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Money Quotes

"If a man has money, it is usually a sign, too, that he knows how to take care of it; don't imagine his money is easy to get simply because he has plenty of it."

"If a man has money, it is usually a sign, too, that he knows how to take care of it; don't imagine his money is easy to get simply because he has plenty of it."

Edward W. Howe, American Novelist

Money, Care, Man

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"We've suffered a war, and one thing we know: Whenever our nation's faced war, whether it was in the 1980s when we were winning the Cold War or in the 1940s during World War II, the responsible thing to do has been to borrow money to win the war."

"We've suffered a war, and one thing we know: Whenever our nation's faced war, whether it was in the 1980s when we were winning the Cold War or in the 1940s during World War II, the responsible thing to do has been to borrow money to win the war."

Ken Mehlman, American Politician

Money, War, Winning, Nation

13

"Money is the sinews of love, as of war."

"Money is the sinews of love, as of war."

George Farquhar, Irish Dramatist

Money, War, Love

13

"I used to have a drug problem, now I make enough money."

"I used to have a drug problem, now I make enough money."

David Lee Roth, American Musician

13

"To make money I picked up work as a busboy, valet parker, skateboard shop employee."

"To make money I picked up work as a busboy, valet parker, skateboard shop employee."

David Spade, American Actor

13

"We bought an apartment building and were going to live off the rent money. We rented to people who were on welfare and a lot of times they couldn't pay the rent. We wouldn't throw them out so we lost the building."

"We bought an apartment building and were going to live off the rent money. We rented to people who were on welfare and a lot of times they couldn't pay the rent. We wouldn't throw them out so we lost the building."

Dick York, American Actor

Money, People, Building, Welfare

13

"I spent a lot of money on booze, birds and fast cars. The rest I just squandered."

"I spent a lot of money on booze, birds and fast cars. The rest I just squandered."

George Best, Irish Athlete

Money, Birds, Rest

13

"But with my last film, Spider it was agony. The money was always disappearing, nobody got paid, it was very difficult - and it's very distracting from the process of making the movie, of course. So I think things have been getting harder and harder."

"But with my last film, Spider it was agony. The money was always disappearing, nobody got paid, it was very difficult - and it's very distracting from the process of making the movie, of course. So I think things have been getting harder and harder."

David Cronenberg, Canadian Director

13

"In precisely the same way money is often hired, and the hire paid for the use of it is called Interest."

"In precisely the same way money is often hired, and the hire paid for the use of it is called Interest."

John Buchanan Robinson, American Politician

Money, Interest

13

"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."

"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."

Andrzej Wajda, Polish Director

Money, Film, Giving, Legislation

13

"If you don't give your kid freedom to make choices with money, including stupid choices, he'll make plenty when he gets to college."

"If you don't give your kid freedom to make choices with money, including stupid choices, he'll make plenty when he gets to college."

John Gardner, American Novelist

Money, Choices, College, Freedom

13

"You can be young without money but you can't be old without it."

"You can be young without money but you can't be old without it."

Tennessee Williams, American Dramatist

13

"Right now it's only a notion, but I think I can get the money to make it into a concept, and later turn it into an idea."

"Right now it's only a notion, but I think I can get the money to make it into a concept, and later turn it into an idea."

Woody Allen, American Director

Money, Idea, Now, Right

13

"About two months into the Whisky, I borrowed some money and rented a remote recording truck."

"About two months into the Whisky, I borrowed some money and rented a remote recording truck."

Johnny Rivers, American Musician

13

"If you've got an industry where you've got massive investment, it doesn't matter whether you bring in alternative supplies. You still lose the money on that industry."

"If you've got an industry where you've got massive investment, it doesn't matter whether you bring in alternative supplies. You still lose the money on that industry."

Arthur Scargill, British Politician

Money, Investment

13

"But I did make some money doing commercials. I did fourteen in one year."

"But I did make some money doing commercials. I did fourteen in one year."

