Quotes about money

„Sure every driver has his value and you want to be respected but again money is not something that drives me.“

—  Lewis Hamilton British racing driver 1985

"Hamilton makes pledge to McLaren" http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/motorsport/formula_one/6275778.stm, BBC.co.uk, 6 July 2007

„A good, skillful worker is one who does not consider the reward, but enjoys his work. If, for example, a skillful tailor knows that the clothing fits its owner at every point, it gives him pleasure, more than the money he receives.“

—  Baruch Ashlag Polish rabbi 1907 - 1991

Selected Articles

„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

„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

„Dark green is my favorite color. It's the color of nature and the color of money and the color of moss!“

—  Leonardo DiCaprio American actor and film producer 1974

http://www.popmonk.com/actors/leonardo-dicaprio/quotes-leonardo-dicaprio.htm

„Men are rewarded for learning the practice of violence in virtually any sphere of activity by money, admiration, recognition, respect, and the genuflection of others honoring their sacred and proven masculinity.“

—  Andrea Dworkin Feminist writer 1946 - 2005

p 53.
Pornography, Men Possessing Women (1979)

„We have to understand who we are and where we fit in the natural order of the world because our oppressor deals in illusions. They tell us that it is power, but it is not power. They may have all the guns and they may have all the racist laws and judges, and they may control all the money, but that is not power. These are imitations of power and they are only ‘power’ because in our minds we allow it to be power.“

—  John Trudell Native American rights activist, musician, poet 1946 - 2015

"We are Power" speech (1980)

„If you have been voting for politicians who promise to give you goodies at someone else's expense, then you have no right to complain when they take your money and give it to someone else, including themselves.“

—  Thomas Sowell American economist, social theorist, political philosopher and author 1930

„It’s sad, y’know, what money does to people.“

—  Ozzy Osbourne, book I Am Ozzy

Source: I Am Ozzy

„It's not about money. It's about the people you have, how you're led, and how much you get it.“

—  Steve Jobs American entrepreneur and co-founder of Apple Inc. 1955 - 2011

As quoted in Fortune (9 November 1998); also quoted in "TIME digital 50" in TIME digital archive (1999) http://web.archive.org/web/20000612103032/http://www.time.com/time/digital/digital50/08.html
1990s
Context: Innovation has nothing to do with how many R&D dollars you have. When Apple came up with the Mac, IBM was spending at least 100 times more on R&D. It's not about money. It's about the people you have, how you're led, and how much you get it.

„Football is now all about money. There are problems with the values within the game. And this is sad because football is the most beautiful game. We can play it in the street. We can play it everywhere. Everyone can play it but those values are being lost. We have to bring them back.“

—  Johan Cruyff Dutch association football player 1947 - 2016

In an interview with The Guardian's Donald McRae in September 2014 https://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/sep/12/johan-cruyff-louis-van-gaal-manchester-united.

„I'm a businessman. I've made my money supplying a popular demand. If I break the law, my customers are as guilty as I am.“

—  Al Capone American gangster 1899 - 1947

„While money can't buy happiness, it certainly lets you choose your own form of misery.“

—  Groucho Marx American comedian 1890 - 1977

„What was a reasonable offer? In the first place, there ought to be an amnesty. … The second point in the terms should be a grant of money to rebuild the burned homesteads and restock the devastated farms. … Nothing would do more to accelerate the return of peace and order than to give the people occupation and a chance of living. Then, it should be part of any reasonable offer to the Boers that there should be a speedy restoration of self-governing institutions.“

—  James Bryce, 1st Viscount Bryce British academic, jurist, historian and Liberal politician 1838 - 1922

Speech to the Women's National Liberal Association Conference, Memorial Hall, London (12 June 1901), quoted in The Times (13 June 1901), p. 12.
1900s

„The existence of money is hardly ever questioned or examined, but let’s consider our use of money.... There are many disadvantages to using this old method of exchange for goods and services. We will consider just a few here and let you add to this list on your own.“

—  Jacque Fresco American futurist and self-described social engineer 1916 - 2017

Designing the Future (2007)

„Whenever money is involved, there is elitism.“

—  Jacque Fresco American futurist and self-described social engineer 1916 - 2017

6. The inhumanity of a monetary-based system.
The Best That Money Can't Buy: Beyond Politics, Poverty, & War (2002)

„I'd like to live as a poor man with lots of money.“

—  Pablo Picasso Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist, and stage designer 1881 - 1973

„They have worries, they're counting the miles, they're thinking about where to sleep tonight, how much money for gas, the weather, how they'll get there - and all the time they'll get there anyway, you see.“

—  Jack Kerouac American writer 1922 - 1969

Source: On the Road: the Original Scroll

„They got money for wars but they can’t feed the poor. “

—  Tupac Shakur rapper and actor 1971 - 1996