History Quotes / OnlyInItForTheMoney

->''"Some heroes fight for what's right. Others for a chance at the spotlight. [[Webcomic/SleeplessDomain Sylphstriker]]'s the type who chases a paycheck."''
-->-- ''Webcomic/AutobotAcademy''

->'''Lord:''' Splendid! Nice work! I'll give you a reward and you can choose whatever you want.\\
'''Miko:''' Anything I want? Sure? Ok, let's see... '''All the money there is!''' Yippeeee! I can play for the rest of my life!
-->-- ''VideoGame/SengokuAce'', Episode I

->''"Try to motivate someone without some fucking money! They won't do it!"''
-->-- '''Cody Weber'''

->''"We are Karate Duo Number One. Soldiers of fortune. Mercenaries for hire. Karate guys for cash. We work hard for the money. So hard for the money... We work hard for the money, so you'd better treat us right..."''
-->-- '''Karate Duo Number One''', ''WebAnimation/BowsersKingdom'', Episode 9

->'''Homer:''' Stupid Moe! Non-inventing, recipe-stealing, pug-nosed--\\
'''Marge:''' Well, Homer, maybe you can take ''some'' consolation in the fact that something you created is making so many people happy.\\
'''Homer:''' ''OHHHHHH'', look at me! I'm making people ''HAPPY!'' I'm the ''magical man'' from ''happy-land'' in a gumdrop house on Lollipop Laaaaaaaaaaaane!
-->-- ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS3E10FlamingMoes Flaming Moes]]"

-> ''"I do this for the cash, not for the thrills."''
-->--'''Taskmaster''' ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom3''

->''"Repeat after me: 'morality pays poorly.'"''
-->-- '''Schlock''', ''Webcomic/SchlockMercenary''

->''"For just a moment, I didn't ''want'' to ask for more money. I think I'm still on drugs."''
-->-- '''Tagon''', ''Webcomic/SchlockMercenary''

->'''Tagon:''' I can't believe I'm saying this, but... I don't want more money. I just want my team to be able to do their job here. Take that ninja guy... we need to be able to pursue and apprehend without worrying about hurting your feelings. We won't be hurting bystanders, damaging merchandise, or denting the historic bulkheads. Please, just let us do our jobs, okay?\\
But, if it makes you feel better, you ''can'' buy unlimited "yell at the captain" rights for an additional twenty percent.\\
'''Mr. Aliss:''' [[StrangeSyntaxSpeaker Is not that the more money you said you do not want?]]\\
'''Tagon:''' That was crazy talk. I'm not sure what came over me.
-->-- ''Webcomic/SchlockMercenary'' (again)

->''"If you're good at something, never do it for free."''
-->-- '''The Joker''', ''Film/TheDarkKnight''

->''"If there's a steady paycheck in it, I'll believe anything you say."''
-->-- '''Winston Zeddemore''', ''Film/Ghostbusters1984''

->''"After all, it's not the principle of the thing, it's the money."''
-->-- '''WesternAnimation/DaffyDuck'''

->''"I'm not a soldier, Major. The day we took hostages, we became mercenaries, and mercenaries get paid. I want my '''[[PrecisionFStrike FUCKING]]''' money!"''
-->-- '''Capt. Darrow''', ''Film/TheRock''

->''"You wanna know what my vision is? ...Dollar signs! Money! [[RefusalOfTheCall I didn't build this ship to usher in a new era for humanity]]. You think I wanna go to the stars? I don't even like to fly. I take trains. I built this ship so that I could retire to some tropical island filled with... naked women. That's Zefram Cochrane. That's his vision. This other guy you keep talking about, this [[OurFounder historical figure]] -- I never met him. I can't imagine I ever will."''
-->-- '''Zefram Cochrane''', ''Film/StarTrekFirstContact''

->''"Minions these days. Nothing but greedy little ingrates."''
-->-- '''Maleficent''' commenting on the [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyX2 Gullwings]], ''Manga/KingdomHeartsII''

->''"I'll stop if you pay me."''
-->-- '''Erron Black''', ''VideoGame/MortalKombatX''

->'''Raiden:''' You would oppose a god?\\
'''Erron Black:''' If the money were good enough.
-->-- ''VideoGame/MortalKombatX''

