Money & Finance: Money Quotes

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"I learned more about the economy from one South Dakota dust storm that I did in all my years of college"

Hubert H. Humphrey, Politician

Hubert H. Humphrey

"These heroes of finance are like beads on a string; when one slips off, all the rest follow"

Henrik Ibsen, Poet

Henrik Ibsen

"Home life ceases to be free and beautiful as soon as it is founded on borrowing and debt"

Henrik Ibsen, Poet

Henrik Ibsen

"And the cornerstone of my economic policies, when I first got elected, was cutting taxes on everybody on who paid taxes"

George W. Bush, President

George W. Bush

"Our incomes are like our shoes; if too small, they gall and pinch us; but if too large, they cause us to stumble and to trip"

John Locke, Philosopher

John Locke

"I'm not a best-seller, but through translations, I've accumulated some money"

Manuel Puig, Author

Manuel Puig

"Buying is a profound pleasure"

Simone de Beauvoir, Writer

Simone de Beauvoir

"One of the evils of money is that it tempts us to look at it rather than at the things that it buys"

E. M. Forster, Novelist

E. M. Forster

"Labor was the first price, the original purchase - money that was paid for all things"

Adam Smith, Economist

Adam Smith

"You can't fall back on the private sector and say, 'You take care of the nation's banking system.' That's a fundamental function of the government, the Federal Reserve, the Treasury and the FDIC, etc. All of those agencies have a major role to play there"

Dick Cheney, Vice President

Dick Cheney

"One of the reasons the deficit got as big as it did, frankly, was because of the economic slowdown, the fall-off in deficits, the terrorist attacks. A significant chunk was taken out of the economy by what happened after the attacks of 9/11"

Dick Cheney, Vice President

Dick Cheney

"I think there's no question but what the tail end of the Bush administration, Bush-Cheney administration, that we took steps specifically geared to try and free up the financial sector"

Dick Cheney, Vice President

Dick Cheney

"I am a deficit hawk"

Dick Cheney, Vice President

Dick Cheney

"Only government can take perfectly good paper, cover it with perfectly good ink, and make the combination worthless"

Milton Friedman, Economist

Milton Friedman

"Inflation is taxation without legislation"

Milton Friedman, Economist

Milton Friedman

"About the time we can make the ends meet, somebody moves the ends"

Herbert Hoover, President

Herbert Hoover

"Prosperity cannot be restored by raids upon the public Treasury"

Herbert Hoover, President

Herbert Hoover

"I must say that I do wrestle with the amount of money I make, but at the end of the day, what am I gonna say? I took less money so Rupert Murdoch could have more?"

Tom Hanks, Actor

Tom Hanks

"I do not give money for just mere hopes"

Terence, Playwright

Terence

"No man's credit is as good as his money"

John Dewey, Philosopher

John Dewey

"A strong economy is essential for the well-being of the people, and we must do everything we can to create jobs and promote growth"

Alexander Rutskoy, Vice President

Alexander Rutskoy

"One must beware of ministers who can do nothing without money, and those who want to do everything with money"

Indira Gandhi, Statesman

Indira Gandhi

"I don't care what they do with my book, so long as the flippin' check clears"

Chuck Palahniuk, Novelist

Chuck Palahniuk

"Know what happens when an individual declares bankruptcy and how it affects his or her life"

Marilyn vos Savant, Author

Marilyn vos Savant

"Understand why casinos and racetracks stay in business - The gambler always loses over the long term"

Marilyn vos Savant, Author

Marilyn vos Savant

"We can tell our values by looking at our checkbook stubs"

Gloria Steinem, Activist

Gloria Steinem

"I'll go back and take what the people owe me"

Mike Tyson, Athlete

Mike Tyson

"Our money is bait money, and bait money is not to be used"

Mike Tyson, Athlete

Mike Tyson

"Money is our madness, our vast collective madness"

David Herbert Lawrence, Writer

David Herbert Lawrence

"The American people want us to stop spending. And so let's just give them some certainty. Let's extend the tax - the existing tax cuts. And then let's give some more tax breaks to small businesses and large. And then maybe the American people will have some confidence"

John McCain, Politician

John McCain

"As one digs deeper into the national character of the Americans, one sees that they have sought the value of everything in this world only in the answer to this single question: How much money will it bring in?"

Alexis de Tocqueville, Historian

Alexis de Tocqueville

"The thing that differentiates man from animals is money"

Gertrude Stein, Author

Gertrude Stein

"I finally know what distinguishes man from the other beasts: financial worries"

Jules Renard, Dramatist

Jules Renard

"All money means to me is a pride in accomplishment"

Ray Kroc, Businessman

Ray Kroc

"I'm hopeless with money; I simply spend what I've got"

Freddie Mercury, Musician

Freddie Mercury

"I guess I've always lived the glamorous life of a star. It 's nothing new - I used to spend down to the last dime"

Freddie Mercury, Musician

Freddie Mercury

"I hate banks. They do nothing positive for anybody except take care of themselves. They're first in with their fees and first out when there's trouble"

Earl Warren, Judge

Earl Warren

"I have newspapers coming to me and saying, 'Can we get in on the TARP?'"

Nancy Pelosi, Politician

Nancy Pelosi

"You have my soul and I have your money"

Charles Bukowski, Poet

Charles Bukowski

"The fundamental evil of the world arose from the fact that the good Lord has not created money enough"

Heinrich Heine, Poet

Heinrich Heine

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