Dabney Coleman, American Actor

13

"Most people don't have the money to spend on advertising to create awareness among readers, nor do they have the contacts at newspapers or magazines to get their books reviewed."

"Most people don't have the money to spend on advertising to create awareness among readers, nor do they have the contacts at newspapers or magazines to get their books reviewed."

Sara Paretsky, American Author

Money, People, Advertising, Awareness

13

"Wouldn't it be great if you could only get AIDS by giving money to television preachers?"

"Wouldn't it be great if you could only get AIDS by giving money to television preachers?"

Elayne Boosler, American Comedian

Money, Giving, Television

13

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

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

Christie Hefner, American Businessman

13

"There's not an appropriations bill in the last 10 years that the-that Democrats passed in the Congress. We haven't spent any money of your taxes in the last decade."

"There's not an appropriations bill in the last 10 years that the-that Democrats passed in the Congress. We haven't spent any money of your taxes in the last decade."

Chaka Fattah, American Politician

Money, Congress, Democrats, Taxes

13

"She was making great money at personal appearances."

"She was making great money at personal appearances."

David Gest, American Celebrity

13

"What's the use of happiness? It can't buy you money."

"What's the use of happiness? It can't buy you money."

Henny Youngman, American Comedian

Money, Happiness

13

"Go where the money is... and go there often."

"Go where the money is... and go there often."

Willie Sutton, American Criminal

13

"A rise in wages, from an alteration in the value of money, produces a general effect on price, and for that reason it produces no real effect whatever on profits."

"A rise in wages, from an alteration in the value of money, produces a general effect on price, and for that reason it produces no real effect whatever on profits."

David Ricardo, British Economist

Money, Effect, Reason, Value

13

"All that running around in my underwear put money in my pockets. I can focus on working in interesting movies without having to worry about supporting myself."

"All that running around in my underwear put money in my pockets. I can focus on working in interesting movies without having to worry about supporting myself."

Mark Wahlberg, American Actor

Money, Movies, Focus, Running

13

"I'm enjoying the money, the big house, the cars; what ghetto kid wouldn't?"

"I'm enjoying the money, the big house, the cars; what ghetto kid wouldn't?"

O. J. Simpson, American Athlete

13

"The rule is not to talk about money with people who have much more or much less than you."

"The rule is not to talk about money with people who have much more or much less than you."

Katherine Whitehorn, British Journalist

Money, People, Talk

13

"American men, as a group, seem to be interested in only two things, money and breasts. It seems a very narrow outlook."

"American men, as a group, seem to be interested in only two things, money and breasts. It seems a very narrow outlook."

Hedy Lamarr, Austrian Actress

Money, Men, American

13

"The Internet is a powerful way to make lots of money... But we are not going to buy Yahoo!"

"The Internet is a powerful way to make lots of money... But we are not going to buy Yahoo!"

Sumner Redstone, American Businessman

Money, Internet

13

"Hollywood executives believe that money is both the be-all and end-all to the moviemaking process."

"Hollywood executives believe that money is both the be-all and end-all to the moviemaking process."

Leonard Maltin, American Critic

Money, End, Hollywood

13

"The decline of manners, the cynical pursuit without shame or restraint of personal advantage and of money characterizes our times, not without exceptions, of course, but more than we ought to be comfortable with."

"The decline of manners, the cynical pursuit without shame or restraint of personal advantage and of money characterizes our times, not without exceptions, of course, but more than we ought to be comfortable with."

J. Irwin Miller, American Businessman

Money, Manners, Pursuit, Restraint

13

"My money goes to my agent, then to my accountant and from him to the tax man."

"My money goes to my agent, then to my accountant and from him to the tax man."

Glenda Jackson, British Actress

Money, Tax, Man

13

"What the results are telling them is that the most money is spent in volume by young people. They also see young people as the consumers of tomorrow and are trying to capture their attention from their competitors."

"What the results are telling them is that the most money is spent in volume by young people. They also see young people as the consumers of tomorrow and are trying to capture their attention from their competitors."

