Quotes about money
money writing poetry
There's no money in poetry, but then there's no poetry in money, either. Robert Graves
money kings beggar
I would rather be a beggar and spend my money like a king, than be a king and spend money like a beggar. Robert Green Ingersoll
money believe helping-others
The first duty of man is to support himself - to see to it that he does not become a burden. His next duty is to help others if he has a surplus, and if he really believes they deserve to be helped. Robert Green Ingersoll
money ambition insanity
All should be taught that the highest ambition is to be happy, and to add to the well-being of others; that place and power are not necessary to success; that the desire to acquire great wealth is a kind of insanity. They should be taught that it is a waste of energy, a waste of thought, a waste of life, to acquire what you do not need and what you do not really use for the benefit of yourself or others. Robert Green Ingersoll
money character men
Millions of men give all their energies, as well as their very souls, for the acquisition of gold. And this will continue as long as society is ignorant enough and hypocritical enough to hold in high esteem the man of wealth without the slightest regard to the character of the man. . . . In judging of the rich, two things should be considered: How did they get it, and what are they doing with it? Was it honestly acquired? Is it being used for the benefit of mankind? Robert Green Ingersoll
money kings sunshine
We all know that men in moderate circumstances can have just as comfortable houses as the richest, just as comfortable clothing, just as good food. They can see just as fine paintings, just as marvelous statues, and they can hear just as good music. They can attend the same theaters and the same operas. They can enjoy the same sunshine, and above all, can love and be loved just as well as kings and millionaires. Robert Green Ingersoll
money jobs couple
Kazan was an old friend, I met him in 1938. He picked up radio jobs for eating money, so I met him on a couple of radio shows. Later on I was in a play he directed. Richard Widmark
money art stars
And no one shall work for money, and no one shall work for fame, But each for the joy of the working, and each, in his separate star, Shall draw the Thing as he sees It for the God of Things as They are! Rudyard Kipling
money lying ifs
But he couldn't lie if you paid him and he'd starve before he stole. Rudyard Kipling
money men yesterday
Keeping accounts, sir, is of no use when a man is spending his own money, and has nobody to whom he is to account. You won't eat less beef today because you have written down what it cost yesterday. Samuel Johnson
money men affluence
It is generally agreed, that few men are made better by affluence or exaltation. Samuel Johnson
money tree fruit
Sir, he throws away his money without thought and without merit. I do not call a tree generous that sheds its fruit at every breeze. Samuel Johnson
money men thinking
It is wonderful to think how men of very large estates not only spend their yearly income, but are often actually in want of money. It is clear, they have not value for what they spend. Samuel Johnson
money
Whatever you have spend less. Samuel Johnson
money home house
No money is better spent than what is laid out for domestic satisfaction. Samuel Johnson
money judging dont-judge-me
Don't judge me. I made a lot of money. Samantha Bee
money loses just-one
Everything you gather is just one that you can lose. Robert Hunter
money successful men
I don't care how rich and successful a man is. He's nothing without an education. Rodney Dangerfield
money-isnt-everything
Money isn't everything. I've got money and I've got everything, and they're not the same.
money liberty pay
The price we have to pay for money is sometimes liberty. Robert Louis Stevenson
money mean heart
Money alone is only a mean; it presupposes a man to use it. The rich man can go where he pleases, but perhaps please himself nowhere. He can buy a library or visit the whole world, but perhaps has neither patience to read nor intelligence to see.... The purse may be full and the heart empty. He may have gained the world and lost himself; and with all his wealth around him ... he may live as blank a life as any tattered ditcher. Robert Louis Stevenson
money goal computer
My goal wasn't to make a ton of money. It was to build good computers. Steve Wozniak
money invention humans
Money is only a human invention. Vanna Bonta
money purpose reason
Money is only a human invention. I get paid for my work, it's a system of trade, but it's not my purpose and reason for living. Vanna Bonta
money devil may
To possess money is very well; it may be a valuable servant; to be possessed by it is to be possessed by the devil, and one of the meanest and worst kind of devils. Tryon Edwards
money antigone world
Money: There's nothing in the world so demoralizing as money. Sophocles
money men cities
Surely there never was so evil a thing as money, which maketh cities into ruinous heaps, and banisheth men from their houses, and turneth their thoughts from good unto evil. Sophocles
money fear animal-intelligence
Advertising: the science of arresting the human intelligence long enough to get money from it. Stephen Leacock
money class enemy
Money can't buy friends, but you can get a better class of enemy. Spike Milligan
money saving chance
All I ask is the chance to prove that money can't make me happy. Spike Milligan
money people littles
People with little money seldom realize that people who have a lot of money are also frightened. ... If security is based on having money, it doesn't matter whether you have a little or a lot, you're going to be afraid. Shakti Gawain
money wealth lifetime
I have enough money to satisfy myself for a lifetime. Stevie Wonder
money attitude play
Playing for money, or adopting the attitude of one who plays for money, lowers the fever. Steven Pressfield