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Money Quotes


"Words are the counters of wise men, and the money of fools."


"I think people expect mud at festivals, I think you'd be asking for your money back if you didn't get it."


"I've seen the ticket, and I still can't believe it. When I see the money, I hope I don't hit the floor."


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


"We worked for 11 years to get where we are today, and I want to take our work seriously so that later on I'll be able to appreciate the money we've made."


"Money's not important to me. Movie star acknowledgement is not important to me. I don't want to be a big studio actress. I don't want to be in the limelight."


"The metropolis has always been the seat of the money economy."


"It doesn't matter whether you are rich or poor - as long as you've got money."


"I played professional level sports. When you're playing for money, it's a whole other level."


"I never have to this day, because my money is the money I earn."


"The circulation of confidence is better than the circulation of money."


"Don't try to start a career in LA, unless money is all you're interested in."


"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."



"It is not worth having a burden about money. One breathes a sigh of relief when he deposits money in the bank but becomes unhappy when the money is gone. There is nothing in this world worth being relieved about because it is all temporary."


"Much ingenuity with a little money is vastly more profitable and amusing than much money without ingenuity."


"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."



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


"There are two things people want more than sex and money... recognition and praise."


"It's a little weird exchanging pictures for money. You know what I mean. It makes me a little uncomfortable."



"Always try to rub up against money, for if you rub up against money long enough, some of it may rub off on you."


"The most important thing however is the money. What use would it be to us, to have a a mighty stadium but a useless team, because we couldn't afford anything better?"



"Right now we think that rates will stay low, that you'll be able to get a mortgage below seven percent and that's kicked off a refinance boom that's going to put more money in the pockets of consumers."


"In Latin America, you don't do things for the money because there is no money."


"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."


"The best way to make a silk purse from a sow's ear is to begin with a silk sow. The same is true of money."


"In fact, I had a series of offers which would have brought me a lot of money to make films and package TV programs. There were people who said to me, we'll put a million dollars in your bank account tomorrow, which is a hard thing to turn down."


"Prices are important not because money is considered paramount but because prices are a fast and effective conveyor of information through a vast society in which fragmented knowledge must be coordinated."


"Nowadays, there are sometimes more producers than there are people in the cast, because it takes that much money to put a show on."


"All I ask is the chance to prove that money can't make me happy."


"The professional arsonist builds vacant lots for money."


"Music is a hobby, because I'm not making any money out of it, but I put just as much conviction into that as I do into my acting."
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