Quote#Money & Wealth
A man who knows he's making money for other people ought to get some…
Quote byBabe Ruth · 1895–1948
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Responding to a reporter asking whether or not he believed that other players merited salaries comparable to his own (i.e. $52,000 a year, as per Ruth's newly signed 1922 contract), as quoted in "Have to Get More of 'Em,' Says Babe Ruth When He Hears of the Income Tax," in The St. Louis Post-Dispatc.
English (original)
a man who knows he's making money for other people ought to get some of the profits he brings in.
— Babe Ruth
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