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Money Quotes

"Money gives me pleasure all the time."

"Money gives me pleasure all the time."

Hilaire Belloc, English Poet

Money, Time, Pleasure

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"Money is in some respects life's fire: it is a very excellent servant, but a terrible master."

"Money is in some respects life's fire: it is a very excellent servant, but a terrible master."

P. T. Barnum, American Entertainer

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"The left is being funded primarily by the drug traffickers who provide this tax money and that's why the guerrillas in Colombia, unlike the guerrillas anywhere else in Latin America, have been able to survive for 40 years because they have a hard, solid source of income."

"The left is being funded primarily by the drug traffickers who provide this tax money and that's why the guerrillas in Colombia, unlike the guerrillas anywhere else in Latin America, have been able to survive for 40 years because they have a hard, solid source of income."

Alma Guillermoprieto, Mexican Journalist

Money, America, Being, Tax

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"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."

"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."

William F. Buckley, Jr., American Journalist

Money, People, Survival, Freedom

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"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."

"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."

Henry Kravis, American Businessman

Money, Integrity, Nothing, World

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"Until these college students came into town, we were all very poor and didn't have money to do anything."

"Until these college students came into town, we were all very poor and didn't have money to do anything."

Santiago Durango, American Musician

Money, College, Poor, Students

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"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."

"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."

Eduard Shevardnadze, Georgian Politician

Money, Financial, Americans, Months

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"Toots said to me, 'I gotta hand it to him, thought, when he got into the big money, he came by and handed me the cash, saying, 'Here's what I'm sure I owe you.'"

"Toots said to me, 'I gotta hand it to him, thought, when he got into the big money, he came by and handed me the cash, saying, 'Here's what I'm sure I owe you.'"

Audrey Meadows, American Actress

Money, Thought, Saying

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"I don't care half so much about making money as I do about making my point, and coming out ahead."

"I don't care half so much about making money as I do about making my point, and coming out ahead."

Cornelius Vanderbilt, American Businessman

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"Major labels blow all their money massively and blame it on the band."

"Major labels blow all their money massively and blame it on the band."

Bruce Dickinson, English Musician

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"If money help a man to do good to others, it is of some value; but if not, it is simply a mass of evil, and the sooner it is got rid of, the better."

"If money help a man to do good to others, it is of some value; but if not, it is simply a mass of evil, and the sooner it is got rid of, the better."

Swami Vivekananda, Indian Clergyman

Money, Evil, Help, Man

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"There are three easy ways of losing money - racing is the quickest, women the most pleasant, and farming the most certain."

"There are three easy ways of losing money - racing is the quickest, women the most pleasant, and farming the most certain."

Lord Amherst, British Soldier

Money, Women, Losing, Racing

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"I turned down twelve films last year... Huge money films, but I had no respect for the writer or the work."

"I turned down twelve films last year... Huge money films, but I had no respect for the writer or the work."

Shia LaBeouf, American Actor

Money, Work, Respect, Writer

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"I think I'd like to contribute to society in some way. I don't know what that might be. Right now, I just sort of give bums money on the street."

"I think I'd like to contribute to society in some way. I don't know what that might be. Right now, I just sort of give bums money on the street."

Isabelle Kuprin, Russian Artist

Money, Society, Now, Right

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"If nothing else, I have money."

"If nothing else, I have money."

Bjork, Icelandic Musician

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"Prestige is the shadow of money and power."

"Prestige is the shadow of money and power."

C. Wright Mills, American Sociologist

Money, Power, Shadow

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"The whole year I was in LA I got into telemarketing and learned how to make money. Five years later that skill helped me make my first film."

"The whole year I was in LA I got into telemarketing and learned how to make money. Five years later that skill helped me make my first film."

Vin Diesel, American Actor

Money, Film, First, Skill

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"Money is a poor man's credit card."

"Money is a poor man's credit card."

Marshall McLuhan, Canadian Sociologist

Money, Credit, Man, Poor

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"I know half the money I spend on advertising is wasted, but I can never find out which half."

"I know half the money I spend on advertising is wasted, but I can never find out which half."

John Wanamaker, American Businessman

Money, Advertising

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"Money, again, has often been a cause of the delusion of the multitudes. Sober nations have all at once become desperate gamblers, and risked almost their existence upon the turn of a piece of paper."

"Money, again, has often been a cause of the delusion of the multitudes. Sober nations have all at once become desperate gamblers, and risked almost their existence upon the turn of a piece of paper."

Charles Mackay, British Poet

Money, Cause, Delusion, Existence

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"Isn't it a shame that future generations can't be here to see all the wonderful things we're doing with their money?"

"Isn't it a shame that future generations can't be here to see all the wonderful things we're doing with their money?"

Earl Wilson, American Journalist

Money, Future, Generations, Shame

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"If a nation values anything more than freedom, it will lose its freedom, and the irony of it is that if it is comfort or money that it values more, it will lose that too."

"If a nation values anything more than freedom, it will lose its freedom, and the irony of it is that if it is comfort or money that it values more, it will lose that too."

W. Somerset Maugham, British Playwright

Money, Values, Comfort, Freedom

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"I really don't like talking about money. All I can say is that the Good Lord must have wanted me to have it."

"I really don't like talking about money. All I can say is that the Good Lord must have wanted me to have it."

Larry Bird, American Coach

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"People first, then money, then things."

"People first, then money, then things."

Suze Orman, American Author

Money, People, First

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"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."

"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."

Henry Kravis, American Businessman

Money, Company, Fool, Will

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"Libya has had to put up with too much from the Arabs for whom it has poured forth both blood and money."

"Libya has had to put up with too much from the Arabs for whom it has poured forth both blood and money."

