overpaid quotes

If they will only do their job†that is all that they are being overpaid for.

- David O(liver) Selznick
Of his stars, while filmingThe Garden of Allah. Quoted in Maria Riva Marlene Dietrich (1992).

Overpaid, overfed, oversexed, and over here.

-Tommy Trinder
Of US troops stationed in Britain duringWorldWar II.This phrase is associated withTrinder, but was probably not his invention.