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Money Quotes



"I firmly believe that the best way to stimulate our economy and create jobs is to let hard-working Americans keep more of their money - after all, the money belongs to them, not to Washington."


"If you have a lot of short-term debt, it means that all of that money can be demanded in a very short period of time. Technically, short-term debt means money that's coming due within a year. Typically, it means money that's coming due within 30 to 90 days."


"Many folks think they aren't good at earning money, when what they don't know is how to use it."


"That money talks, I'll not deny, I heard it once: It said, 'Goodbye'."


"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."


"No, I never thought about my father's money as my money."


"Neither money nor position can atone to me for low birth."


"I am not interested in money. I just want to be wonderful."


"I didn't have any extra money. But I can't say that I had a hard early career."


"Big media companies have lots of money and content, but they have no way to tap into a good base of users."


"I mean, I wasn't stupid. I knew we'd make money and sell a lot of Dune books."



"If I steal money from any person, there may be no harm done from the mere transfer of possession; he may not feel the loss, or it may prevent him from using the money badly. But I cannot help doing this great wrong towards Man, that I make myself dishonest."


"When a man says money can do anything, that settles it: he hasn't got any."


"Trying to take money out of politics is like trying to take jumping out of basketball."


"And also there wasn't much money in television in those days anyhow."



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


"I know of nothing more despicable and pathetic than a man who devotes all the hours of the waking day to the making of money for money's sake."


"Steven Spielberg and I have tremendous amounts of money."


"The record industry is still pissed off that other people are making money off their business, even if it promotes their products and increases their sales. I think they're still mad about radio."


"People assume I'm out there having this great life, but money doesn't erase the pain. When you're young you barrel through life, making choices without thinking of repercussions. A few years down the line, you wake up in a certain place and wonder how the hell you got there."



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



"I never deviated from my grim determination to someday have all the money I needed and wanted."


"Our main task is not to see that people of great wealth add to it, but that those without much money have a greater chance to earn some."


"I had seventeen No. 1 songs and I didn't see anything like that kind of money."


"So I felt, well, I'll make the money and, with the money, do what I want to do."



"I started doing a paper round when I was about 10. I started earning 10 pounds a week and then I was obsessed with earning money until I was about 15."


"Barack Obama has raised tons of money. That is what he means by being green."


"It's almost Armageddon if the Japanese and Chinese don't buy our debt. I don't know where we could get the money. I think we've let ourselves get in a terrible situation and I think we ought to try and get out of it."


"We made more money feeding molasses, urea, and corn cobs to cattle than we ever did feeding dent corn."


"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."


"No, I was pleased that it is possible for somebody who makes full disclosure as I've done, not only of the contributors, but also how the money is spent."


"Everyone knows we get paid a lot of money, so why pretend otherwise?"


"Because I don't take money, I'll go anywhere and do a benefit concert with almost any orchestra."
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