Money & Finance: Money Quotes

"Every child was taught from his cradle that money was Mammon, the chief agent of the flesh and the devil"

Rebecca H. Davis, Writer

"I made a list of people who needed just a little bit of money. And when the list was complete, there were 42 names. The total amount of money they needed was $27. I was shocked"

Muhammad Yunus, Economist

"Taiwan is a major economy"

William Kirby, Scientist

"Did you know that they introduced the 15 percent flat tax on individual and corporate income in Iraq? Something that some politicians very much wanted to push in the United States without success, but in Iraq, they do it"

Juan Cole, Educator

"They were written in the early '90s when I was strapped for cash"

Jonathan Coe, Novelist

"In general, anyone who paid the long distance telephone tax will get the refund on their 2006 federal income tax return. This includes individuals, businesses and non-profit organizations"

Virgil Goode, Politician

"And I also serve on a caucus that addresses financial literacy for young people in this country. And it is so hypocritical that we want to talk to these kids about how to better manage their money when we are not doing a good job with our nation's resources"

Melissa Bean, Politician

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

Katharine Whitehorn, Journalist

"We were all hit with sticker shock: $87 billion is a huge number"

Zack Wamp, Politician

"I was inspired to do anything I could to get out of what I was doing... Today, I'm motivated to pay the bills"

Terry Zwigoff, Director

"You have to be very rich to afford Labour, with 66 tax rises since they came in power"

John Redwood, Politician

"Well, there's no question that the law passed in 1996 was flawed. It deregulated the wholesale market, meaning the price that the utilities had to pay energy companies for power, but not the retail market"

Gray Davis, Politician

"We believe you will not have to pay more than the current rate structure proposes - which is, for 50 percent of the public, nothing; for another 25 percent, only a 10 percent increase; and for the remaining 25 percent, a 34 percent increase"

Gray Davis, Politician

"Now, in the space of a year, we've spent 450 percent more for power than we did the year before, and bought essentially the same amount of power. This year, that number's likely to go up. That can't go on forever and have us continue to be the economic engine for America"

Gray Davis, Politician

"Along with you, I have witnessed the unfortunate rise in gasoline prices that has accompanied the summer driving season and the more recent spike in prices due to Hurricane Katrina"

Bob Ney, Politician

"The business of a bank is to lend money; which amounts, nowadays, to lending credit"

John Buchanan Robinson, Politician

"This unchecked spending is growing faster than our economy, faster than inflation, and far beyond our means to sustain it"

Jim Nussle, Politician

"And the trajectory that our debt is taking now beyond $14 trillion is going to have an impact on our currency. It goes south, and our currency's going to have an impact on our standard of living and affect every family in this country, and over time, our international competitiveness"

Jon Huntsman, Jr., Politician

"But as you say, the fundamental stumbling block is the question of the future of the economy. And it's not just the sort of economic laboratory question, of what kind of system would best generate growth, which is the way it's presented"

Joe Slovo, Politician

"I was offered a choice of a flat salary up front or a percentage of the film's future earnings. I took the up front money. Nobody could have figured what Halloween would ultimately become"

Donald Pleasence, Actor

"Everyone is always in favour of general economy and particular expenditure"

Anthony Eden, Politician

"We believe that - the President believes that the economy will continue to grow, that the economy will continue to create jobs, and that we need to do everything we can to enhance that growth and enhance that job creation"

Jay Carney, Public Servant

"Large sums were paid for the use of money, because the available amount of gold and silver was far less than was needed to carry on the commercial transactions of the times"

John Buchanan Robinson, Politician

"At present, financial crises occur, chiefly because the paper currency is redeemable in gold only"

John Buchanan Robinson, Politician

"A premium in the oil price of somewhere between 10 to 15 dollars a barrel reflects this heightened anxiety"

Daniel Yergin, Author

"That it is logical, fair and reasonable to maintain the purchasing power of an hour's work in terms of goods and services the employee must purchase in his daily living"

Charles E. Wilson, Businessman

"U.S. economic prosperity is closely tied to the availability of a reliable and affordable supply of energy"

Cliff Stearns, Politician

"Government is just spending too much money"

Bob Schaffer, Politician

"Toots said to me, 'I gotta hand it to him, thought, when he got into the big money, he came by and handed me the cash, saying, "Here's what I'm sure I owe you".'"

Audrey Meadows, Actress

"But the key thing is that Iraq, while it's got very large oil reserves, has marginalized itself as an oil exporter and these days its exports are only about one tenth that of neighboring Saudi Arabia"

Daniel Yergin, Author

"The prices of raw materials do not fluctuate directly with the labour cost of producing them"

Charles E. Wilson, Businessman

"No one should be so naive as to think that wages among organized groups will not be increased, under pressure if necessary, to make up for increases in the cost-of-living, nor should anyone ordinarily object to such adjustments"

Charles E. Wilson, Businessman

"It is the small owner who offers the only really profitable and reliable material for taxation. He is made for taxation"

Auberon Herbert, Philosopher

"You need a very good financial person to keep you honest, and to keep track of income and outgo"

Bill Kurtis, Journalist

"It's all very well to have principles, but when it comes to money, you have to be flexible"

Eugene Ormandy, Musician

"I would put my million dollars up as well"

James Randi, Entertainer

"The attraction in this city is money, from gambling. What you are if you work here is a shill"

Joe Williams, Musician

"The changing nature of money is only one facet of the financial services revolution"

Scott Cook, Businessman

"This program that the Republican majority has taken us toward as a country is leading us to fiscal bankruptcy"

Chaka Fattah, Politician

"There's not an appropriations bill in the last 10 years that the-that Democrats passed in the Congress. We haven't spent any money of your taxes in the last decade"

Chaka Fattah, Politician

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