->'''Creator/OrsonWelles:''' Hello, I'm Orson Welles. What follows is a terrifying journey into the world of magic, mystery...\\
'''Lawyer:''' Mr. Welles, this is a {{video will|s}}.\\
'''Orson Welles:''' What? Look, I don't need to do this, I've got a fishstick commercial in an hour! ''[leaves, but returns a second later]'' ...Oh, what the hell, I need the money.
-->-- ''WesternAnimation/TheCritic'', [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6i7ycxiog40&t=54s "The Living Will"]]

->''"We do not '''murder.'''\\
We do not '''execute.''' We do not '''massacre.''' We never, you may be very certain, we never '''torture.''' We have no truck with crimes of [[{{Yandere}} passion]] or hatred or [[ForTheEvulz pointless gain]]. We do not do it for [[AxCrazy a delight in inhumation]], or to feed some [[IJustWantToBeBadass secret inner need]], or for petty advantage, or for [[KnightTemplar some cause or belief]]; I tell you, gentlemen, that all these reasons are in the highest degree suspect. Look into the face of [[TheFundamentalist a man who will kill you for a belief]] and your nostrils will snuff up the scent of abomination. Hear a speech declaring a holy war and, I assure you, should catch the clink of evil's scales and the dragging of its monstrous tail over the [[PureIsNotGood purity]] of the language.\\
No, we do it for the money.\\
And, because we above all must know the value of a human life, we do it for a great deal of money.\\
'''[[PretentiousLatinMotto Nile mortifi, sine lucre]].''' Remember. No killing without payment.\\
And always give a receipt."''
-->-- '''Dr. Cruces''', head of [[MurderInc the Assassin's Guild]], ''Literature/{{Pyramids}}''

->'''French agent:''' This is a dangerous mission, and some of you will die. But remember, in a world gone mad, you will die for a principle that you all hold close to your heart. Money!\\
'''[[PrivateMilitaryContractors Mercenaries]]:''' Viva franc! Viva deutschmark! Viva dollar! Viva [[SwissBankAccount numbered bank account in Switzerland]]!
-->-- ''Film/Water1985''

->'''The Doctor:''' Why Harper? Why leave the Ministry to back her? [[ANaziByAnyOtherName Why the fear? Why the hate?]]\\
'''Roderick Allingham:''' There comes a time in every man's life when he must put aside personal advancement and take a stand for what he truly believes in. \\
'''The Doctor:''' Yes?\\
'''Roderick Allingham:''' In my case, I'm proud to say that [[BaitAndSwitch that time has not yet come]]. They're paying me a mint.
-->-- ''AudioPlay/BigFinishDoctorWho: [[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWho005TheFearmonger The Fearmonger]]''

->'''[[BountyHunter Cad Bane]]:''' Kidnapping innocent children? Seems like a small-time crime for the likes of you.\\
'''Darth Sidious:''' Among the children of the Jedi, there are no innocents.\\
'''Cad Bane:''' Sure, sure. As long as I get paid, it makes no difference to me.
-->-- ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars''

->''"Listen. We're not just doing this for money...\\
''[{{Beat}}]'' \\
...[[ByNoIMeanYes we're doing it for]] a '''[[PrecisionFStrike shitload]]''' of money!"''
-->-- '''Lone Starr''', ''Film/{{Spaceballs}}''

->'''Van Eck:''' If you fail, all the world will suffer for it.\\
'''Kaz:''' Oh, it's worse than that, Van Eck. If I fail, I don't get paid.
-->-- ''Literature/SixOfCrows''

->'''Double Trouble:''' Of course, we all wear costumes. I just happen to be able to [[VoluntaryShapeshifting wear other people as costumes]]... for a price.\\
'''Catra:''' Huh. So, it's money you're after.\\
'''Double Trouble:''' ''[laughs]'' Aren't we all, darling? But if you don't require someone with my gifts, I'll just take my business to the other side.\\
'''Catra:''' How exactly are you planning on doing that?\\
'''Double Trouble:''' ''[reveals they've slipped out of their handcuffs]'' I have a knack for getting out of tight spots.
-->-- ''WesternAnimation/SheRaAndThePrincessesOfPower''

->'''Jazz:''' I'm sorry, but this isn't my thing. You'll have to find someone else.\\
'''Trond:''' I'll give you a million [[FictionalCurrency slugs]].\\
'''Jazz:''' Deal.
-->-- ''Literature/{{Artemis}}''

->''"I once helped topple a fascist South African government in a week. I mean, it was replaced by another one in two, but I still got paid."''
-->-- '''Pip's Grand-Père''', ''WebVideo/HellsingUltimateAbridged''

