Money & Finance: Money Quotes

"If you want to know what God thinks of money, look at the people He gives it to"

Joe Moore, Celebrity

"You can take of a man's money, but when it's all said and done, you've only taken his money"

Wayne Newton, Musician

"In its famous paradox, the equation of money and excrement, psychoanalysis becomes the first science to state what common sense and the poets have long known - that the essence of money is in its absolute worthlessness"

Norman O. Brown, Philosopher

"There is no proletarian, not even a Communist movement, that has not operated in the interests of money, and for the time being permitted by money - and that without the idealists among its leaders having the slightest suspicion of the fact"

Oswald Spengler, Philosopher

"When we think of the state of the economy, we are not thinking in terms of money flow. We are thinking in terms of the effect on everyday lives of people"

Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, Activist

"While prices of goods continue to rise, American workers' wages remain stagnant"

Ed Pastor, Politician

"I like to browse in Cartier, Chanel and Gucci and if something special grabs my eye, I splash out"

Lisa Snowdon, Model

"In the financial system we have today, with less risk concentrated in banks, the probability of systemic financial crises may be lower than in traditional bank-centered financial systems"

Timothy Geithner, Public Servant

"Keeping a lid on taxes is not just good for the taxpayer. It's a powerful way to force government to be more accountable, set priorities and spend smarter. Let me repeat that: more accountable, set priorities and spend smarter - that's what we need to be about"

Tim Pawlenty, Politician

"It is imperative that we make consumers more aware of the long-term effects of their financial decisions, particularly in managing their credit card debt, so that they can avoid financial pitfalls that may lead to bankruptcy"

Daniel Akaka, Politician

"Fame does lead to money, which I don't have a close relationship with. I'm the kind of guy who never sees the money - it all goes somewhere else. I don't understand it, I don't like to deal with it. I have a fear of not having it because I grew up without it"

David Duchovny, Actor

"Oil prices have certainly become a threat for the world economy"

Rodrigo Rato, Politician

"The casinos brought lots of revenue and jobs to our community. We've seen lots of benefits from those tax dollars"

Tina Thompson

"I grew up poor. I never had any money. I was a hobo, you know, ride the freights"

Art Linkletter, Journalist

"Monetary policy itself cannot sensibly be directed at reducing imbalances"

Timothy Geithner, Public Servant

"I won't play for a penny less than fifteen hundred dollars"

Honus Wagner, Athlete

"In a budget this massive, there are certainly areas where I think we could do much better"

Mac Thornberry, Politician

"Well, where is the money? Show me the money? Our allies have put up a few billion dollars, but the American taxpayer has been required to shoulder the burden of this war"

Jim Cooper, Politician

"A variety of factors contribute to the price of gasoline in the United States. These factors include worldwide supply, demand and competition for crude oil, taxes, regional differences in access to gasoline supplies and environmental regulations"

Gary Miller, Politician

"But the system of prices ruling the market not only transmits information in the light of which economic agents can mutually adjust their actions, it also provides them with an incentive to exercise economy in terms of money"

Michael Polanyi, Scientist

"If you want to understand a society, follow the money, and follow the secrets"

Alex Gibney, Director

"I don't care about money or fame or anything like that, but it would be a perk"

Lucas Grabeel, Actor

"What we buy, and pay for, is part of ourselves"

Amelia E. Barr, Writer

"Seven out of 10 Americans are one paycheck away from being homeless"

Pras Michel, Musician

"The way things are going, we are not too far from the day when it will take an hour's labor just to pay for the gasoline to get to the job"

Sherwood Boehlert, Politician

"We need to get rid of the 16th amendment, and return to the original system that funds government with a variety of tariffs and duties"

Alan Keyes, Politician

"The percentage you're paying is too high priced While you're living beyond all your means And the man in the suit has just bought a new car From the profit he's made on your dreams"

Steve Winwood, Musician

"I don't prefer much of film over stage. The only thing I prefer is the paycheck"

Marisa Tomei, Actress

"Life shouldn't be printed on dollar bills"

Clifford Odets, Playwright

"Remember, Alan Greenspan was a member of Ayn Rand's collective. To understand this is to understand why we are doomed with the Federal Reserve"

Peter Fonda, Actor

"In fact, I had a series of offers which would have brought me a lot of money to make films and package TV programs. There were people who said to me, we'll put a million dollars in your bank account tomorrow, which is a hard thing to turn down"

Roone Arledge, Journalist

"The dollar went up some eighty percent in real terms as I recall now or something like that - from '80 to '85"

Robert C. Solomon, Educator

"The necessity of every one paying in his own labor for what he consumes, affords the only legitimate and effectual check to excessive luxury, which has so often ruined individuals, states and empires; and which has now brought almost universal bankruptcy upon us"

Josiah Warren, Inventor

"We are taking close to $10 a CD the way we are doing it, and I think that is a fair amount to split up between five guys. Each of us makes like two bucks a record"

Neal Schon, Musician

"High gas prices are eating away at consumer's disposal income and could lead to a further economic downturn, especially for those whose livelihood depend on gasoline and diesel fuel"

Major R. Owens, Politician

"Without growth we can't pay down our debt, and without growth there's no money for welfare"

Helle Thorning-Schmidt, Politician

"Bankruptcy is a serious decision that people have to make"

Herb Kohl, Politician

"I don't have a lot of money. I get some from Mad Men. But I don't think I'm rich"

Vincent Kartheiser, Actor

"Now, people when I say that look at me and say, 'What are you talking about, Joe? You're telling me we have to go spend money to keep from going bankrupt?' The answer is yes, that's what I'm telling you"

Joe Biden, President

"The global economy is in pretty good shape"

John W. Snow, Economist

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