Money Quotes

"Money and women. They're two of the strongest things in the world. The things you do for a woman you wouldn't do for anything else. Same with money"

Satchel Paige, Athlete

"I have no money, no resources, no hopes. I am the happiest man alive"

Henry Miller, Writer

"If you real desire is to be good, there is no need to wait for the money before you do it; you can do it now, this very moment, and just where you are"

James Allen, Author

"Money is the root of all evil, and yet it is such a useful root that we cannot get on without it any more than we can without potatoes"

Louisa May Alcott, Novelist

"People don't have fortunes left them in that style nowadays; men have to work and women to marry for money. It's a dreadfully unjust world"

Louisa May Alcott, Novelist

"Money may not buy happiness, but it can damn well give it!"

Freddie Mercury, Musician

"If you don't want to work you have to work to earn enough money so that you won't have to work"

Ogden Nash, Poet

"Certainly there are things in life that money can't buy, but it's very funny - Did you ever try buying then without money?"

Ogden Nash, Poet

"As I have said for many years throughout this land, we're borrowing money from China to buy oil from the Persian Gulf to burn it in ways that destroy the future of human civilization. Every bit of that has to change"

Al Gore, Vice President

"The money can be a hindrance to someone like me because the danger is that you start thinking, 'Is that a $20 million take?' That kind of thing, and being self-critical"

Jim Carrey, Comedian

"That's the trouble with being me. At this point, nobody gives a damn what my problem is. I could literally have a tumor on the side of my head and they'd be like, 'Yeah, big deal. I'd eat a tumor every morning for the kinda money you're pulling down.'"

Jim Carrey, Comedian

"I refuse to feel guilty. I feel guilty about too much in my life but not about money. I went through periods when I had nothing, so somebody in my family has to get stinkin' wealthy"

Jim Carrey, Comedian

"Those who are of the opinion that money will do everything may reasonably be expected to do everything for money"

Edward F. Halifax, Statesman

"The money will go but the trophies will always be there"

Phil Heath, Athlete

"I don't spend a lot of money on myself, really"

Liam Hemsworth, Actor

"Honestly, I'm not an extravagant person; I don't spend a lot of money"

Liam Hemsworth, Actor

"Success is not just about money, it's about a way of life. It's about having a positive impact on the people around you"

Puff Daddy, Musician

"We are in the midst of a mass extinction, and all you can talk about is money and fairy tales of eternal economic growth"

Greta Thunberg, Environmentalist

"There's only one thing money won't buy, and that is poverty"

Joe E. Lewis, Comedian

"The rule is not to talk about money with people who have much more or much less than you"

Katherine Whitehorn, Journalist

"The only thing money gives you is the freedom of not worrying about money"

Johnny Carson, Comedian

"I'm trying to make enough money where I can be financially independent and be able to go and just pursue that thing that everybody really needs, just pursue my family and the cause of my family"

Terrence Howard, Actor

"A billion here, a billion there, and pretty soon you're talking about real money"

Everett Dirksen, Politician

"I think those who invest in mutual funds want someone else to do the thinking for them. But the fact that they can move the money around the family of mutual funds just through a phone call lets them feel that they can play tycoons"

Ron Chernow, Author

"This is odd, but there are certain things that are really embarrassing to talk about - one is my job and the success that I've had in it, and the other is money"

Rick Moody, Novelist

"A little wanton money, which burned out the bottom of his purse"

Thomas More, Author

"I'm not a money manager, but I can tell you what the conventional wisdom is. The younger you are, the more risk you can take on"

Maria Bartiromo, Journalist

"A lot of people love Oreos. So their manufacturer is making money. That means more dividends for shareholders"

Maria Bartiromo, Journalist

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

Taylor Caldwell, Author

"My work has also motivated me to put a lot of time into seeking out good food and to spend more money on it"

Michael Pollan, Educator

"And I have to say, I agree with some of the criticisms that some have made about that state program which allocates the grant money on a very rigid formula all across the country, with a certain percentage to each state"

Michael Chertoff, Public Servant

"I've always thought anyone can make money. Making a life worth living, that's the real test"

Robert Fulghum, Author

"Hollywood executives believe that money is both the be-all and end-all to the moviemaking process"

Leonard Maltin, Critic

"You know, if you look back in the 1930s, the money went to infrastructure. The bridges, the municipal buildings, the roads, those were all built with stimulus money spent on infrastructure. This stimulus bill has fundamentally gone, started out with a $500 rebate check, remember. That went to buy flat-screen TVs made in China"

Michael Bloomberg, Politician

"I probably wouldn't have done as many as I did in one year, which I did when I was trying to raise money"

John Sayles, Director

"When money follows results - we will get more results for our money"

Bob Riley, Politician

"The amount of money we spend on education is important, but not nearly as important as how the money is spent"

Bob Riley, Politician

"Government is just spending too much money"

Bob Schaffer, Politician

"Much ingenuity with a little money is vastly more profitable and amusing than much money without ingenuity"

Arnold Bennett, Novelist

"I enjoyed the Hee Haw people, but from 1980 on I didn't enjoy it and thought about leavin', and thought, hell, it's an easy job and pays wonderful. I kinda just prostituted myself for their money"

Buck Owens, Musician

Page 14 of 57