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Money Quotes

"Those who are of the opinion that money will do everything may reasonably be expected to do everything for money."

"Those who are of the opinion that money will do everything may reasonably be expected to do everything for money."

Edward F. Halifax, British Statesman

Money, May, Opinion, Will

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"I've had it happen to me before where it turns out that they never had the money and couldn't have made the movie in the first place. And these are the things you have to look for when trying to read the behavior of the people you sit down with."

"I've had it happen to me before where it turns out that they never had the money and couldn't have made the movie in the first place. And these are the things you have to look for when trying to read the behavior of the people you sit down with."

Robert Culp, American Actor

Money, People, Behavior, First

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"When they look back on me I want 'em to remember me not for all my wives, although I've had a few, and certainly not for any mansions or high livin' money I made and spent. I want 'em to remember me simply for my music."

"When they look back on me I want 'em to remember me not for all my wives, although I've had a few, and certainly not for any mansions or high livin' money I made and spent. I want 'em to remember me simply for my music."

Jerry Lee Lewis, American Musician

Money, Music, Want, Wives

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"Prospering just doesn't have to do with money."

"Prospering just doesn't have to do with money."

Joel Osteen, American Clergyman

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"The private sector can go forward, if it must, with destruction of embryos for questionable and ethically challenged science. But spend the people's money on proven blood cord, bone marrow, germ cell, and adult cell research."

"The private sector can go forward, if it must, with destruction of embryos for questionable and ethically challenged science. But spend the people's money on proven blood cord, bone marrow, germ cell, and adult cell research."

Roger Wicker, American Politician

Money, Science, People, Blood

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"We would take a little bit of money out of a huge increase in ballistic missile defense and put it in a place where it will do a lot of good, namely, in targeted pay increases to our enlisted personnel, particularly our NCOs and our junior warrant officers."

"We would take a little bit of money out of a huge increase in ballistic missile defense and put it in a place where it will do a lot of good, namely, in targeted pay increases to our enlisted personnel, particularly our NCOs and our junior warrant officers."

John Spratt, American Politician

Money, Defense, Will

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"Hussein has chosen to spend his money on building weapons of mass destruction and palaces for his cronies."

"Hussein has chosen to spend his money on building weapons of mass destruction and palaces for his cronies."

Madeleine Albright, American Statesman

Money, Building, Destruction, Weapons

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"Money takes wings. The only thing that endures is character."

"Money takes wings. The only thing that endures is character."

O. J. Simpson, American Athlete

Money, Character

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"If our soldiers are not overburdened with money, it is not because they have a distaste for riches; if their lives are not unduly long, it is not because they are disinclined to longevity."

"If our soldiers are not overburdened with money, it is not because they have a distaste for riches; if their lives are not unduly long, it is not because they are disinclined to longevity."

Sun Tzu, Chinese Philosopher

Money, Longevity, Soldiers

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"I always ignore money."

"I always ignore money."

Damien Hirst, British Artist

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"Several times we were stranded in strange places without any money and with our credit cards cancelled - trapped in a hotel that we couldn't check out of because we had no money to check out."

"Several times we were stranded in strange places without any money and with our credit cards cancelled - trapped in a hotel that we couldn't check out of because we had no money to check out."

Renny Harlin, Finnish Director

Money, Cards, Credit

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"You never suffer from a money problem, you always suffer from an idea problem."

"You never suffer from a money problem, you always suffer from an idea problem."

Robert H. Schuller, American Clergyman

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"That's the trouble with being me. At this point, nobody gives a damn what my problem is. I could literally have a tumor on the side of my head and they'd be like, 'Yeah, big deal. I'd eat a tumor every morning for the kinda money you're pulling down.'"

"That's the trouble with being me. At this point, nobody gives a damn what my problem is. I could literally have a tumor on the side of my head and they'd be like, 'Yeah, big deal. I'd eat a tumor every morning for the kinda money you're pulling down.'"

Jim Carrey, Canadian Comedian

Money, Being, Trouble

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"Money can't buy you happiness, but it can buy you a yacht big enough to pull up right alongside it."

"Money can't buy you happiness, but it can buy you a yacht big enough to pull up right alongside it."

David Lee Roth, American Musician

Money, Happiness, Right

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"Even while we busily attend meetings, contribute money and perform our assigned tasks, we suspect that we may be helping to create a force that is inimical to many values we hold dear."

