Famous Quotes & Sayings

Milton Berle

It's amazing how fast later comes when you buy now!

Milton Friedman

Inflation is taxation without legislation.

H. G. Wells

Welles and I differed, however, in our interpretation of the results of the Munich Conference, he being optimistic, I skeptical. In a radio address on October 3, several days after the conference, in which he described the steps taken by the United States Government just prior to Munich, he said that today, perhaps more than at any time during the past two decades, there was presented the opportunity for the establishment by the nations of the world of a new world order based upon justice and upon law. It seemed to me that the colors in the picture were much darker.

H. L. Mencken

The most valuable of all human possessions, next to a superior and disdainful air, is the reputation of being well-to-do.

H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

No matter how hard you hug your money, it never hugs back.

George Herbert

Patience, time and money accommodate all things.

Gene Fowler

A man who makes a one-dollar profit on his expense account is dishonest. A man who loses five cents on one is a damned fool.

Gertrude Stein

It is very funny about money. The thing that differentiates man from animals is money. All animals have the same emotions and the same ways as men. Anybody who has lots of animals around knows that. But the thing no animal can do is count, and the thing no animal can know is money.

Gertrude Stein

When moneys in a purse in my own pocket / It means wealth ...

Gertrude Stein

More and more I am certain that the only difference between man and animals is that men can count and animals cannot and if they count they mostly do count money ...

Gertrude Stein

When you earn it and spend it you do know the difference between three dollars and a million dollars, but when you say it and vote it, it all sounds the same.

Gertrude Stein

Money is always there but the pockets change.

I don't like to be too critical, but he took money from nursing homes,

Jim Thorpe

I don't like it when people try to take advantage. Now I'm only going to spend money on my wife and daughter.

Matt Holliday

I don't like the idea of 'I've played nine years, I've made some All-Star teams, I make the most money. I've got to be a leader.' That doesn't make you a leader. Treating people the right way is more important.

I don't like to work and make money. I like to volunteer; it's more rewarding.

I do anything for money now a days.

I do not get money from him, but I would not refuse such money, ... only $10,000 and 5,500 euros from foreigners.

John Gutfreund

I am more rich in goods than I am in money.

Hunter S. Thompson

I have no taste for either poverty or honest labor, so writing is the only recourse left for me

Hume Cronyn

I'm going to teach you to HATE spending money.

Humphrey Bogart

The only point in making money is, you can tell some big shot where to go.

Honore de Balzac

Those who spend too fast never grow rich.

Honore de Balzac

Rich women need not fear old age; their gold can always create about them any feelings necessary to their happiness.

Honore de Balzac

To lese-majeste and contempt of court, we must add the crime of lese-million, that fearful indignity we visit on the rich when we expose the impotence of gold.

Francis Quarles

Money is both the generation and corruption of purchased honor; honor is both the child and slave of potent money: the credit which honor hath lost, money hath found. When honor grew mercenary, money grew honorable. The way to be truly noble is to contemn both.

Horace Walpole

The contempt of money is no more a virtue than to wash one's hand is one; but one does not willingly shake hands with a man that never washes his.

Horace

Get money; by just means. if you can; if not, still get money.

Horace

Money, as it increases, becomes either the master or the slave of ts owner.

Horace

Money is to be sought for first of all; virtue after wealth. [Lat., Quaerenda pecunia primum est; virtus post nummos.]

Horace

Money, make money; by honest means if you can; if not, by any means make money. [Lat., Rem facias rem, Recte si possis, si non, quocumque modo rem.]

Horace

Of what use is a fortune to me, if I cannot use it? [Lat., Quo mihi fortunam, si non conceditur uti?]

Horace

All powerful money gives birth and beauty. [Lat., Et genus et formam regina pecunia donat.]