->'''Chris:''' You believe in this?\\
'''Bookstore Owner:''' What am I, an idiot? I'm makin' a buck here. You want books? I got books. I got chicken blood, I got dog embryos, I got black candles, I got wolfsbane. Look at this: {{silver bullet}}s. Some joker ordered them. .30-06. Never picked 'em up. I take Bank [=AmeriCard=], American Express, Visa. You gonna buy that or what?
-->-- ''Film/TheHowling''

->''"Black, brown or yellow -- I'm in it for the green. The green buck!"''
-->-- '''Howard Brunswick''', ''Film/{{Coffy}}''

->''"We are Sex Bob-omb. We are here to sell out and make money and stuff."''
-->-- '''Kim Pine''', ''Film/ScottPilgrimVsTheWorld''

->''"A mother or a stepmother, it's all the same to the rich! Where they make a profit, there is their motherland."''
-->-- '''Ignat''', ''Film/AlexanderNevsky''

->''"Tell him how you and your husband joined the right-wingers to get yourselves jobs."''
-->-- '''Nick''' to his sister, ''Film/{{Z}}''

->'''Lasky:''' Atriox. Want to go to the border of Kig-Yar space near Mupmup and kill some pirates?\\
'''Atriox:''' [[BluntNo No]].\\
'''Lasky:''' I'll pay you a couple million credits.\\
'''Atriox:''' Okay.
-->-- ''Fanfic/OnTheIllusionOfMight''

->'''Miqo'te:''' Aha! What do we have here?\\
''[Hyur lays down job offers]''\\
'''Miqo'te:''' No job is too daunting as long as the coin is good.\\
'''Elezen:''' Bah! You'd sell your own mother if the coin was good.\\
'''Miqo'te:''' My father too! Now quiet down and help me decide!
-->-- Opening cinematic for ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV Legacy'' (ver 1.0)

->''"Thirty years ago, I used my God-given talents to make a bomb... a very powerful bomb... for money. [[IHatePastMe I didn't believe in the cause. Didn't even understand it]]. I just wanted the money. Fifty people died. Now, I'm right [[HellholePrison where]] I [[TheAtoner belong]]."''
-->-- '''Dysart''', ''Film/NoEscape1994''

->''"Malice, he paid us '''so much.''' We were going to say no at first, but then he just kept bringing out '''more''' and '''more.''' I felt bad! I said, 'Reigan, how are you going to feed your people if you give us all this?' He didn't even say anything, he just kept dumping treasures into this big pile. Priceless art? Right onto the pile. Gold? Pile. Scales? Weapons? Natural treasures? Pile. By the time he was done, I swear on my heart, it was taller than my head. Best day of my life."''
-->-- '''Larian of the Eight-Man Empire''', ''Literature/CradleSeries''

->''All you people, this is trash\\
We abominate music, we're here for cash''
-->-- '''Music/{{KMFDM}}''', "More and Faster"

->''We're only in it for the gain\\
[[SexDrugsAndRockAndRoll Sex and drugs and rock'n'roll fame]]\\
We parade the charade\\
We are jammin' for your mammon\\\
We're only in it for the encore\\
We want it all and then some more\\
Men of deeds, for proceeds\\
Prime booty is our duty''
-->-- '''Music/{{KMFDM}}''', "Bitches"

->''"You think I came back to elevate younger talent? You think I came back to help the next generation? No, that's bullshit. I came back here to make a ton of money, and that's the only reason."''
-->--'''[[Wrestling/{{Christian}} Christian Cage]]''', ''Wrestling/{{A|llEliteWrestling}}EW Dynamite'', June 22, 2022

-->--'''Wrestling/ChristianCage''', ''Wrestling/{{A|llEliteWrestling}}EW Dynamite'', June 22, 2022

-->-- ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda: Secrets of the Masters''

->'''Lord''': Splendid! Nice work! I'll give you a reward and you can choose whatever you want.\\
'''Miko''': Anything I want? Sure? Ok, let's see... '''All the money there is!''' Yippeeee! I can play for the rest of my life!
-->-- ''VideoGame/SengokuAce'' Episode I

-->-- '''Karate Duo Number One''', Episode 9 of ''WebAnimation/BowsersKingdom''

