Famous Money Quotes

"It's not your salary that makes you rich, it's your spending habits"

Charles A. Jaffe, Businessman

"A man is usually more careful of his money than of his principles"

Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., Jurist

"After a certain point, money is meaningless. It ceases to be the goal. The game is what counts"

Aristotle Onassis, Businessman

"Do what you love and the money will follow"

Marsha Sinetar, Philosopher

"A fool and his money are soon parted"

Thomas Tusser, Poet

"A good reputation is more valuable than money"

Publilius Syrus, Poet

"Money's a horrid thing to follow, but a charming thing to meet"

Henry James, Writer

"It's a kind of spiritual snobbery that makes people think they can be happy without money"

Albert Camus, Philosopher

"I'd like to live as a poor man with lots of money"

Pablo Picasso, Artist

"It is not the creation of wealth that is wrong, but the love of money for its own sake"

Margaret Thatcher, Leader

"If I have enough money to eat I'm good"

Shia LaBeouf, Actor

"A little thought and a little kindness are often worth more than a great deal of money"

John Ruskin, Writer

"A wise man should have money in his head, but not in his heart"

Jonathan Swift, Writer

"A woman's best protection is a little money of her own"

Clare Boothe Luce, Dramatist

"It is money, money, money! Not ideas, not principles, but money that reigns supreme in American politics"

Robert Byrd, Politician

"No complaint... is more common than that of a scarcity of money"

Adam Smith, Economist

"If American men are obsessed with money, American women are obsessed with weight. The men talk of gain, the women talk of loss, and I do not know which talk is the more boring"

Marya Mannes, Journalist

"An important lever for sustained action in tackling poverty and reducing hunger is money"

Gro Harlem Brundtland, Politician

"A bank is a place that will lend you money if you can prove that you don't need it"

Bob Hope, Comedian

"A business that makes nothing but money is a poor business"

Henry Ford, Businessman

"Money is the barometer of a society's virtue"

Ayn Rand, Writer

"Money is only a tool. It will take you wherever you wish, but it will not replace you as the driver"

Ayn Rand, Writer

"Ben Franklin may have discovered electricity- but it is the man who invented the meter who made the money"

Earl Warren, Judge

"I think everything depends on money"

Alan Bean, Astronaut

"Anybody who thinks money will make you happy, hasn't got money"

David Geffen, Businessman

"Most men love money and security more, and creation and construction less, as they get older"

John Maynard Keynes, Economist

"I've got all the money I'll ever need, if I die by four o'clock"

Henny Youngman, Comedian

"It was an honor and privilege to arrive to this country 16 years ago with almost no money in my pocket. A lot has happened since then"

Antonio Banderas, Actor

"It's easier to force feed people than it is to give 'em what they want. It makes more money"

Merle Haggard, Musician

"Everyone needs a certain amount of money. Beyond that, we pursue money because we know how to obtain it. We don't necessarily know how to obtain happiness"

Gregg Easterbrook, Author