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Money Quotes



"Remember the Tea Party movement didn't get started in September of 2008 when the bank bailout was passed. It really began on Feb. 19th, 2009 when a television commentator named Rick Santelli stood up and said what the hell are we doing bailing out people who couldn't afford a mortgage by taking money from people like me who are prudent?"


"There's only one thing money won't buy, and that is poverty."


"My theory about creativity is that the more money one has, the more creative one can be."


"I'm proud to pay taxes in the United States; the only thing is, I could be just as proud for half the money."


"I think they got caught up in how much money they could get from each of the city governments as far as tax rebates. But that stuff works when you make money. It's a little bit phantom money."


"I don't make deals for the money. I've got enough, much more than I'll ever need. I do it to do it."


"All studio movies are the middle of the Bell curve. The only way to do something is to do it yourself. And the only way to do that is to not take any money from anyone or take as little money as possible from anyone and that's it."


"It's actually great to shoot far away from Hollywood because we don't have the distractions of the parties and premieres and all that. And, of course, you can save money - there are no good shoe stores."


"I would have preferred to be successful here with a piece that cost me a huge amount of money and effort... rather than sending to Bohemia some ordinary works."


"There is a basic lesson on financial crises that governments tend to wait too long, underestimate the risks, want to do too little. And it ultimately gets away from them, and they end up spending more money, causing much more damage to the economy."


"The only way I'd have gone was if it would better my career, I would not have gone just for the money. The point was to go to a club that could win trophies."


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


"As a society we're always so quick and able to spend money on lawyers for someone for incarceration, but we don't make the corresponding commitment to the preventative components of it."


"Our schools should get five years to get back to where they were in 1963. If they're still bad maybe we should declare educational bankruptcy, give the people their money and let them educate themselves and start their own schools."


"You can take of a man's money, but when it's all said and done, you've only taken his money."


"Essentially, when we run a deficit, we are borrowing money to buy things that are made overseas."


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


"They're still considered Olympic eligibles, so there's never an issue whether they're going to turn pro or not. When they get to that level, money is never an issue. They make so much money now."



"Our blood will turn from red to blue, although our money is but new."


"I made a small fortune. I made a lot of money and I made a lot of other people wealthy."


"The money part is one of the most difficult things. Coppola always said I should do a tango movie. If it hadn't been for him, I don't know where we would have gotten the money."



"Money will never make you happy and happy will never make you money."


"I don't think the schools are getting as much money as they should."
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