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Money Quotes

"Money is always there but the pockets change; it is not in the same pockets after a change, and that is all there is to say about money."

"Money is always there but the pockets change; it is not in the same pockets after a change, and that is all there is to say about money."

Gertrude Stein, American Author

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"A wise person should have money in their head, but not in their heart."

"A wise person should have money in their head, but not in their heart."

Jonathan Swift, Irish Writer

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"I don't go near the money and the money doesn't go near me."

"I don't go near the money and the money doesn't go near me."

Peter Lynch, American Businessman

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"We do not have a revenue problem in D.C. or this county. We have a prioritization problem. When you create the priorities you fund the priorities of the country and you stop spending money when you get to zero."

"We do not have a revenue problem in D.C. or this county. We have a prioritization problem. When you create the priorities you fund the priorities of the country and you stop spending money when you get to zero."

Tim Scott, American Politician

Money, Country, Priorities

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"People think top singers are overpaid, but opera houses have a top fee, which is a good thing. Of course concerts are different- everyone wants to make as much money as possible."

"People think top singers are overpaid, but opera houses have a top fee, which is a good thing. Of course concerts are different- everyone wants to make as much money as possible."

Bryn Terfel, Welsh Musician

Money, People, Houses, Opera

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"You can have money piled to the ceiling but the size of your funeral is still going to depend on the weather."

"You can have money piled to the ceiling but the size of your funeral is still going to depend on the weather."

Chuck Tanner, American Athlete

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"Napster is essentially using the music to make money for themselves and that's the part that's both morally and legally wrong. That I think is more relevant than whether or not I'm losing money."

"Napster is essentially using the music to make money for themselves and that's the part that's both morally and legally wrong. That I think is more relevant than whether or not I'm losing money."

Hilary Rosen, American Businessman

Money, Music, Losing, Wrong

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"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

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"It's not worth it, it's not about money, especially when you're dealing with a culture. It should be about elevating the idea of what we are and who we are as people in the cinema, and that kind of stuff keeps dragging us back down."

"It's not worth it, it's not about money, especially when you're dealing with a culture. It should be about elevating the idea of what we are and who we are as people in the cinema, and that kind of stuff keeps dragging us back down."

Antoine Fuqua, American Director

Money, People, Idea, Cinema

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"I think that George Lucas' 'Star Wars' films are fantastic. What he's done, which I admire, is he has taken all the money and profit from those films and poured it into developing digital sound and surround sound, which we are using today."

"I think that George Lucas' 'Star Wars' films are fantastic. What he's done, which I admire, is he has taken all the money and profit from those films and poured it into developing digital sound and surround sound, which we are using today."

Peter Jackson, New Zealander Director

Money, Profit, Sound, Today

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"You can have your titular recognition. I'll take money and power."

"You can have your titular recognition. I'll take money and power."

Helen Gurley Brown, American Editor

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"You have to take a huge loss financially to do a play. You have to put aside the commercials and the speeches and the other things that put money on the table, and really save up to do it. And that's what I've done here. But it's worth it to me to be in a really good play."

"You have to take a huge loss financially to do a play. You have to put aside the commercials and the speeches and the other things that put money on the table, and really save up to do it. And that's what I've done here. But it's worth it to me to be in a really good play."

Dixie Carter, American Actor

Money, Loss, Play, Worth

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"In some industry markets, high quality can be tied to making more money, but I am sure by now all of us know the computer industry is not like that."

"In some industry markets, high quality can be tied to making more money, but I am sure by now all of us know the computer industry is not like that."

Theo de Raadt, South African Scientist

Money, Quality, Computer, Now

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"If we're going to spend more money, it should go to the soldiers, Marines, and airmen to increase their salaries."

"If we're going to spend more money, it should go to the soldiers, Marines, and airmen to increase their salaries."

David Hunt, English Politician

Money, Marines, Soldiers

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"The unique danger today is the possibility that we may face longer-term stagnation as a consequence of relying too heavily on borrowed money."

"The unique danger today is the possibility that we may face longer-term stagnation as a consequence of relying too heavily on borrowed money."

