was like "oh it's hush money". I'm like whatever, the media wouldn't pay us nearly this much.\ |
123 | '''Jecka:''' Who needs morals when you have designer? |
124 | -->-- ''VisualNovel/ClassOf09'' |
125 | |
126 | [[/folder]] |
127 | [[folder:Webcomics]] |
128 | ->''"Why do humans keep thinking that minimum wage buys undying loyalty?"'' |
129 | -->-- '''Sam''', ''Webcomic/{{Freefall}}'' |
130 | |
131 | ->'''Henri Mer''': We're the good guys.\ |
132 | '''Florence''': Enough was offered for some of your people to become the bad guys.\ |
133 | '''Henri Mer''': That is a very rare occurrence.\ |
134 | '''Florence''': No, it isn't. Do you want me to list from history examples of individuals who sold out for money? |
135 | -->-- ''Webcomic/{{Freefall}}'' [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff2600/fc02556.htm]] |
136 | |
137 | ->uu: I PAID HIM OFF.\ |
138 | uu: WITH CANDY.\ |
139 | uu: EVERY MAN HAS HIS PRICE.\ |
140 | uu: WHEN IT COMES TO SWEETS.\ |
141 | uu: [=ALTHOuGH.=]\ |
142 | uu: HE WAS PROBABLY WILLING TO DO IT. EVEN [=WITHOuT=] THE BRIBE. |
143 | -->--'''Caliborn''', ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'' |
144 | |
145 | ->''Every client is one missed payment away from becoming a target and every target is one bribe away from becoming a client.'' |
146 | -->--'''Maxim 49''', ''Webcomic/SchlockMercenary'' |
147 | [[/folder]] |
148 | |
149 | [[folder:Web Videos]] |
150 | ->'''Woman:''' I'll cover you in gold.\ |
151 | '''Théo:''' I am very tall.\ |
152 | '''Grunlek:''' No no, I'm smaller, so I'd have less.\ |
153 | '''B.O.B.:''' And I'm scrawny, I'd be getting screwed over.\ |
154 | '''Théo:''' I'll raise my hands.\ |
155 | '''Balthazar:''' Or my staff. (''to Grunlek'') I'm sure you could use your grappling hook. You say we're incorruptible, it just means we're more expensive. |
156 | -->-- ''WebVideo/{{Aventures}}'' |
157 | [[/folder]] |
158 | |
159 | [[folder:Western Animation]] |
160 | ->''"Everyone has his price. What if I gave ''you'' these priceless diamonds?"'' |
161 | -->-- '''Dr. Robotnik''', ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfSonicTheHedgehog'' |
162 | |
163 | ->''"Pay a man enough, and he'll walk barefoot into Hell."'' |
164 | -->-- '''[[Fiction500 David Xanatos]]''', ''WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}}'' |
165 | |
166 | ->'''Sherman:''' How could you vote for Burns's movie?\ |
167 | '''Krusty:''' Let's just say, it ''moved'' me... ''[leaps up]'' to a '''BIGGER HOUSE!''' ''[shrinks back]'' [[DidIJustSayThatOutLoud Oops]], I said the quiet part loud and the loud part quiet, oh-ho dear... |
168 | -->-- ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS6E18AStarIsBurns A Star Is Burns]]" |
169 | [[/folder]] |
170 | |
171 | [[folder:Wrestling]] |
172 | ->''"Everybody's got a price\ |
173 | Everybody's gonna pay\ |
174 | 'Cause the Million Dollar Man\ |
175 | ''Always'' gets his way\ |
176 | Some may cost a little\ |
177 | Some may cost a lot\ |
178 | But I'm the Million Dollar Man\ |
179 | And you ''will'' be bought!\ |
180 | [[EvilLaugh Hahahahahahaha!]]"'' |
181 | -->-- '''[[Wrestling/TedDiBiase The Million Dollar Man's]]''' entrance music, [[ProfessionalWrestling WWF]] |
182 | [[/folder]] |
183 | |
184 | [[folder:Other]] |
185 | ->''"Isn't it funny how you magically get your memory back after sniffing a bunch of cash stuffed into a Big Bird suitcase? The scent of cash really is truth perfume (or lie perfume, depending on the situation)."'' |
186 | -->--'''[[http://dlisted.com/2012/11/13/elmo-hook/ Michael K.]]''', "Elmo Accuser Gets a Visit From the Sesame Street Mafia" |
187 | [[/folder]] |
188 | |
189 | [[folder:Real Life]] |
190 | ->''"Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder."'' |
191 | -->-- '''UsefulNotes/GeorgeWashington''', ''Moral Maxims'' |
192 | |
193 | ->''"By the time a man gets to be presidential material, he has been bought several times over."'' |
194 | -->--'''Creator/GoreVidal''' |
195 | |
196 | ->''"Modern man has transformed himself into a commodity; he experiences his life energy as an investment with which he should make the highest profit, considering his position and the situation on the personality market. He is alienated from himself, from his fellow men and from nature. His main aim is profitable exchange of his skills, knowledge, and of himself, his "personality package" with others who are equally intent on a fair and profitable exchange. Life has no goal except the one to move, no principle except the one of fair exchange, no satisfaction except the one to consume."'' |
197 | -->--'''Erich Fromm''' |
198 | |
199 | ->''"Germany is one big nation of nothing but cheap, corrupt, court-house politics, ruled by a single party whose leaders are mostly fanatical ascetics, but whose several million underlings are as buyable as postcards. For a half-pound of coffee I have rewritten whole German law books in my favour."'' |
200 | -->-- '''Howard K. Smith''', ''Last Train from Berlin'' |
201 | |
202 | ->''"The surprising thing is not that every man has his price, but how low it usually is."'' |
203 | -->-- UsefulNotes/NapoleonBonaparte''' (attributed) |
204 | [[/folder]] |
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