„Money hath too great a Preference given to it by States, as well as by particular Men.“
— George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax English politician 1633 - 1695
Political, Moral, and Miscellaneous Reflections (1750), Moral Thoughts and Reflections
Quotes about money
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„The central idea is that government fiscal policy, its spending and taxing, its borrowing and repayment of loans, its issue of new money and withdrawal of money, shall be undertaken with an eye only to the results of these actions on the economy and not to any established traditional doctrine what is sound and what is unsound …Government should adjust its rates of expenditure and taxation such that total spending is neither more or less than that which is sufficient to purchase the full employment level of output at current prices. If this means there is deficit, greater borrowing, "printing money," etc., then these things in themselves are neither good or bad, they are simply the means to the desired ends of full employment and price stability.“
— Abba Lerner American economist 1903 - 1982
On Functional Finance: (1943, pg.354) http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=174849
„Here is a story of latifundia and death squads, masters and slaves, patriarchs and subordinated women, self-enriching capitalists and plundered provinces, profiteering slumlords and urban rioters. Here is a struggle between the plutocratic few and the indigent many, the privileged versus the proletariat, featuring corrupt politicians, money-driven elections, and the political assassination of popular leaders. I leave it to the reader to decide whether any of this might resonate with the temper of our own times.“
— Michael Parenti, book The Assassination of Julius Caesar: A People's History of Ancient Rome
Introduction
The Assassination of Julius Caesar: A People's History of Ancient Rome (2003)
„If money is all that a man makes, then he will be poor — poor in happiness, poor in all that makes life worth living.“
— Herbert N. Casson Canadian journalist and writer 1869 - 1951
Herbert N. Casson cited in: Forbes magazine (1950) The Forbes scrapbook of Thoughts on the business of life. p. 302
1950s and later
„In nature's economy the currency is not money, it is life.“
— Vandana Shiva, Earth Democracy: Justice, Sustainability, and Peace
Source: Earth Democracy: Justice, Sustainability, and Peace
„I have found a boat, small with two sails, that would make me happy. Unfortunately, I need one hundred francs.... and I haven't got it! If you want, I could give you two canvases which you could sell, just to make you some many and you could give me the hundred francs... Kahnweiler [Paris' art-dealer] is the only one who gives me money, and just what we need to live on.“
— André Derain French painter and engraver 1880 - 1954
Quote from Derain's letter, 23 August 1909 to Maurice de Vlaminck, in Lettres à Vlaminck, p. 205; as cited and translated in 'Report: André Derain's 'Trees by a Lake', by F. Whitlum-Cooper and Cleo Nisse http://courtauld.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Report-Derain-by-F-Whitlum-Cooper-and-Cleo-Nisse.compressed.pdf, p. 10 - note 8
„Gettin' to the cake now All the hate don't faze me All the money that I make now I'll never let it change me“
— Lil Peep American rapper 1996 - 2017
Song Benz Truck (Гелик), Album: Come Over When You're Sober, Pt. 1
„Money does not represent such a value as men have placed upon it. All my money has been invested into experiments with which I have made new discoveries enabling mankind to have a little easier life.“
— Nikola Tesla Serbian American inventor 1856 - 1943
As quoted in "A Visit to Nikola Tesla" by Dragislav L. Petković in Politika (April 1927); also in Tesla, Master of Lightning (1999) by Margaret Cheney, Robert Uth, and Jim Glenn, p. 82
„When a fellow says it ain't the money but the principle of the thing, it's the money.“
— Artemus Ward American writer 1834 - 1867
„Let us all be happy and live within our means, even if we have to borrer [sic] money to do it with.“
— Artemus Ward American writer 1834 - 1867
Science and Natural History, Letter VII http://books.google.com/books?id=DYdEAAAAcAAJ&q=%22let+us+all+be%22+%22and+live+within+our+means,+even+if+we+have+to+borrer+money+to+do+it+with%22&pg=PA165#v=onepage to Punch, part of the Artemus Ward in London series (22 October 1866).
„When you have one billion dollars, that's not your money. That's the trust the society gives [to] you.“
— Jack Ma Chinese businessman 1964
Interview by Charlie Rose of Bloomberg - video https://video-kul1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t42.3356-2/13862860_1329741163720893_1430621767_n.mp4/video-1469885440.mp4?vabr=114407&oh=bff4e8f9cedc225267e41ec705562dcf&oe=582E0B32&dl=0: 1 minute 53 seconds into the video
„It is common opinion among us in regard to beauty and wisdom that there is an honourable and a shameful way of bestowing them. For to offer one’s beauty for money to all comers is called prostitution; but we think it virtuous to become friendly with a lover who is known to be a man of honour. So is it with wisdom. Those who offer it to all comers for money are known as sophists, prostitutors of wisdom.“
— Xenophon ancient Greek historian and philosopher -430 - -354 BC
Words spoken by Socrates to Antiphon in Memorabilia, 1.6.11.
„Governments create nothing and have nothing to give but what they have first taken away — you may put money in the pockets of one set of Englishmen, but it will be money taken from the pockets of another set of Englishmen, and the greater part will be spilled on the way. Every vote given for Protection is a vote to give Governments the right of robbing Peter to pay Paul and charging the public a handsome commission on the job.“
— Winston S. Churchill Prime Minister of the United Kingdom 1874 - 1965
“Why I am a Free Trader,” Chapter I in T.W. Stead’s journal Coming Men on Coming Questions (April 13, 1905), bottom p. 9.
Early career years (1898–1929)
„There is no such thing as public money; there is only taxpayers’ money.“
— Margaret Thatcher British stateswoman and politician 1925 - 2013
Speech to Conservative Party Conference (14 October 1983) http://www.margaretthatcher.org/document/105454
Second term as Prime Minister
Context: Let us never forget this fundamental truth: the State has no source of money other than money which people earn themselves. If the State wishes to spend more it can do so only by borrowing your savings or by taxing you more. It is no good thinking that someone else will pay – that ‘someone else’ is you. There is no such thing as public money; there is only taxpayers’ money.
„When you have money in hand, only you forget who are you. But when you do not have any money in your hand, the whole world forget who you are. It's life.“
— Bill Gates American business magnate and philanthropist 1955
„I used to work in jobs I hated because I needed the money to buy a guitar. I know what it feels like to be depressed. On the other hand, I also know what it feels like to have money, to be successful, to be independent, but I can tell you that money and success never solve your problems.“
— Chris Cornell American singer-songwriter, musician 1964 - 2017
NYROCK: Interview with Chris Cornell, October 1, 1999 https://web.archive.org/web/20030919022841/http://www.nyrock.com/interviews/1999/cornell_int.asp,
On depression and suicide
„I will not spend the money for myself. I will rather spend it in special business on a no-profit-no-loss policy. We will also establish an eye hospital where even beggars will be given treatment at the cost of Taka 10-20.“
— Muhammad Yunus Bangladeshi banker, economist and Nobel Peace Prize recipient 1940
The Daily Star (14 October 2006)
„If you want to know what God thinks about money just look at the people He gives it to.“
— Alexander Pope eighteenth century English poet 1688 - 1744