Mortimer Zuckerman, Canadian Publisher

Money, Possibility, Danger, May

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"I don't know the time frame exactly, but it's clear they're all going to want to start spending money again."

"I don't know the time frame exactly, but it's clear they're all going to want to start spending money again."

Andrew Gould, British Businessman

Money, Time, Want

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"Boxing is the only sport you can get your brain shook, your money took and your name in the undertaker book."

"Boxing is the only sport you can get your brain shook, your money took and your name in the undertaker book."

Joe Frazier, American Athlete

Money, Boxing, Name

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"If I thought I had hurt my chances of winning another major just because I was chasing money around, I'd wind up kicking myself."

"If I thought I had hurt my chances of winning another major just because I was chasing money around, I'd wind up kicking myself."

Mike Weir, Canadian Athlete

Money, Thought, Winning, Hurt

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"Like having your own licence to print money."

"Like having your own licence to print money."

Roy Thomson, Canadian Publisher

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"Wynton told us that Miles sold out, just wanted to make more money, just wanted to sell more records. I don't believe that Miles sold out but I'm not in a position to say."

"Wynton told us that Miles sold out, just wanted to make more money, just wanted to sell more records. I don't believe that Miles sold out but I'm not in a position to say."

Ken Burns, American Director

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"If you have more money than you need, you have to give it away. It's a duty. I get to choose whom to sponsor, and I like to give to the areas that I know something about."

"If you have more money than you need, you have to give it away. It's a duty. I get to choose whom to sponsor, and I like to give to the areas that I know something about."

Gordon Getty, American Businessman

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"The people who are making money are the ones who are writing and singing their own songs."

"The people who are making money are the ones who are writing and singing their own songs."

Jimmy Webb, American Composer

Money, People, Singing, Songs

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"You know, I wish the world well. I want Iraq to have democracy and the Haitians to have democracy. I want the people of Afghanistan to thrive. Lord knows, we spend enough money there to help them. What about people at home? Isn't that our first responsibility?"

"You know, I wish the world well. I want Iraq to have democracy and the Haitians to have democracy. I want the people of Afghanistan to thrive. Lord knows, we spend enough money there to help them. What about people at home? Isn't that our first responsibility?"

Barbara Boxer, American Politician

Money, People, Home, Afghanistan

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"The American Dream is really money."

"The American Dream is really money."

Jill Robinson, American Novelist

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"I don't see me doing $100 million films because $100 million films, the very nature of them, you need to offend as few people as possible just to make your money back."

"I don't see me doing $100 million films because $100 million films, the very nature of them, you need to offend as few people as possible just to make your money back."

Eriq La Salle, American Actor

Money, Nature, People

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"You can't get rid of poverty by giving people money."

"You can't get rid of poverty by giving people money."

P. J. O'Rourke, American Comedian

Money, People, Giving, Poverty

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"Money, like vodka, turns a person into an eccentric."

"Money, like vodka, turns a person into an eccentric."

Anton Chekhov, Russian Dramatist

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"We measured our success not just by how much money we made, but by how much we contributed to the community. It was a two-part bottom line."

"We measured our success not just by how much money we made, but by how much we contributed to the community. It was a two-part bottom line."

Jerry Greenfield, American Businessman

Money, Success, Community

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"I liked money more than going to school."

"I liked money more than going to school."

Norton Simon, American Businessman

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"I heard someone in opposition to reform last night criticize the president for saying it's their money. They said it's not their money; it's my mother's money. Well that's what's wrong with the system."

"I heard someone in opposition to reform last night criticize the president for saying it's their money. They said it's not their money; it's my mother's money. Well that's what's wrong with the system."

Johnny Isakson, American Politician

Money, Mother, Night, Opposition

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"With money, who needs friends?"

"With money, who needs friends?"

Frank Gorshin, American Actor

Money, Friends, Needs

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"The notion of making money by popular work, and then retiring to do good work, is the most familiar of all the devil's traps for artists."

"The notion of making money by popular work, and then retiring to do good work, is the most familiar of all the devil's traps for artists."

Logan Pearsall Smith, American Critic

Money, Work, Artists, Devil

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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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"Let us all be happy, and live within our means, even if we have to borrow the money to do it with."

