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Money Quotes


"In fact, the confidence of the people is worth more than money."



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


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


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


"I think that in a year I may retire. I cannot take my money with me when I die and I wish to enjoy it, with my family, while I live. I should prefer living in Germany to any other country, though I am an American, and am loyal to my country."


"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."


"When the Fugees were big, we made a whole lot of money, and what happened was that I saved my money and never spent it."


"I also don't like films that are made just to make money, no this kind of film I don't like."


"Prosperity is a way of living and thinking, and not just money or things. Poverty is a way of living and thinking, and not just a lack of money or things."


"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."


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


"Tens of billions of dollars could be saved in Medicare and Medicaid alone by eliminate fraud and improving patient care. Not only would this save money, but it will save lives."


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


"Money? How did I lose it? I never did lose it. I just never knew where it went."



"I've got all the money I'll ever need, if I die by four o'clock."


"I've never been driven by fame or money or anything like that. It's never been part of my psyche."


"Well, I called him and I said, Mr. Wright, what can I do? Universal offered me a contract $300 a week. He says take it. You'll never get that money from me."


"Half the money I spend on advertising is wasted; the trouble is, I don't know which half."


"The biases the media has are much bigger than conservative or liberal. They're about getting ratings, about making money, about doing stories that are easy to cover."


"I'm a big toy collector. I've been slowing down because my money's been tight, but I collect toys, too."


"Anyone who wants to sell you overnight success or wealth is not interested in your success; they are interested in your money."


"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."



"France is a place where the money falls apart in your hands but you can't tear the toilet paper."


"If Mr. Bush and Mr. Forbes don't get most of the votes, they should be arrested for wasting money."



"If leaders in the space program had at its beginning in the 1940s, pointed out the benefits to people on earth rather than emphasizing the search for proof of evolution in space, the program would have saved $100 billion in tax money and achieved greater results."



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


"Divorce is one of the most financially traumatic things you can go through. Money spent on getting mad or getting even is money wasted."



"Time and again we have learned that the best way to achieve growth and create jobs is for hardworking people to keep more of their own money in their own pockets."


"MoMA is doubling its space, and I decided to raise the money for it."



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