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Money Quotes
"I know half the money I spend on advertising is wasted, but I can never find out which half."
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"I made a list of people who needed just a little bit of money. And when the list was complete, there were 42 names. The total amount of money they needed was $27. I was shocked."
74
"Prestige is the shadow of money and power."
73
"When money comes into play then that's all it's about wanting money, who's making the most who can get the most, me, me me... and in the end it screws up the person and the sport."
73
"Get that right, then- if you get the quality right, then the marketability or whatever; your ability to sell videos or your ability to earn money or whatever, will follow naturally. But try to be creatively lead rather than market lead. And that's important to me."
71
"The rich are always going to say that, you know, just give us more money and we'll go out and spend more and then it will all trickle down to the rest of you. But that has not worked the last 10 years, and I hope the American public is catching on."
70
"Money is in some respects life's fire: it is a very excellent servant, but a terrible master."
70
"You aren't wealthy until you have something money can't buy."
68
"An actress is not a machine, but they treat you like a machine. A money machine."
67
"Look, don't congratulate us when we buy a company, congratulate us when we sell it. Because any fool can overpay and buy a company, as long as money will last to buy it."
66
"Money is a poor man's credit card."
64
"Major labels blow all their money massively and blame it on the band."
64
"But the Americans have no extra money. They have their own problems. They can provide financial assistance for two, three, four, or six months at most."
64
"American corporations hate to give away money."
64
"Money tends to make people suspicious, if there's any money floating around."
63
"If you don't have integrity, you have nothing. You can't buy it. You can have all the money in the world, but if you are not a moral and ethical person, you really have nothing."
63
"Isn't it a shame that future generations can't be here to see all the wonderful things we're doing with their money?"
62
"In preparation for it, we need to have folks who are trained, we need facilities, equipment and supplies, that are going to be built into our society, and we are going to spend a lot of money on it."
62
"A billion here, a billion there, and pretty soon you're talking about real money."
61
"I always want to say to people who want to be rich and famous: 'try being rich first'. See if that doesn't cover most of it. There's not much downside to being rich, other than paying taxes and having your relatives ask you for money. But when you become famous, you end up with a 24-hour job."
60
"Liberals, it has been said, are generous with other peoples' money, except when it comes to questions of national survival when they prefer to be generous with other people's freedom and security."
59
"The greatest power is not money power, but political power."
58
"Money can't buy love, but it improves your bargaining position."
58
"I really don't like talking about money. All I can say is that the Good Lord must have wanted me to have it."
57
"Why waste money on psychotherapy when you can listen to the B Minor Mass?"
55
"You can take of a man's money, but when it's all said and done, you've only taken his money."
55
"People don't have time to wait for somebody to paint their portraits anymore. The money is in photography."
54
"The function of the press in society is to inform, but its role in society is to make money."
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