Money Quotes - Page 34

• We shall take whatever action is necessary to contain the growth of the money supply. The government, unlike so many of its predecessors, will face up to economic realities.

  Margaret Thatcher

  Reality, Government, Growth

  Margaret Thatcher, Iain Dale (1997). “As I said to Denis--: the Margaret Thatcher book of quotations”, Robson Book Ltd

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• I appreciate your applause, but I don't do it for applause. I do it for cash, it's much better.

  Eddie Izzard

  Appreciate, Cash, Applause

  "Eddie Izzard: Unrepeatable". www.imdb.com. 1994.

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• Musically, the bebop route was magnificent, but businesswise, it was the dumbest thing I ever did.

  Woody Herman

  Bebop, Magnificent, Routes

  Woody Herman, Stuart Troup (1990). “The Woodchopper's Ball: The Autobiography of Woody Herman”, New York : E.P. Dutton

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• I'm not heart-broken if I don't have a hit. But I guess a hit would help. It makes the money go up a bit.

  Sarah Vaughan

  Heart, Broken, Helping

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• My bank is the worst. They are screwing me. You know what they did to me? They're charging me money for not having enough money. Apparently, when you're broke, that costs money.

  Louis C. K.

  Cost, Enough, Broke

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• This is no time to lend money, especially upon bare friendship without security.

  William Shakespeare

  Time, Economics, Meanness

  William Shakespeare, Mr. Theobald (Lewis) (1772). “The Works of Shakespeare in Twelve Volumes: Collated with the Oldest Copies and Corrected: with Notes Explanatory and Critical”, p.41

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• Americans want action for their money. They are fascinated by its self- reproducing qualities if it's put to work. Gold- hoarding goes against the American grain; it fits in better with European pessimism than with America's traditional optimism.

  Paula Nelson

  Acceptance, America, Self

  Paula Nelson (1977). “The Joy of Money: The Woman's Guide to Financial Freedom”, Bantam Dell Pub Group

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• Time is money, especially when you are talking to a lawyer or buying a commercial.

  Frank Dane

  Funny, Time, Talking

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• To money, the finest linguist in the world!

  Minna Antrim

  World, Finest, Linguists

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• The trouble for most people is they don't decide to get wealthy, they just dream about it.

  Mark M. Ford

  Life, Motivational, Dream

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• It's easier to get rich than it is to explain not getting rich.

  Jim Rohn

  Inspirational, Wealth, Rich

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• When there is firm conquest over covetousness, they who have conquered it wake up to the how and why of life.

  Patanjali

  Greed, Wake Up, Investing

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• God help me if I ever do another movie with an explosion in it. If you see me in a movie where stuff is exploding you'll know I've lost all my money.

  Ben Affleck

  Stuff, Helping, God Help Me

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• People don't have fortunes left them in that style nowadays; men have to work and women to marry for money. It's a dreadfully unjust world.

  Louisa May Alcott

  Women, People, Style

  Louisa May Alcott (2004). “Little Women”, p.212, Collector's Library

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• Almost all of our relationships begin and most of them continue as forms of mutual exploitation, a mental or physical barter, to be terminated when one or both parties run out of goods.

  W. H. Auden

  Love, Relationship, Running

  Dyer's Hand (1963) "Hic et Ille"

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• The class distinctions proper to a democratic society are not those of rank or money, still less, as is apt to happen when these are abandoned, of race, but of age.

  W. H. Auden

  Birthday, Time, Hymns

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• To kill a relative of whom you are tired is something. But to inherit his property afterwards, that is genuine pleasure.

  Honore de Balzac

  Funny, Tired, Inheritance

  Honore de Balzac (2014). “Poor Relations: Cousin Betty and Cousin Pons”, p.772, The Floating Press

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• Those who spend too fast never grow rich.

  Honore de Balzac

  Riches, Wealth, Grows

  "At the Sign of the Cat and Racket". Book by Honoré de Balzac, 1830.

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• It ain't often that a man's reputation outlasts his money.

  Josh Billings

  Sarcastic, Sarcasm, Men

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• Some people start modeling because they want to be models and they want the parties and the recognition, and then there are people like me. I come from a simple family, and for me getting into modeling was a chance to make money and create a business.

  Gisele Bundchen

  Party, Simple, People

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• Admittedly, a homosexual can be conditioned to react sexually to a woman, or to an old boot for that matter. In fact, both homo - and heterosexual experimental subjects have been conditioned to react sexually to an old boot, and you can save a lot of money that way.

  William S. Burroughs

  Love, Life, Sex

  William S. Burroughs (1993). “The Adding Machine: Selected Essays”, p.87, Arcade Publishing

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• It is a waste of money to help those who show no desire to help themselves.

  Taylor Caldwell

  Insightful, Desire, Waste

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• We rarely confide in those who are better than we are.

  Albert Camus

  Relationship

  Albert Camus (1957). “The fall”, Vintage

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• Concentrate your energies, your thoughts and your capital. The wise man puts all his eggs in one basket and watches the basket.

  Andrew Carnegie

  Wise, Wisdom, Perseverance

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• I refuse to feel guilty. I feel guilty about too much in my life but not about money. I went through periods when I had nothing, so somebody in my family has to get stinkin' wealthy.

  Jim Carrey

  Too Much, Guilty, My Family

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