->'''Homer''': Stupid Moe! Non-inventing, recipe-stealing, pug-nosed--\\
'''Marge''': Well, Homer, maybe you can take ''some'' consolation in the fact that something you created is making so many people happy.\\
'''Homer''': '''OHHHHHH''' look at me! I'm making people '''HAPPY!''' I'm the '''Magical Man'''! From '''Happy-Land!''' In a gumdrop house on Lollipop Laaaaaaaaaaaane!
-->-- ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', "Flaming Moes"

-->-- '''Han Solo''', ''Franchise/StarWars Episode IV: Film/ANewHope''

-->-- '''Schlock,''' ''Webcomic/SchlockMercenary''

->'''Tagon:''' I can't believe I'm saying this, but...I don't want more money. I just want my team to be able to do their job here. Take that ninja guy...we need to be able to pursue and apprehend without worrying about hurting your feelings. We won't be hurting bystanders, damaging merchandise, or denting the historic bulkheads. Please, just let us do our jobs, okay?\\

'''Mr Aliss:''' [[StrangeSyntaxSpeaker Is not that the more money you said you do not want?]]\\

-->-- '''ComicBook/TheJoker''', ''Film/TheDarkKnight''

->'''Oogway:''' It's so nice to see you manage to use the most respected art-form in China and use it to pursue nothing but fame.
->'''Ox:''' And fortune, don't forget about the fortune.

->''"I could care less if you love me or hate me!''\\
''Life's a bitch...now fuck you, pay me!"''
-->-- ''Music/{{Pitbull}}'', "Shut It Down" featuring Akon

-->-- '''Winston Zeddemore''', ''Film/{{Ghostbusters 1984}}''

->'''Jack:''' Hey Wilhelm, wanna come to the moon and hunt a Vault for me?\\
'''Wilhelm:''' No.\\

''[End recording]''\\

->'''Janey Springs''': What's a low-level Hyperion employee doing making body doubles of himself?\\
'''Jack's Body Double''': [[VisionaryVillain He's got big dreams]], and I have student loans.

->''"I'm not a soldier, Major. The day we took hostages, we became mercenaries. And mercenaries get paid. I want my '''[[PrecisionFStrike FUCKING]]''' money!"''

->''"You wanna know what my vision is? ...Dollar signs! Money! I didn't build this ship to usher in a new era for humanity. You think I wanna go to the stars? I don't even like to fly. I take trains. I built this ship so that I could retire to some tropical island filled with ...naked women. That's Zefram Cochrane. That's his vision. This other guy you keep talking about. This historical figure. I never met him. I can't imagine I ever will."''

-->-- '''Maleficent''' commenting on the [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyX2 Gullwings]] - ''Manga/KingdomHeartsII''

->'''Raiden''': You would oppose a god?\\
'''Erron Black''': If the money were good enough.

->'''Orson Welles:''' Hello, I'm Orson Welles. What follows is a terrifying journey into the world of magic, mystery...\\
'''Lawyer:''' Mr. Welles, this is a video will.\\

We do not '''execute'''. We do not '''massacre.''' We never, you may be very certain, we never '''torture'''. We have no truck with crimes of [[{{Yandere}} passion]] or hatred or [[ForTheEvulz pointless gain]]. We do not do it for [[AxCrazy a delight in inhumation]], or to feed some [[IJustWantToBeBadass secret inner need]], or for petty advantage, or for [[KnightTemplar some cause or belief]]; I tell you, gentlemen, that all these reasons are in the highest degree suspect. [[TheFundamentalist Look into the face of a man who will kill you for a belief and your nostrils will snuff up the scent of abomination. Hear a speech declaring a holy war and, I assure you, should catch the clink of evil's scales and the dragging of its monstrous tail over the purity of the language.]]\\

'''Nile mortifi, sine lucre.''' Remember. No killing without payment.\\

-->-- '''Dr. Cruces''', head of the Assassin's Guild, ''{{Literature/Pyramids}}''

'''Mercenaries:''' Viva franc! Viva deutschmark! Viva dollar! Viva numbered bank account in Switzerland!
-->-- '''Film/Water1985'''

-->--AudioPlay/BigFinishDoctorWho, ''[[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWho005TheFearmonger The Fearmonger]]''

[{{Beat}}] \\
...we're [[ByNoIMeanYes doing it for a]]'' '''''[[PrecisionFStrike shitload]]''''' ''of money!"''

