Money Quotes

"I was always interested in French poetry sort of as a sideline to my own work, I was translating contemporary French poets. That kind of spilled out into translation as a way to earn money, pay for food and put bread on the table"

Paul Auster, Author

"The first requisite of a sound monetary system is that it put the least possible power over the quantity or quality of money in the hands of the politicians"

Henry Hazlitt, Philosopher

"People first, then money, then things"

Suze Orman, Author

"One thing is that I wasn't getting booked that well, and they had control over who got the awards, they had control over who sold. And they really did not want Willie or me, either one, to have a hit record. They wanted the money, but they didn't want us to be the ones"

Waylon Jennings, Musician

"We're basically after Joe's beer money, and Joe likes his beer, so you better make sure that what you give him is at least as pleasurable to him as having his six-pack of beer would be"

Jerry Pournelle, Journalist

"The most popular labor-saving device is still money"

Phyllis George, Journalist

"I never turned down a movie because they wouldn't give me enough money"

Jason Patric, Actor

"Give tax breaks to large corporations, so that money can trickle down to the general public, in the form of extra jobs"

Andrew Mellon, Businessman

"Iraq has become, for better or for worse, the front on the war on terrorism, and so we've got to do this, and I can understand why congressmen and senators would take their responsibility seriously, but I think in the end we'll get the money"

Paul Bremer, Statesman

"All over London as one walks, one everywhere, in the season, sees oranges to sell; and they are in general sold tolerably cheap, one and even sometimes two for a halfpenny; or, in our money, threepence"

Karl Philipp Moritz, Author

"The whole profit of the issuance of money has provided the capital of the great banking business as it exists today"

Frederick Soddy, Scientist

"Money is sensual"

Jerry Stiller, Comedian

"Money is a kind of poetry"

Wallace Stevens, Poet

"If you can get some of the devil's money to use for the Lord's work, if you have to borrow it, it is all right and carry on the work"

John Harvey Kellogg, Businessman

"I never saved my money. Whenever I worked in the past, I would spend it on my family or my husbands"

Linda Evans, Actress

"Spare no expense to save money on this one"

Samuel Goldwyn, Producer

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

Jim Henson, Entertainer

"I realized how quickly you could eat up a lot of time and money if you weren't prepared"

Jim Messina, Musician

"When they look back on me I want 'em to remember me not for all my wives, although I've had a few, and certainly not for any mansions or high livin' money I made and spent. I want 'em to remember me simply for my music"

Jerry Lee Lewis, Musician

"The studios don't seem to foster good writing. They're not so interested in that, but they're more interested in what worked most recently. They're definitely very serious about making money, and that's not a wrong thing, but you don't have to make money the same way all the time"

Bill Murray, Actor

"I'd much rather see a world where, when you make some quirky comment on a blog or news story or you upload a video clip, instead of just a moment of fame for your pseudonym, you'll get 50 bucks. The first time that happens, you'll realise that you're a full-class citizen. You have the potential to make money from the system"

Jaron Lanier, Artist

"We went around and looked and talked to a lot of foundations with those charities and decided upon the Children's Hospital. They had a golf tournament at the time, but it was a small event that didn't raise a significant amount of money"

Tom Kite, Athlete

"Money doesn't buy class"

Kiana Tom, Model

"We pass bills authorizing improvements and grants. But when it comes time to pay for these programs, we'd rather put the country's money toward tax breaks for the wealthy than for police officers who are protecting our communities"

David E. Price, Politician

"I think we really feel like Crowdrise could be something that, 20 years from now, people take for granted because that's just how you do it, like if you're going to raise money for something, that's how you do it"

Edward Norton, Actor

"The Misfits pretty much funds the Misfits. It used to cost me money to be in the band. I think we got paid the last gig we ever did. After that, we had to work to support our families"

Jerry Only, Musician

"I suddenly realized that the fellow who didn't show up was getting about fifty-times more money than I was getting. So I thought, 'this is silly,' and became an actor. I certainly never thought I'd wind up in motion pictures. That was far beyond anything I'd ever dreamed of"

Glenn Ford, Actor

"Money is a strange business. People who haven't got it aim it strongly. People who have are full of troubles"

Ayrton Senna, Celebrity

"I really wish there was some big brother conspiracy theory. I just think it's the ignorance of trying to make a dollar. That's what the networks have done and will continue to do. If anyone doesn't think that this is about making money, then they're crazy"

Montel Williams, Entertainer

"I had more clothes than I had closets, more cars than garage space, but no money"

Sammy Davis, Jr., Entertainer

"Money is the worst currency that ever grew among mankind. This sacks cities, this drives men from their homes, this teaches and corrupts the worthiest minds to turn base deeds"

Sophocles, Author