No one can say I didn't pay my dues in life,
— James Robertson
The idea that we need to "pay our dues" is a lie told to us by people who wanted our efforts and labor on the cheap.
— James Altucher
You gotta pay your dues to sing the blues.
— Carol Plum-Ucci
You've got to clock the hours and pay your dues. Then eventually, people will come to you. You have to be patient and appreciative. — Elisabeth Rohm
Many blue-collar families struggling to pay rent would be happy to skip paying optional union dues. — Kevin O'Leary
I've done stuff to pay my dues and that's what actors are supposed to do, because I was a really bad actor when I was 18 or 20. — Rachael Taylor
Third box car, midnight train, destination Bangor, Maine. Old worn out suit and shoes, I don't pay no union dues. — Roger Miller
You got to pay your dues if you want to sing the blues ... And you know it don't come easy. — Ringo Starr
My preference is that employees pay their union dues, but what I also get is that I'd rather someone be in the union than not in the union. — Bill Shorten
Posterity will pay everyone their due. — Tacitus
Taxes, after all, are dues that we pay for the privileges of membership in an organized society. — Franklin D. Roosevelt
In Maine, nobody is required to belong to a union or pay dues. — Cynthia Dill
I also believe that member states of the United Nations should live up their obligations to pay their dues. — Alex Morrison
Sometimes the dues we pay to maintain integrity are pretty high, but the ultimate cost of moral compromise is so much higher. — Michael Josephson
Beginning writers must appreciate the prerequisites if they hope to become writers. You pay your dues - which takes years. — Alex Haley
I'm in five guilds; that's a lot of dues to pay. So I have to keep on working. — Griffin Dunne
