Money Quotes - Page 37

• Flattery is a kind of bad money, to which our vanity gives us currency.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Vanity, Giving, Flattery

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• I would rather earn 1% off a 100 people's efforts than 100% of my own efforts.

  John D. Rockefeller

  Inspirational, Business, People

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• I know at last what distinguishes man from animals; financial worries.

  Romain Rolland

  Funny, Animal, Men

  "The Anchor Book of French quotations, with English Translations". Book by Norbert Guterman, 1963.

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• They usually have two tellers in my local bank, except when it's very busy, when they have one.

  Rita Rudner

  Funny, Humor, Two

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• For I can raise no money by vile means.

  William Shakespeare

  Mean, Raises, I Can

  William Shakespeare, William Oxberry, Edwin Booth, Lawrence Barrett, Owen Fawcett (1822). “Julius Caesar: A Tragedy”, p.63

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• Is it not odd that the only generous person I ever knew, who had money to be generous with, should be a stockbroker.

  Percy Bysshe Shelley

  Business, Generosity, Finance

  Ivan Roe, Percy Bysshe Shelley (1953). “Shelley, the last phase”

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

  Adam Smith

  Reality, Scarcity, Common

  Adam Smith (2010). “An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations”, p.334, Cosimo, Inc.

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• I'm not really interested in making money.

  Steven Spielberg

  Making Money, Makin Money

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• You have to go broke three times to learn how to make a living.

  Casey Stengel

  Three, Broke, Saving Money

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• Talk is by far the most accessible of pleasures. It costs nothing in money, it is all profit, it completes our education, founds and fosters our friendships, and can be enjoyed at any age and in almost any state of health.

  Robert Louis Stevenson

  Education, Communication, Healthy

  Robert Louis Stevenson (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Robert Louis Stevenson (Illustrated)”, p.4809, Delphi Classics

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• The TV business is uglier than most things. It is normally perceived as some kind of cruel and shallow money trench through the heart of the journalism industry, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free and good men die like dogs, for no good reason.

  Hunter S. Thompson

  Running, Dog, Business

  Hunter S. Thompson (2011). “Generation of Swine: The Brutal Odyssey of an Outlaw Journalist”, p.43, Simon and Schuster

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• You loan your friend money. You see them again, they don't say nothin' 'bout the money. 'Hi, how ya doin'? How's ya mama doing?' Man, how's my money doin'?

  Chris Tucker

  Men, Mama, Loan

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• Over a three year period, I gave away half of what I had. To be honest, my hands shook as I signed it away. I knew I was taking myself out of the race to be the richest man in the world.

  Ted Turner

  Inspirational, Motivational, Suicide

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• The only reason I made a commercial for American Express was to pay for my American Express bill.

  Peter Ustinov

  Pay, Bills, Reason

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• Economists report that a college education adds many thousands of dollars to a man's lifetime income - which he then spends sending his son to college.

  Bill Vaughan

  Funny, Educational, Son

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• Remember that government doesn't earn one single dollar it spends. In order for you to get money from the government, that money must first be taken from somebody else.

  Jesse Ventura

  Taken, Government, Order

  Jesse Ventura (2000). “I Ain't Got Time to Bleed: Reworking the Body Politic from the Bottom Up”, p.18, Villard

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• My slogan when I ran was that there is no such thing as government money, there is only taxpayer's money, and that cut pretty deep.

  William Weld

  Cutting, Government, Taxpayers

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• Criminals are never very amusing. It's because they're failures. Those who make real money aren't counted as criminals. This is a class distinction, not an ethical problem.

  Orson Welles

  Real, Class, Criminals

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• Politics isn't about big money or power games; it's about the improvement of people's lives.

  Paul Wellstone

  Games, People, Political

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• But, having a perfume and license, in general, is a financial necessity. A designer must, to reap back the money spent on prototypes and all that sort of thing.

  Vivienne Westwood

  Artist, Financial, Designer

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• I'm an entertainer. If people are paying good money for tickets they deserve the best show they can see. I don't get into lighting stuff on fire, but I do believe in going the extra mile.

  Bryan White

  Believe, Fire, People

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• It is only by not paying one's bills that one can hope to live in the memory of the commercial classes.

  Oscar Wilde

  Funny, Sarcastic, Memories

  "Phrases and Philosophies for the Use of the Young" (1894)

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• France is a place where the money falls apart in your hands but you can't tear the toilet paper.

  Billy Wilder

  Travel, Fall, Hands

  Billy Wilder, Robert Horton (2001). “Billy Wilder: Interviews”, p.23, Univ. Press of Mississippi

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• One man's wage increase is another man's price increase.

  Harold Wilson

  Men, Political, Wages

  Harold Wilson (1971). “A personal record: the Labour Government, 1964-1970”

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• I'm not very bright about money. I'm not domestic either. If I don't learn how to cook, maybe I won't have to.

  Natalie Wood

  Cooks, Ifs

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