"Even while we busily attend meetings, contribute money and perform our assigned tasks, we suspect that we may be helping to create a force that is inimical to many values we hold dear."

Robert Shea, American Author

Money, Values, Force, May

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"The first requisite of a sound monetary system is that it put the least possible power over the quantity or quality of money in the hands of the politicians."

"The first requisite of a sound monetary system is that it put the least possible power over the quantity or quality of money in the hands of the politicians."

Henry Hazlitt, American Philosopher

Money, Power, Quality, First

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"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

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"The importance of money flows from it being a link between the present and the future."

"The importance of money flows from it being a link between the present and the future."

John Maynard Keynes, English Economist

Money, Being, Future, Importance

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"Politics has become so expensive that it takes a lot of money even to be defeated."

"Politics has become so expensive that it takes a lot of money even to be defeated."

Will Rogers, American Actor

Money, Politics

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"People do more important jobs than acting in film that should be recognised, but for some reason it's big money, so people are elevated in status. If I was a bus driver, I'm sure you wouldn't be interviewing me."

"People do more important jobs than acting in film that should be recognised, but for some reason it's big money, so people are elevated in status. If I was a bus driver, I'm sure you wouldn't be interviewing me."

Adam Garcia, Australian Actor

Money, People, Acting, Film

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"I have grown up alone. I've taken care of myself. I worked, earned money and was independent at 18."

"I have grown up alone. I've taken care of myself. I worked, earned money and was independent at 18."

Ingrid Bergman, Swedish Actress

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"I mean, money people are usually quite brisk, but mine aren't, and they keep on giving me spaces so that I've been able to go on and do plays and films."

"I mean, money people are usually quite brisk, but mine aren't, and they keep on giving me spaces so that I've been able to go on and do plays and films."

Jeremy Brett, British Actor

Money, People, Giving

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"Everybody likes a kidder, but nobody lends him money."

"Everybody likes a kidder, but nobody lends him money."

Arthur Miller, American Playwright

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"For the producers, there was no reason to produce. You get money, but you couldn't use this money. For consumers, you could have money, but you have no way to use it because you go to the shop and see nothing."

"For the producers, there was no reason to produce. You get money, but you couldn't use this money. For consumers, you could have money, but you have no way to use it because you go to the shop and see nothing."

Anatoly Chubais, Russian Politician

Money, Nothing, Reason

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"But when others suggested that the poor should not simply be the objects of these programs but also the subjects - that they should be actively involved in shaping the programs, making decisions about how to spend the money etc. - some of the previous supporters reconsidered."

"But when others suggested that the poor should not simply be the objects of these programs but also the subjects - that they should be actively involved in shaping the programs, making decisions about how to spend the money etc. - some of the previous supporters reconsidered."

Barney Frank, American Politician

Money, Decisions, Poor

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"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

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"The first thing you've got to remember is that it's your clients' money you're spending."

"The first thing you've got to remember is that it's your clients' money you're spending."

Richard M. Hunt, American Historian

Money, Clients, First

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"I loved acting, which was never about money, the fame. It was about a search for meaning. It was painful."

"I loved acting, which was never about money, the fame. It was about a search for meaning. It was painful."

Kim Novak, American Actress

Money, Acting, Fame, Meaning

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"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

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"The hardware manufacturers, game designers, cable companies and computer companies and, in fact, film studios are going to ensure that this thing marches on. They know that they are going to make an enormous amount of money from it."

"The hardware manufacturers, game designers, cable companies and computer companies and, in fact, film studios are going to ensure that this thing marches on. They know that they are going to make an enormous amount of money from it."

Thomas Dolby, English Musician

Money, Computer, Fact, Film

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"Making a movie requires 20 to 500 people to make and a lot of money and the stakes are a lot higher."

"Making a movie requires 20 to 500 people to make and a lot of money and the stakes are a lot higher."

Alanis Morissette, Canadian Musician

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"You can get rich making fun of me. I know. I've made lots of money making fun of me."

"You can get rich making fun of me. I know. I've made lots of money making fun of me."

Glenn Beck, American Journalist

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"Money don't rule me, record companies don't rule me."

"Money don't rule me, record companies don't rule me."

Link Wray, American Musician

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"But I don't need to use politics as a way of making money."

"But I don't need to use politics as a way of making money."