Marlo Thomas, American Actress

Money, People, Attention, Results

13

"It is easy to be independent when you've got money. But to be independent when you haven't got a thing, that's the Lord's test."

"It is easy to be independent when you've got money. But to be independent when you haven't got a thing, that's the Lord's test."

Mahalia Jackson, American Musician

13

"We're basically after Joe's beer money, and Joe likes his beer, so you better make sure that what you give him is at least as pleasurable to him as having his six-pack of beer would be."

"We're basically after Joe's beer money, and Joe likes his beer, so you better make sure that what you give him is at least as pleasurable to him as having his six-pack of beer would be."

Jerry Pournelle, American Journalist

13

"Opposites may attract, but I wouldn't put my money on a relationship of financial opposites."

"Opposites may attract, but I wouldn't put my money on a relationship of financial opposites."

Suze Orman, American Author

Money, Financial, May, Opposites

13

"I think money in general hurts all sports."

"I think money in general hurts all sports."

Will McDonough, American Writer

13

"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."

"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."

Buffalo Bill, American Celebrity

Money, Investment, Liquor

13

"Money creates a power relationship between the payer and the payee."

"Money creates a power relationship between the payer and the payee."

Joichi Ito, Japanese Businessman

13

"No, I never thought about my father's money as my money."

"No, I never thought about my father's money as my money."

Christie Hefner, American Businessman

Money, Thought, Father

13

"I did about a 100 concerts this year. All over the United States. We're cutting back next year to about 40. We generate money for an organization called Mercy Corps."

"I did about a 100 concerts this year. All over the United States. We're cutting back next year to about 40. We generate money for an organization called Mercy Corps."

Barry McGuire, American Musician

Money, Mercy, states, United

13

"When I was young I thought that money was the most important thing in life; now that I am old I know that it is."

"When I was young I thought that money was the most important thing in life; now that I am old I know that it is."

Oscar Wilde, Irish Dramatist

Money, Thought, Life, Now

13

"I've made a lot of people a lot of money, and I've made a lot of people really happy. I've entertained millions and millions of people."

"I've made a lot of people a lot of money, and I've made a lot of people really happy. I've entertained millions and millions of people."

Steve Guttenberg, American Actor

13

"I was as happy doing theater in New York for little or no money as I am now doing television for more money. The happiness, I guess, comes out of it being a good job. The success has to do with the fact that it's a good job that will continue."

"I was as happy doing theater in New York for little or no money as I am now doing television for more money. The happiness, I guess, comes out of it being a good job. The success has to do with the fact that it's a good job that will continue."

David Hyde Pierce, American Actor

Money, Success, Happiness, Being

13

"Money won't make you happy... but everybody wants to find out for themselves."

"Money won't make you happy... but everybody wants to find out for themselves."

Zig Ziglar, American Author

13

"But I was going to be a teacher my entire life, so I wasn't counting on money to much."

"But I was going to be a teacher my entire life, so I wasn't counting on money to much."

Clay Aiken, American Musician

13

"The best way to make happy money is to make money your hobby and not your god."

"The best way to make happy money is to make money your hobby and not your god."

Scott Alexander, American Author

13

"I'm terrible with money, absolutely awful. I'm always losing it."

"I'm terrible with money, absolutely awful. I'm always losing it."

Ron Wood, British Musician

13

"I am not interested in money. I just want to be wonderful."

"I am not interested in money. I just want to be wonderful."

Marilyn Monroe, American Actress

13

"Hollywood people are filled with guilt: white guilt, liberal guilt, money guilt. They feel bad that they're so rich, they feel they don't work that much for all that money - and they don't, for the amount of money they make."

"Hollywood people are filled with guilt: white guilt, liberal guilt, money guilt. They feel bad that they're so rich, they feel they don't work that much for all that money - and they don't, for the amount of money they make."

Drew Carey, American Actor

Money, Work, People, Guilt

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