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Money Quotes

"Every time a man expects, as he says, his money to work for him, he is expecting other people to work for him."

"Every time a man expects, as he says, his money to work for him, he is expecting other people to work for him."

Dorothy L. Sayers, British Author

Money, Time, Work, People

14

"And the Russians certainly don't have it. If a woman shows up in a fur coat, I just assume she's a crook. And that's me, the nice American. The assumption that you can't make money honestly is a killer."

"And the Russians certainly don't have it. If a woman shows up in a fur coat, I just assume she's a crook. And that's me, the nice American. The assumption that you can't make money honestly is a killer."

Esther Dyson, American Scientist

14

"Long made it possible for me to get on records, so what little money he did take from me, if any at all, he was entitled to it. He didn't take something from me."

"Long made it possible for me to get on records, so what little money he did take from me, if any at all, he was entitled to it. He didn't take something from me."

Brownie McGhee, American Musician

14

"Money won is twice as sweet as money earned."

"Money won is twice as sweet as money earned."

Paul Newman, American Actor

14

"I was always looking to record, but how much I actually pursued it was another thing. The major labels weren't that interested in me, and the smaller labels didn't have any money to do anything."

"I was always looking to record, but how much I actually pursued it was another thing. The major labels weren't that interested in me, and the smaller labels didn't have any money to do anything."

Dan Hicks, American Musician

14

"There are probably several hundred thousand if we narrow the definition to include only those who in their search for money and power are ruthless and deceitful."

"There are probably several hundred thousand if we narrow the definition to include only those who in their search for money and power are ruthless and deceitful."

Henry A. Wallace, American Vice President

14

"Unfaithfulness in the keeping of an appointment is an act of clear dishonesty. You may as well borrow a person's money as his time."

"Unfaithfulness in the keeping of an appointment is an act of clear dishonesty. You may as well borrow a person's money as his time."

Horace Mann, American Educator

Money, Time, Act, Dishonesty

14

"Money is better than poverty, if only for financial reasons."

"Money is better than poverty, if only for financial reasons."

Woody Allen, American Director

Money, Financial, Poverty

14

"There is no proletarian, not even a Communist movement, that has not operated in the interests of money, and for the time being permitted by money - and that without the idealists among its leaders having the slightest suspicion of the fact."

"There is no proletarian, not even a Communist movement, that has not operated in the interests of money, and for the time being permitted by money - and that without the idealists among its leaders having the slightest suspicion of the fact."

Oswald Spengler, German Philosopher

Money, Time, Being, Fact

14

"You have to follow every melodic line, every emotional idea, or you don't get your money's worth."

"You have to follow every melodic line, every emotional idea, or you don't get your money's worth."

Kristin Hersh, American Musician

Money, Idea, Worth

14

"One way we gave small businesses more money to invest was by extending tax provisions on expensing. This allows businesses to immediately write off things like equipment, without being burdened by depreciation requirements."

"One way we gave small businesses more money to invest was by extending tax provisions on expensing. This allows businesses to immediately write off things like equipment, without being burdened by depreciation requirements."

Dennis Hastert, American Politician

Money, Being, Tax

14

"Acting was something that just came along. But I made good money, so it wasn't something I was just going to put aside and pretend it didn't exist."

"Acting was something that just came along. But I made good money, so it wasn't something I was just going to put aside and pretend it didn't exist."

Kurt Russell, American Actor

14

"Prestige is the shadow of money and power."

"Prestige is the shadow of money and power."

C. Wright Mills, American Sociologist

Money, Power, Shadow

14

"Long Kiss Goodnight has a huge cult following. They could make another version of that movie right now and make a lot of money."

"Long Kiss Goodnight has a huge cult following. They could make another version of that movie right now and make a lot of money."

Samuel L. Jackson, American Actor

Money, Kiss, Now, Right

14

"What people forget is that every movie that gets made keeps making money for somebody FOREVER."

"What people forget is that every movie that gets made keeps making money for somebody FOREVER."

Dave Thomas, American Businessman

Money, People, Forget

14

"Sincerity: willingness to spend one's own money."

"Sincerity: willingness to spend one's own money."

Mason Cooley, American Writer

14

"Money can't buy happiness, but it can make you awfully comfortable while you're being miserable."

"Money can't buy happiness, but it can make you awfully comfortable while you're being miserable."

