Money & Finance: Money Quotes

"Residuals from Australia, from the Mission Magic show, saved my butt. So there is a reason for everything"

Rick Springfield, Musician

"Folks in the bottom half of the economy are already squeezed hard. They will be bloodied and bankrupt if economic policy inadvertently induces a recession"

William Greider, Author

"Men seem to think that page 3 girls are only interested in money. Money doesn't impress me at all. Not in the slightest!"

Katie Price, Model

"In 1973, America imported 30 percent of its crude oil needs. Today, that number has doubled to more than 60 percent. Gas prices are as high as they are now in part because we've had no comprehensive national energy policy for the past few decades"

Gary Miller, Politician

"If US per capita income continues to grow at a rate of 1.5 percent a year, the country will have plenty of money to finance comfortable retirements and high-quality healthcare for all citizens, including those at the bottom of the wage ladder"

William Greider, Author

"Nobody in this country realizes that cap-and-trade is a tax - and it's a great big one"

John Dingell, Politician

"After the last two years of springtime gas price spikes, nearly everyone in Southeast Wisconsin understands that something is wrong with our gasoline regulation and supply system"

Jim Sensenbrenner, Politician

"I haven't sold to the movies. In other words, I haven't gotten any enormous checks yet"

Jack Vance, Author

"Anything that's done to address unemployment in terms of massive stimulus spending is going to exacerbate deficits. And anything that's done to address deficits in the short-term is going to exacerbate unemployment"

Indra Nooyi, Businessman

"If a man were living in isolation, his income would be literally his product. Make him the monarch and owner of an island, and the fruits that he raises and the clothing that he makes constitute, in themselves, his income. This ceases to be true when trading begins"

John Bates Clark, Economist

"Today more than 20,000 communities participate in the National Flood Insurance Program. More than 90 insurance companies sell and service flood service insurance. There are more than four million policies covering the total of $800 billion"

Gary Miller, Politician

"In a world awash in debt, power shifts to creditors"

Fareed Zakaria, Journalist

"Credit buying is much like being drunk. The buzz happens immediately and gives you a lift... The hangover comes the day after"

Joyce Brothers, Psychologist

"The price of crude oil accounts for 55 percent of the price of a gallon of gasoline, driven by global supply and demand. The United States depends on foreign sources of oil for 62 percent of our nation's supply. By 2010, this is projected to jump to 75 percent"

Gary Miller, Politician

"Time and again, we have learned that the best way to achieve growth and create jobs is for hardworking people to keep more of their own money in their own pockets"

Chris Chocola, Politician

"The fact is that one of the earliest lessons I learned in business was that balance sheets and income statements are fiction, cash flow is reality"

Chris Chocola, Politician

"I will never be able to create a budget from scratch with the amount of time that I have, but my instructions remain the same: Give me a budget that has no new revenue"

Christine Gregoire, Politician

"You've got to either say you're going to cut taxes and find some spending cuts. I think we ought to reform long-term entitlement spending in the country, but you can't out of one side of your mouth say, 'Yes, we're for tax cuts, we're for spending discipline, and we're for bringing down the debt.'"

Harold Ford, Politician

"We added Medicare Part D to a system facing bankruptcy and gave no thought to means testing it"

Bob Inglis, Politician

"The Kyoto treaty has an estimated cost of between US$150 and $350 billion a year, starting in 2010"

Bjorn Lomborg, Scientist

"With the Supremes, I made so much money so fast, all I wanted to do was buy clothes and pretty things. Now I'm comfortable with money and it's comfortable with me"

Diana Ross, Actress

"Mike Tyson has been given every penny he has coming"

Don King, Celebrity

"I suppose that one of the reasons I wrote "In Contempt" was because of the money. After the trial I came to realize that there were things that I needed to do if I was to protect myself and my family, so there were some selfish reasons for it"

Christopher Darden, Lawyer

"Having said that, I believe we must not compound the natural disaster of Katrina by creating a fiscal disaster in Congress - it is our duty to ensure that we reign in other government spending in any event, and especially in this time of national emergency"

Chris Chocola, Politician

"This year, I hope to introduce legislation that would require Power Administrations to list direct and indirect costs associated with ESA compliance as a line item on customer's power bills"

Cathy McMorris, Politician

"While some sit on the sidelines and fail to offer any practical solutions to address high gas prices now, the House is once again taking action to meet the energy needs of the American people"

Dave Reichert, Politician

"It is a sin to be poor"

Charles Fillmore, Educator

"All peoples are entangled in the net of the world market"

C. L. R. James, Journalist

"Money makes life easier, but I don't want to be rich, not at all"

Cathy Freeman, Athlete

"For far too long, America has been without a comprehensive energy plan, and today consumers are paying the price - literally - at the pump and in their heating bills"

Chris Chocola, Politician

"I think that when we look out with our underfunded liabilities and our national debt over $14 trillion, I think if we are part of that movement to get our government spending under control, I think that would be a tremendous legacy to leave"

Ben Quayle, Politician

"When the federal government spends more each year than it collects in tax revenues, it has three choices: It can raise taxes, print money, or borrow money. While these actions may benefit politicians, all three options are bad for average Americans"

Ron Paul, Politician

"Prices are going up. Unemployment is continue to go up. And we have not had the necessary correction for the financial bubble created by our Federal Reserve System"

Ron Paul, Politician

"Of course I've already taken a very modest position on the monetary system, I do take the position that we should just end the Fed"

Ron Paul, Politician

"My feeling is, well, if it's my money, I have a right to judge"

Rick Santorum, Politician

"I will always vote what I have promised, and always vote the Constitution, as well as, I will not vote for one single penny that isn't paid for, because debt is the monster, debt is what's going to eat us up, and that is why our economy is on the brink"

Ron Paul, Politician

"Have you noticed the debt is exploding? And it's not all because of Medicare"

Ron Paul, Politician

"Deficits mean future tax increases, pure and simple. Deficit spending should be viewed as a tax on future generations, and politicians who create deficits should be exposed as tax hikers"

Ron Paul, Politician

"Believe me, the next step is a currency crisis because there will be a rejection of the dollar, the rejection of the dollar is a big, big event, and then your personal liberties are going to be severely threatened"

Ron Paul, Politician

"A system of capitalism presumes sound money, not fiat money manipulated by a central bank. Capitalism cherishes voluntary contracts and interest rates that are determined by savings, not credit creation by a central bank"

Ron Paul, Politician

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