"Let us all be happy, and live within our means, even if we have to borrow the money to do it with."

Charles Farrar Browne, American Writer

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"Many people take no care of their money till they come nearly to the end of it, and others do just the same with their time."

"Many people take no care of their money till they come nearly to the end of it, and others do just the same with their time."

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German Poet

Money, Time, People, Care

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"If a man works like a horse for his money, there are a lot of girls anxious to take him down the bridal path."

"If a man works like a horse for his money, there are a lot of girls anxious to take him down the bridal path."

Marty Allen, American Comedian

Money, Girls, Man

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"Taking Big Bird away from our five year olds, lunch money away from our ten year olds, job training programs away from our fifteen year olds, and college loans away from our twenty year olds is a disgrace."

"Taking Big Bird away from our five year olds, lunch money away from our ten year olds, job training programs away from our fifteen year olds, and college loans away from our twenty year olds is a disgrace."

John Murray, American Publisher

Money, College, Disgrace, Job

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"Give tax breaks to large corporations, so that money can trickle down to the general public, in the form of extra jobs."

"Give tax breaks to large corporations, so that money can trickle down to the general public, in the form of extra jobs."

Andrew Mellon, American Businessman

Money, Corporations, Tax, Jobs

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"I like being 35, I like having a bit of money to spend on music and useless gadgets. The net is providing new ways to communicate and cooperate that just didn't exist in the 80s."

"I like being 35, I like having a bit of money to spend on music and useless gadgets. The net is providing new ways to communicate and cooperate that just didn't exist in the 80s."

Malcolm Wilson, American Politician

Money, Music, Being

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"Success produces success, just as money produces money."

"Success produces success, just as money produces money."

Diane Ackerman, American Poet

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"I did a Broadway show with Alan Alda and how much money can Alan Alda have."

"I did a Broadway show with Alan Alda and how much money can Alan Alda have."

Alice Barrett, American Actress

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"I would rather take the role and work and make my own money and self respect than to have sex with someone who has a lot of money."

"I would rather take the role and work and make my own money and self respect than to have sex with someone who has a lot of money."

Kristy Swanson, American Actress

Money, Work, Sex, Respect

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"In suggesting gifts: Money is appropriate, and one size fits all."

"In suggesting gifts: Money is appropriate, and one size fits all."

William Randolph Hearst, American Publisher

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"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

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"I've never personally criticized anyone else's music, but I know that the public's real problem is not the music I make but the perception that I play simple music for money only and for the notoriety and to increase my popularity."

"I've never personally criticized anyone else's music, but I know that the public's real problem is not the music I make but the perception that I play simple music for money only and for the notoriety and to increase my popularity."

Kenny G, American Musician

Money, Music, Perception, Play

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"When you have a country that can boast that more than 95 percent of its eligible workforce is employed and pumping money back into economy, that's exceptionally good news, especially as we prepare to observe Labor Day."

"When you have a country that can boast that more than 95 percent of its eligible workforce is employed and pumping money back into economy, that's exceptionally good news, especially as we prepare to observe Labor Day."

J. D. Hayworth, American Politician

Money, Country, Day, Economy

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"We shall never get people whose time is money to take much interest in atoms."

"We shall never get people whose time is money to take much interest in atoms."

Samuel Butler, British Poet

Money, Time, People, Atoms

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"I gotta make money - it all tends to disappear in this field."

"I gotta make money - it all tends to disappear in this field."

Josh Brolin, American Actor

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"As soon as you take money for playing sport, it isn't sport, it's work."

"As soon as you take money for playing sport, it isn't sport, it's work."

Avery Brundage, American Athlete

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"The actors are in control, getting outrageous amounts of money. The reason they're getting this kind of money is because the studios don't know what else to do. They don't have a clue about what to do except to pay an actor a lot of money."

"The actors are in control, getting outrageous amounts of money. The reason they're getting this kind of money is because the studios don't know what else to do. They don't have a clue about what to do except to pay an actor a lot of money."

Peter Bogdanovich, American Director

Money, Control, Actor, Actors

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