Muammar al Gaddafi, Libyan Leader

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"The last thing you want to do, unless it's a very unusual situation, is to invest money."

"The last thing you want to do, unless it's a very unusual situation, is to invest money."

John Kluge, German Businessman

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"I didn't make any money from my writing until much later. I published about 80 stories for nothing. I spent on literature."

"I didn't make any money from my writing until much later. I published about 80 stories for nothing. I spent on literature."

Naguib Mahfouz, Egyptian Novelist

Money, Literature, Nothing, Writing

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"This idea of trying to repeat a success doesn't interest me. It's only really done to make money."

"This idea of trying to repeat a success doesn't interest me. It's only really done to make money."

Agnetha Faltskog, Swedish Musician

Money, Success, Idea, Interest

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"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."

"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."

Bill Murray, American Actor

Money, People, Being, End

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"Listen to the lyrics - we're singing about everyday life: rich people trying to keep money, poor people tying to get it, and everyone having trouble with their husband or wife!"

"Listen to the lyrics - we're singing about everyday life: rich people trying to keep money, poor people tying to get it, and everyone having trouble with their husband or wife!"

Buddy Guy, American Musician

Money, HusbPeople, Poor, Singing

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"You aren't wealthy until you have something money can't buy."

"You aren't wealthy until you have something money can't buy."

Garth Brooks, American Musician

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"We have the right as individuals to give away as much of our own money as we please in charity; but as members of Congress we have no right to appropriate a dollar of the public money."

"We have the right as individuals to give away as much of our own money as we please in charity; but as members of Congress we have no right to appropriate a dollar of the public money."

Davy Crockett, American Explorer

Money, Charity, Congress, Public

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"No, not rich. I am a poor man with money, which is not the same thing."

"No, not rich. I am a poor man with money, which is not the same thing."

Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Colombian Novelist

Money, Man, Poor

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"Money is just a way of keeping score."

"Money is just a way of keeping score."

H. L. Hunt, American Businessman

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"A little thought and a little kindness are often worth more than a great deal of money."

"A little thought and a little kindness are often worth more than a great deal of money."

John Ruskin, English Writer

Money, Thought, Kindness, Worth

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"An actress is not a machine, but they treat you like a machine. A money machine."

"An actress is not a machine, but they treat you like a machine. A money machine."

Marilyn Monroe, American Actress

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"We have already significant sums of money in our petroleum fund, a fund created by law that includes all the revenues received from the Timor Sea, and invests in conservative, safe, long-term investment portfolios - right now in US Treasury Bonds."

"We have already significant sums of money in our petroleum fund, a fund created by law that includes all the revenues received from the Timor Sea, and invests in conservative, safe, long-term investment portfolios - right now in US Treasury Bonds."

Jose Ramos Horta, East Timorese Politician

Money, Conservative, Investment, Law

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"If you make money your god, it will plague you like the devil."

"If you make money your god, it will plague you like the devil."

Henry Fielding, English Novelist

Money, God, Devil, Will

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"The only reason I'm in Hollywood is that I don't have the moral courage to refuse the money."

"The only reason I'm in Hollywood is that I don't have the moral courage to refuse the money."

Marlon Brando, American Actor

Money, Courage, Hollywood, Reason

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"Fame was thrilling only until it became grueling. Money was fun only until you ran out of things to buy."

"Fame was thrilling only until it became grueling. Money was fun only until you ran out of things to buy."

Gloria Swanson, American Actress

Money, Fame, Fun

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"A bank is a place that will lend you money if you can prove that you don't need it."

"A bank is a place that will lend you money if you can prove that you don't need it."

Bob Hope, American Comedian

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"Success isn't measured by money or power or social rank. Success is measured by your discipline and inner peace."

"Success isn't measured by money or power or social rank. Success is measured by your discipline and inner peace."

Mike Ditka, American Coach

Money, Peace, Power, Success

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"Yeah, if someone's selling downloads and collecting money for our songs I would be unhappy about that but if they're trading it I don't mind, obviously if I make a thousand records or CDs or whatever, I like to sell a thousand."

"Yeah, if someone's selling downloads and collecting money for our songs I would be unhappy about that but if they're trading it I don't mind, obviously if I make a thousand records or CDs or whatever, I like to sell a thousand."

Ian MacKaye, American Musician

Money, Selling, Mind, Songs

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"A billion here, a billion there, and pretty soon you're talking about real money."

"A billion here, a billion there, and pretty soon you're talking about real money."

Everett Dirksen, American Politician

Money, Pretty, Talking

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"For me the greatest source of income is still movies. Nothing - stocks, financial speculation, real estate speculation or businesses - makes more money for me than making movies."

"For me the greatest source of income is still movies. Nothing - stocks, financial speculation, real estate speculation or businesses - makes more money for me than making movies."

Jackie Chan, Chinese Actor

Money, Movies, Financial, Income

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"We will not lose this election for lack of money."

"We will not lose this election for lack of money."

Ed Rendell, American Politician

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"God help me if I ever do another movie with an explosion in it. If you see me in a movie where stuff is exploding you'll know I've lost all my money."

"God help me if I ever do another movie with an explosion in it. If you see me in a movie where stuff is exploding you'll know I've lost all my money."

Ben Affleck, American Actor

Money, God, Help

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"I still treat every job as if I might never get hired again as far as the way I save money and live really modestly."

"I still treat every job as if I might never get hired again as far as the way I save money and live really modestly."

James Denton, American Actor

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"Labour was the first price, the original purchase - money that was paid for all things. It was not by gold or by silver, but by labour, that all wealth of the world was originally purchased."

"Labour was the first price, the original purchase - money that was paid for all things. It was not by gold or by silver, but by labour, that all wealth of the world was originally purchased."

Adam Smith, Scottish Economist

Money, Wealth, First, Gold

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