Money & Finance: Money Quotes

"Possibly you are not aware of the fact that the largest sum given by any contributor to the fund is but a trifle when compared with the losses suffered by nearly all the firms in the cotton trade during the disastrous years of the American war"

John Bright, Politician

"Almost half of all Latinas currently on Social Security rely exclusively on their benefit check in retirement"

Grace Napolitano, Politician

"In the broad and sweeping sense which the use of the term generally implies, I am not a free-trader"

John Griffin Carlisle, Politician

"Our struggle is to identify the sources of revenue and the means to obtain the funds.Without funds, all the planning and research studies can't help us"

John Breaux, Politician

"Now Congress learns that the Veterans Administration failed to provide complete, accurate information on the money it needs for both this year and next year"

Doc Hastings, Politician

"The United Nations has long sought the ability to raise revenues in this manner as a means of reducing its reliance on American and other member nations' dues to sustain the UN's operations"

Frank Gaffney, Writer

"And so we go over the cliff fiscally, and our Republican friends try to pin the blame on discretionary domestic spending, including spending for security. We pass budget resolutions that fall far short"

David E. Price, Politician

"It is absolutely impossible to settle the debts to pensioners, teachers, and others. The country hasn't got enough money to do so"

Eduard Shevardnadze, Politician

"You will see the President being very, very tough on spending"

Donald Evans, Public Servant

"There's no recovery on Main Street, I can tell you that for sure. And in a re - in an economy like this, we don't need to be raising anybody's taxes"

Haley Barbour, Politician

"Essentially, when we run a deficit, we are borrowing money to buy things that are made overseas"

Peter DeFazio, Politician

"Talking about a materialistic thing, I get about 13 times more royalties from Europe than I do from America"

Elliott Carter, Composer

"I will stay very focused on my responsibilities as Secretary of Commerce and the economy's doing well. I mean, you asked about some of the challenges that we have or what is going on in the world, and you know, I, I'm pleased to report that the economy is doing extremely well"

Donald Evans, Public Servant

"The U.S. Census Bureau acknowledged this fact when it reported that those with a bachelor's degree earn on average $1 million more over their lifetime than those with only a high school diploma"

Elijah Cummings, Politician

"It's clear that the medium and long-run fiscal challenges facing the country have to do with the rise of entitlement spending, they have to do with the longer run imbalances that we've created in the structure of the system"

Austan Goolsbee, Public Servant

"My total winnings after 14 appearances were $129,000"

Charles Van Doren, Celebrity

"They're paying me an outrageous sum of money; $40,000 a week, which is totally silly"

Cass Elliot, Musician

"It's easier for me to get three times the amount of money I really want"

Bill Forsyth, Director

"Every effort needs to be made to try and offset the costs of Katrina and Rita by reductions in other government programs, especially those that are wasteful, duplicative and ineffective"

Ben Bernanke, Economist

"Caution, not exuberance, should be our fiscal motto"

John Chafee, Politician

"One of my favorite things - and I am sure everybody else's in this Chamber - is to give away money. You really don't get much opposition when you give away money"

Michael Enzi, Politician

"We wanted to be certain they didn't have a bigger deficit, and Kennedy agreed with me"

Wilbur Mills, Politician

"Our strength in finance has led us to set up an international financial centre with medium and long-term objectives, especially to develop Islamic financial and insurance services"

Hassanal Bolkiah, Statesman

"I've always paid my own way, I've never lived off anyone"

Kelly Brook, Model

"Let us face it: in the world today, money and economic strength remain more powerful arguments than the number of people you represent"

Guy Verhofstadt, Statesman

"Just dying should not be a reason for taxes"

Todd Akin, Politician

"The American people fear there is some gouging going on"

Richard Shelby, Politician

"That level of trade deficit throttles real growth in our country and continues the unfortunate path of selling out America. We are not winning the global trade war, we are losing it badly"

Marcy Kaptur, Politician

"Money is only a vehicle that provides you with options, and I say there's only one thing that money can't buy - poverty"

Jerry Doyle, Actor

"Well, everybody is trying to make this a money thing. If you send me to another team, let's see what I ask for. I won't ask for nothing. I'll play under the same terms. So it is not Gary wants more money. Gary has money. What else do I need?"

Gary Sheffield, Athlete

"Like working families all across the state, we must find a way to make government live within its means"

Edward G. Rendell, Politician

"The U.S. and Iraq will work together next year to shift Iraqi resources from unproductive subsidies to productive uses that enable Iraqis to earn livelihoods"

Zalmay Khalilzad, Diplomat

"It sounds extraordinary, but it's a fact that balance sheets can make fascinating reading"

Mary Archer, Scientist

"As for when to reform the yuan, there is no timetable yet"

Wu Yi, Politician

"The Earth only has so much bounty to offer, and inventing ever larger and more notional prices for that bounty does not change its real value"

Ben Elton, Comedian

"I would give relief from the first $10,000 of the payroll tax. I would allow small businesses to accelerate depreciation so they would have an incentive to buy now rather than defer. I would also give to the states $40 billion of relief"

Bob Graham, Politician

"I come from Cuba. Taxes for me are no big thing"

Tony Oliva, Athlete

"In 1997, the National Bankruptcy Review Commission recommended that chapter 12 of the Federal Bankruptcy Code, the chapter that contains bankruptcy protection for family farmers, be made permanent"

Tim Holden, Politician

"Chapter 11 is an expensive process that does not accommodate the special needs of farmers"

Tim Holden, Politician

"The worst thing that we could do is raises taxes. It would only hurt the economy"

Dan Bartlett

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