Clare Boothe Luce, American Dramatist

Money, Happiness, Being

14

"The money was good while it lasted. The best part was clearly that it changed my view of what's possible, as far as thinking how you can have an impact on a national level."

"The money was good while it lasted. The best part was clearly that it changed my view of what's possible, as far as thinking how you can have an impact on a national level."

Andrew Shue, American Actor

Money, Thinking

13

"I am fiercely loyal to those willing to put their money where my mouth is."

"I am fiercely loyal to those willing to put their money where my mouth is."

Paul Harvey, American Journalist

13

"I pity the French Cinema because it has no money. I pity the American Cinema because it has no ideas."

"I pity the French Cinema because it has no money. I pity the American Cinema because it has no ideas."

Jean-Luc Godard, French Director

Money, Ideas, American, Cinema

13

"I learned something from that. If someone asks me something that I really don't want to do, I say no. I have to trust that. And I'm not afraid to talk money."

"I learned something from that. If someone asks me something that I really don't want to do, I say no. I have to trust that. And I'm not afraid to talk money."

Diana Ross, American Actress

Money, Trust, Talk, Want

13

"They got married, they got divorced, and half their money goes out the window."

"They got married, they got divorced, and half their money goes out the window."

Suze Orman, American Author

13

"Mandatory minimums have been shown to be discriminatory and waste the taxpayers' money."

"Mandatory minimums have been shown to be discriminatory and waste the taxpayers' money."

Bobby Scott, American Politician

13

"Artists usually don't make all that much money, and they often keep their artistic hobby despite the money rather than due to it."

"Artists usually don't make all that much money, and they often keep their artistic hobby despite the money rather than due to it."

Linus Torvalds, Finnish Businessman

13

"I don't know how this guy knew how much money I was making. I didn't know how much money I was making."

"I don't know how this guy knew how much money I was making. I didn't know how much money I was making."

Bill Murray, American Actor

13

"The function of the press in society is to inform, but its role in society is to make money."

"The function of the press in society is to inform, but its role in society is to make money."

A. J. Liebling, American Journalist

Money, Society, Press

13

"Musician jokes are a kind of joke that usually have to do with how much money someone makes. Musicians are always starving, so they're really mean to each other about who makes what."

"Musician jokes are a kind of joke that usually have to do with how much money someone makes. Musicians are always starving, so they're really mean to each other about who makes what."

Jackson Browne, American Musician

Money, Jokes, Musicians

13

"I think the situation in Toronto is such that there are funding organizations which make it easy for a film to raise more money than it needs and very often that works against a film."

"I think the situation in Toronto is such that there are funding organizations which make it easy for a film to raise more money than it needs and very often that works against a film."

Atom Egoyan, Canadian Director

Money, Film, Needs

13

"We are going as fast as we can as soon as we can. We're in a race against time, until we run out of money."

"We are going as fast as we can as soon as we can. We're in a race against time, until we run out of money."

Jack Nicholson, American Actor

Money, Time, Race

13

"Wherever there's money, there's drugs, so to say drugs don't exist in the NBA would be stupid."

"Wherever there's money, there's drugs, so to say drugs don't exist in the NBA would be stupid."

Dennis Rodman, American Athlete

13

"So many people are working in vaudeville today that I looked for three weeks to book enough acts for an hour bill and didn't have them until the night before we opened in Buffalo and money was no object!"

"So many people are working in vaudeville today that I looked for three weeks to book enough acts for an hour bill and didn't have them until the night before we opened in Buffalo and money was no object!"

Edgar Bergen, American Actor

Money, People, Night, Today

13

"Not only should we be giving Amtrak the money it needs to continue to provide services; we should be providing security money to upgrade their tracks and improve safety and security measures in the entire rail system."

"Not only should we be giving Amtrak the money it needs to continue to provide services; we should be providing security money to upgrade their tracks and improve safety and security measures in the entire rail system."

Corrine Brown, American Politician

Money, Giving, Needs, Safety

13

"All I wanted to do was write - at the time, poems, and prose, too. I guess my ambition was simply to make money however I could to keep myself going in some modest way, and I didn't need much, I was unmarried at the time, no children."

"All I wanted to do was write - at the time, poems, and prose, too. I guess my ambition was simply to make money however I could to keep myself going in some modest way, and I didn't need much, I was unmarried at the time, no children."

