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Money Quotes


"There is no filmmaking legislation because distributors are not interested in sharing their money with the film industry - for instance, by giving a percentage of ticket sales back to filmmakers."


"Their argument, and I think it's a correct one, is that they'll make more money from the trades and the hardcovers if nobody messes with the creative team."


"Some, but much of my money is tied up in Playboy stock."



"Books are the money of Literature, but only the counters of Science."


"We got more provisions for our whiskey than the same money, which we paid for the liquor, would have bought; so after all it proved a very profitable investment."


"Making the tax cuts permanent will continue to grow the economy, create jobs, and put more money in the pockets of the hard-working families of Pennsylvania."


"I've got a bit of money in the bank. I'm quite comfortable."


"The farmers in Kansas are sorely in need of a credit system meeting their special requirements, that they may more readily obtain money on short or long time for their farming operations, or that they may become owners of farms."


"I try to stay ahead of things, if you know what I mean. I take the money I make and reinvest it."



"If you got the money honey I got the time and when you run out of money honey I run out of time."


"Bank failures are caused by depositors who don't deposit enough money to cover losses due to mismanagement."



"There's no money in poetry, but then there's no poetry in money, either."


"What I would ask the Democrat Party is to put your plan on the table, because most people agree with the facts, and the facts are that Social Security is running out of money."


"I make the most money, I think, in Russia and Paris, for the people of those countries are so willing to be amused, so eager to see something new and out of the ordinary."


"The second thing we did was said, OK, we've now identified the risk, but what do you want to do with the money? Because it's not enough to have risk; you've got to have a meaningful use for the money we give you."


"All over London as one walks, one everywhere, in the season, sees oranges to sell; and they are in general sold tolerably cheap, one and even sometimes two for a halfpenny; or, in our money, threepence."


"Millionaires are marrying their secretaries because they are so busy making money they haven't time to see other girls."



"Money and corruption are ruining the land, crooked politicians betray the working man, pocketing the profits and treating us like sheep, and we're tired of hearing promises that we know they'll never keep."


"And, we have no such thing as a budget anymore. Our manager freaks when we show him the bill. We're lavish to the bone, but all our money goes back into the product."



"Studies indicate that most of young adults struggle to grasp even the most basic financial principles that will allow them to manage money and prepare for their future."


"Players today are concerned about the money, but the large dollars only go to those players who are the best."


"The money that goes into Social Security is not the government's money. it's your money. You paid for it."


"Fame does lead to money, which I don't have a close relationship with. I'm the kind of guy who never sees the money - it all goes somewhere else. I don't understand it, I don't like to deal with it. I have a fear of not having it, because I grew up without it."


"I tried to start a theatre in LA and failed miserably, but I was probably not meant to raise money."


"People working in the private sector should try to save money. There remains the possibility that it may someday be valuable again."


"I'm proud to pay taxes in the United States; the only thing is, I could be just as proud for half the money."


"Acting was something that just came along. But I made good money, so it wasn't something I was just going to put aside and pretend it didn't exist."


"I think they got caught up in how much money they could get from each of the city governments as far as tax rebates. But that stuff works when you make money. It's a little bit phantom money."


"That has to remain the principal reason for doing it, doesn't it? I know it's possible to write for money, and many very good writers have done so. But for me, it has to remain the principal thing that I actually want to do the writing."


"You need to do the work to bring the money in, but not compromise standards."


"We don't fight about money... I hate to see people fight about money."


"The easiest way for your children to learn about money is for you not to have any."
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