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Money Quotes


"I never thought to ever ask for money. I was so stupid."



"We were using the record as a tool to invest money into real estate all through the South, because we were living in an era where the South was changing."


"If you're a large corporation, you can afford to pay the money to register patents, but if you're an individual like me, you can't."


"Victor Saville was bad news because he wanted money just to do one big picture."



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


"Decline III, I funded myself, from the studio money. That, and I sold a lot of drugs. Kidding. Don't print that."


"I wrote the Brotherhood song for no money out of my deep feelings about humanity, and because I was flattered that whatever talents I had, had been recognized."


"But I feel that I have a responsibility to help the film and I have relations with the studio and with those who put up the money so that I can tell a story that I believe in."


"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."


"But if you don't enjoy doing something, you'll be miserable no matter how much money you make."


"It seems there's a sliding scale between the money they spend on a movie and its creativity."


"We do not have a money problem in America. We have a values and priorities problem."


"It is easy to be independent when you've got money. But to be independent when you haven't got a thing, that's the Lord's test."


"Ergo, because of the money problem, it is probable that our orchestras will soon go down in quality."


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


"After I got this job at the syndicate, I started sending them money so they could go on trips and do the things they could never afford to do. All the while, I never knew that my mother was socking money away."


"The safe way to double your money is to fold it over once and put it in your pocket."


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



"Hitting is the most important part of the game. It is where the big money is, where much of the status is, and the fan interest."



"I've never wanted to become a politician, an interior decorator, I've never wanted to speculate and make a load of money. I just wanted this."


"Money flows into the US, and inflates US assets, and allows the US to have a monstrous trade deficit. That means we are consuming more than we are producing."


"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."


"I was trying to spend it as quickly as possible. Because I'm so lazy, all that money created a block. I was flying around the world, staying at fancy hotels, having fun and trying to get rid of it as quickly as possible, so I could get on with some more work."


"If money was my only motivation, I would organize myself differently."


"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 make money because I have to pay for everything apart from my school fees. My mother even makes me pay my own telephone bill."


"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?"


"A fascist is one whose lust for money or power is combined with such an intensity of intolerance toward those of other races, parties, classes, religions, cultures, regions or nations as to make him ruthless in his use of deceit or violence to attain his ends."



"Disneyland is a work of love. We didn't go into Disneyland just with the idea of making money."


"And I have to say, I agree with some of the criticisms that some have made about that state program which allocates the grant money on a very rigid formula all across the country, with a certain percentage to each state."


"Look at Gleason in The Honeymooners. He was humorous but the way he lived wasn't really humorous. He was a bus driver. Who wants to be a bus driver? He didn't have any money and he was not famous. But despite that, the show is humorous."
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