Paul Auster, American Author

Money, Time, Ambition, Children

13

"Money, it turned out, was exactly like sex, you thought of nothing else if you didn't have it and thought of other things if you did."

"Money, it turned out, was exactly like sex, you thought of nothing else if you didn't have it and thought of other things if you did."

James A. Baldwin, American Author

Money, Sex, Thought, Nothing

13

"The system that enables the most people to earn the most success is free enterprise, by matching up people's skills, interests, and abilities. In contrast, redistribution simply spreads money around. Even worse, it attenuates the ability to earn success by perverting economic incentives."

"The system that enables the most people to earn the most success is free enterprise, by matching up people's skills, interests, and abilities. In contrast, redistribution simply spreads money around. Even worse, it attenuates the ability to earn success by perverting economic incentives."

Arthur C. Brooks, American Author

Money, Success, People, Ability

13

"I am the most loyal player money can buy."

"I am the most loyal player money can buy."

Don Sutton, American Athlete

13

"I grew up poor. I never had any money. I was a hobo, you know, ride the freights."

"I grew up poor. I never had any money. I was a hobo, you know, ride the freights."

Art Linkletter, American Journalist

13

"But I can tell you that the issue, on one side, boils down to money - a lot of money. And it boils down to people and their connections with this money, and that's the portion that, even with this book, has not been mentioned to this day."

"But I can tell you that the issue, on one side, boils down to money - a lot of money. And it boils down to people and their connections with this money, and that's the portion that, even with this book, has not been mentioned to this day."

Sibel Edmonds, American Public Servant

Money, People, Day

13

"I have ways of making money that you know nothing of."

"I have ways of making money that you know nothing of."

John D. Rockefeller, American Businessman

13

"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

13

"There is a serious defect in the thinking of someone who wants - more than anything else - to become rich. As long as they don't have the money, it'll seem like a worthwhile goal. Once they do, they'll understand how important other things are - and have always been."

"There is a serious defect in the thinking of someone who wants - more than anything else - to become rich. As long as they don't have the money, it'll seem like a worthwhile goal. Once they do, they'll understand how important other things are - and have always been."

Benjamin Jowett, English Theologian

Money, Goal, Thinking

13

"There's something deeply satisfying when it succeeds, but I'm not going to do another book just to put my name on something and make some money if it's not something I deeply care about."

"There's something deeply satisfying when it succeeds, but I'm not going to do another book just to put my name on something and make some money if it's not something I deeply care about."

John McEnroe, American Athlete

Money, Care, Name

13

"There is only one class in the community that thinks more about money than the rich, and that is the poor. The poor can think of nothing else."

"There is only one class in the community that thinks more about money than the rich, and that is the poor. The poor can think of nothing else."

Oscar Wilde, Irish Dramatist

Money, Class, Community, Nothing

13

"Money is 'limited' and people's demands are 'unlimited'."

"Money is 'limited' and people's demands are 'unlimited'."

Dada Bhagwan, Indian Spiritual Leader

Money, Truth, Wisdom, Regret, Power

13

"That's the biggest rule in Hollywood: Don't spend your own money."

"That's the biggest rule in Hollywood: Don't spend your own money."

Pauly Shore, American Comedian

12

"The one regret I have about my own abortions is that they cost money that might otherwise have been spent on something more pleasurable, like taking the kids to movies and theme parks."

"The one regret I have about my own abortions is that they cost money that might otherwise have been spent on something more pleasurable, like taking the kids to movies and theme parks."

Barbara Ehrenreich, American Writer

Money, Movies, Kids, Regret

12

"When you ain't got no money, you gotta get an attitude."

"When you ain't got no money, you gotta get an attitude."

Richard Pryor, American Actor

Money, Attitude

12

"The first money I ever earned was for drawing stone tools."

"The first money I ever earned was for drawing stone tools."

Mary Leakey, British Scientist

Money, First, Tools

12

"We had access to too much money, too much equipment, and little by little, we went insane."

"We had access to too much money, too much equipment, and little by little, we went insane."

Francis Ford Coppola, American Director

12

"I'm going to win so much money this year, my caddie will make the top twenty money winner's list."

"I'm going to win so much money this year, my caddie will make the top twenty money winner's list."

Lee Trevino, American Athlete

12

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