->'''Van Eck''': If you fail, all the world will suffer for it.
->'''Kaz''': Oh, it's worse than that, Van Eck. If I fail, I don't get paid.
-->--''Literature/SixOfCrows''

->'''Double Trouble:''' Of course, we all wear costumes. [[VoluntaryShapeshifting I just happen to be able to wear other people as costumes]]. For a price.\\
'''Catra:''' Huh. So it's money you're after.\\

-->--''WesternAnimation/SheRaAndThePrincessesOfPower''

->'''Jazz''': I'm sorry, but this isn't my thing. You'll have to find someone else.
->'''Trond''': I'll give you a million [[FictionalCurrency slugs]].
->'''Jazz''': Deal.
-->--''Literature/{{Artemis}}''

->'''Barret:''' Prove to me you're the man Tifa says you are. That you're one of us.
->'''Cloud:''' [[NotInThisForYourRevolution Never said I was]]. I'm just in it for the paycheck.
->'''Barret:''' Then do the damn job!

->''"Now I know you can't put a price on life... but I'm in this business to get paid."''

->''"I'm sorry, Dream. But you should've paid me more."''
-->-- '''Punz''', [[BigDamnHeroes leading]] TheCavalry [[BigDamnHeroes right to]] [[BigBad Dream]], ''LetsPlay/DreamSMP''

->''"I once helped topple a fascist South African government in a week. I mean, it was replaced by another one in two. But I still got paid."''

->'''Chris''': You believe in this?\\
'''Bookstore Owner''': What am I, an idiot? I'm makin' a buck here. You want books? I got books. I got chicken blood, I got dog embryos, I got black candles, I got wolfsbane. Look at this: Silver bullets. Some joker ordered them. .30-06. Never picked 'em up. I take Bank [=AmeriCard=], American Express, Visa. You gonna buy that or what?
-->--''Film/TheHowling''

->''"Black, brown or yellow - I'm in it for the green. The green buck!"''
-->--'''Howard Brunswick''', ''Film/{{Coffy}}''

-->--'''Kim Pine''', ''Film/ScottPilgrimVsTheWorld''

-->--'''Ignat''', ''Film/AlexanderNevsky''

-->--'''Nick''' to his sister, ''Film/{{Z}}''

'''Atriox:''' [[BluntNo No.]]\\

''(Hyur lays down job offers)''\\

->''"If there's one thing I have learned, bitch, this game is about '''MOTHERFUCKING MONEY'''!"''

-> ''"Thirty years ago I used my God-given talents to make a bomb...a very powerful bomb...for money. [[IHatePastMe I didn't believe in the cause. Didn't even understand it]]. I just wanted the money. Fifty people died. Now, I'm right [[HellholePrison where]] I [[TheAtoner belong]]."''
-->-- '''Dysart''' ''Film/NoEscape1994''

->''"Malice, he paid us '''so much'''. We were going to say no at first, but then he just kept bringing out '''more''' and '''more'''. I felt bad! I said, 'Reigan, how are you going to feed your people if you give us all this?' He didn't even say anything, he just kept dumping treasures into this big pile. Priceless art? Right onto the pile. Gold? Pile. Scales? Weapons? Natural treasures? Pile. By the time he was done, I swear on my heart, it was taller than my head. Best day of my life."''

-> ''All you people, this is trash''
-> ''We abominate music, we're here for cash''
-->-- Music/{{KMFDM}}, "More and Faster"

-> ''We're only in it for the gain''
-> ''Sex and drugs, and rock'n'roll fame''
-> ''We parade the charade''
-> ''We are jammin' for your mammon''

-> ''We're only in it for the encore''
-> ''We want it all and then some more''
-> ''Men of deeds, for proceeds''
-> ''Prime booty is our duty''
-->-- Music/{{KMFDM}}, "Bitches"

-->-- '''Dysart''' ''Film/NoEscape1994'',

-> ''"Thirty years ago I used my God-given talents to make a bomb...a very powerful bomb...for money. [[IHatePastMe I didn't believe in the cause. Didn't even understand it]]. I just wanted the money. Fifty people died. [Now, I'm right [[HellholePrison where]] I [[TheAtoner belong]]."''

->''"Look, I ain't in this for your revolution and I'm not in it for you, Princess. I expect to be well-paid. I'm in it for the money!"''

-->-- '''SelfDemonstrating/TheJoker''', ''Film/TheDarkKnight''

->'''Cloud:''' Never said I was. I'm just in it for the paycheck.