“I put a dollar in a change machine. Nothing changed.”

— George Carlin

Books, Brain Droppings (1997)

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American stand-up comedian 1937–2008

Jill Shalvis (1963) American writer

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“Chico: "Here's the book, it's a dollar"
Groucho: "Here's a ten, and shoot the change."
Chico: "I don't have change I'd have to give you nine more books.”

Groucho Marx (1890–1977) American comedian

“The poverty pimps have to keep changing the definition of poor to keep the dollars flowing.”

Robert A. Hall (1946) American politician

I'm Tired (February 19, 2009)

“Hardly a dollar or a euro changes hands anymore without the aid of computer systems.”

Nicholas Carr (1959) American writer

Why IT Doesn't Matter Anymore http://hbswk.hbs.edu/archive/3520.html, Harvard Business Review, June 9, 2003.
Context: Today, no one would dispute that information technology has become the backbone of commerce. It underpins the operations of individual companies, ties together far-flung supply chains, and, increasingly, links businesses to the customers they serve. Hardly a dollar or a euro changes hands anymore without the aid of computer systems.