Quotes about money
money men animal
Man is a money-making animal, which propensity too often interferes with his benevolence. Herman Melville
money men tunnels
You may raise enough money to tunnel a mountain, but you cannot raise money enough to hire a man who is minding his own business. Henry David Thoreau
money men sometimes
Men will tell you sometimes that "money's hard." That shows it was not made to eat, I say.... Some of those who sank with the steamer the other day found out that money was heavy too. Henry David Thoreau
money taken men
If there were one who lived wholly without the use of money, the State itself would hesitate to demand it of him. But the rich man--not to make any invidious comparison--is always sold to the institution which makes him rich.... Thus his moral ground is taken from under his feet. Henry David Thoreau
money community pay
Those services which the community will most readily pay for, it is most disagreeable to render. Henry David Thoreau
money men independence
It is remarkable that there are few men so well employed, so much to their minds, but that a little money or fame would commonly buy them off from their present pursuit. Henry David Thoreau
money truth-is buried
The truth is, there is money buried everywhere, and you have only to go to work to find it. Henry David Thoreau
money permit difficult
It is difficult to begin without borrowing, but perhaps it is the most generous course thus to permit your fellowmen to have an interest in your enterprise. Henry David Thoreau
money men rich
The rich man is always sold to the institution which makes him rich. Absolutely speaking, the more money, the less virtue. Henry David Thoreau
money men one-in-a-million
Almost any man knows how to earn money, but not one in a million knows how to spend it. Henry David Thoreau
money may way
The way by which you may get money almost without exception leads downward. Henry David Thoreau
money wealth
The only wealth is life. Henry David Thoreau
money way score
Money is just a way of keeping score. H. L. Hunt
money years luxury
My clothes have always been expensive. Even though I have had a few lower-priced lines over the years, little by little everything I do tends toward the luxury market. Jean Paul Gaultier
money giving pursue
The money you have gives you freedom; the money you pursue enslaves you. Jean-Jacques Rousseau
money liberty slavery
The money that we possess is the instrument of liberty, that which we lack and strive to obtain is the instrument of slavery. Jean-Jacques Rousseau
money riches firsts
Money is the seed of money, and the first guinea is sometimes more difficult to acquire than the second million. Jean-Jacques Rousseau
money thinking drug
I think it's too bad that everybody's decided to turn on drugs, I don't think drugs are the problem. Crime is the problem. Cops are the problem. Money's the problem. But drugs are just drugs. Jerry Garcia
money more-money
Yes, they have more money. Ernest Hemingway
money scott-fitzgerald different
He remembered poor Julian [actually F. Scott Fitzgerald] and his romantic awe of them and how he had started a story once that began, "The very rich are different from you and me." And how someone had said to Julian, "Yes, they have more money." Ernest Hemingway
money children parent
When the history of guilt is written, parents who refuse their children money will be right up there in the Top Ten. Erma Bombeck
money comedian half
Half of the great comedians I've had in my shows and that I paid a lot of money to and who made my customers shriek were not only not funny to me, but I couldn't understand why they were funny to anybody. Florenz Ziegfeld
money jobs war
It's the Government's job to print the money, deliver the mail and declare war. Now give me my cigarettes. Florence King
money differences errors
Expenditure--like ugliness and errors--becomes a totally new thing when we attach our own personality to it, and measure it by that wide difference which is manifest (in our own sensations) between ourselves and others. George Eliot
money interesting more-money
The more money an American accumulates, the less interesting he becomes. Gore Vidal
money real
Thought, not money, is the real business capital... Harvey S. Firestone
money pay
Where's the great pay? Where's the travel? Where's the Winnebago, Goddamnit! Harold Ramis
money responsible taxes
I've been held responsible for taxes I know nothing about. James Brown
money wealth get-rich
From borrowing one gets poorer and from work one gets richer. Isaac Bashevis Singer
money vanity criticism
Flattery is a counterfeit money which, but for vanity, would have no circulation. Francois de La Rochefoucauld
money vanity giving
Flattery is a kind of bad money, to which our vanity gives us currency. Francois de La Rochefoucauld
money commitment dedication
That isn’t about money, fame, or power. It’s about will, dedication, commitment, and knowing your self-worth. You can be poor as dirt and have those traits. Money can’t buy you values. You just need to know what is important to you and then feel secure in your pursuit to achieve that. Jennifer Hudson
money
It's not that it's so good with money, but that it's so bad without it. George Sanders