Imran Khan, Pakistani Athlete

Money, Politics

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"We need a complete ban on soft money, which is sort of an enveloping problem, and a ceiling on the amount of money that can be spent on a given race."

"We need a complete ban on soft money, which is sort of an enveloping problem, and a ceiling on the amount of money that can be spent on a given race."

William Weld, American Politician

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"When we were trying to get the money for Driving Miss Daisy, everyone kept saying no one could direct it well enough to entertain an audience for 100 minutes essentially watching three people chatting in the kitchen."

"When we were trying to get the money for Driving Miss Daisy, everyone kept saying no one could direct it well enough to entertain an audience for 100 minutes essentially watching three people chatting in the kitchen."

Bruce Beresford, Australian Director

Money, People, Driving, Kitchen

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"We continue to subsidize highways and aviation, but when it comes to our passenger rail system, we refuse to provide the money Amtrak needs to survive."

"We continue to subsidize highways and aviation, but when it comes to our passenger rail system, we refuse to provide the money Amtrak needs to survive."

Corrine Brown, American Politician

Money, Aviation, Needs

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"We need to stop spending money on death, the war in Iraq and on enhancing the lives of the people in our own country."

"We need to stop spending money on death, the war in Iraq and on enhancing the lives of the people in our own country."

Dick Morris, American Author

Money, War, Death, People

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"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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"Money buys many things... The best of which is freedom."

"Money buys many things... The best of which is freedom."

Mary Renault, English Novelist

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"Since the pharmaceuticals don't make any money and they control the doctors. If the doctors don't make any money then all hell breaks loose. In communities like LA and New York they are using a lot of the youth for a test sight."

"Since the pharmaceuticals don't make any money and they control the doctors. If the doctors don't make any money then all hell breaks loose. In communities like LA and New York they are using a lot of the youth for a test sight."

Afrika Bambaataa, American Musician

Money, Control, Doctors, Hell

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"There's way easier ways to make money, let's just put it that way."

"There's way easier ways to make money, let's just put it that way."

Sebastian Bach, Canadian Musician

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"So that's why I said, if you look at the average, you would see the money New York got this year was in line with the average across the prior three years and substantially more, by a country mile, than the money given to any other city."

"So that's why I said, if you look at the average, you would see the money New York got this year was in line with the average across the prior three years and substantially more, by a country mile, than the money given to any other city."

Michael Chertoff, American Civil Servant

Money, Country, Years

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"Ergo, because of the money problem, it is probable that our orchestras will soon go down in quality."

"Ergo, because of the money problem, it is probable that our orchestras will soon go down in quality."

Lara St. John, Canadian Musician

Money, Quality, Orchestras, Will

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"A lot of the money in the stock market is really our national retirement plan, for better or worse."

"A lot of the money in the stock market is really our national retirement plan, for better or worse."

Ron Chernow, American Author

Money, Retirement

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"You know, a lot of people are just interested in, in building a company so they can make money and get out."

"You know, a lot of people are just interested in, in building a company so they can make money and get out."

Arthur Rock, American Businessman

Money, People, Building, Company

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"I doing casual labor by the day. They wouldn't pay you until the next morning. There was a bar that would cash your check if you bought a beer first. A lot of guys never left until they'd drunk up all their money."

"I doing casual labor by the day. They wouldn't pay you until the next morning. There was a bar that would cash your check if you bought a beer first. A lot of guys never left until they'd drunk up all their money."

Fred Ward, American Actor

Money, Beer, Day, First

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"Mutual fund managers are trapped in this rather deadly vicious circle: the more successful they are, the more money flows into their mutual fund. Then, it is more difficult for them to beat the market averages or even to match their own past performance."

"Mutual fund managers are trapped in this rather deadly vicious circle: the more successful they are, the more money flows into their mutual fund. Then, it is more difficult for them to beat the market averages or even to match their own past performance."

Ron Chernow, American Author

Money, Successful, Performance, Managers

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"I didn't have any extra money. But I can't say that I had a hard early career."

"I didn't have any extra money. But I can't say that I had a hard early career."

Dabney Coleman, American Actor

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"But even with no money you could still go to places like the Scotch Club and, you know, John Lennon might be sitting right over there, but I was certainly not a part of any of that circle. I was truly peripheral."

"But even with no money you could still go to places like the Scotch Club and, you know, John Lennon might be sitting right over there, but I was certainly not a part of any of that circle. I was truly peripheral."

Donald Sutherland, Canadian Actor

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