„Whatever you do, make sure that you have those things that money can't buy“
— Cornelius Keagon Liberian humanitarian aid worker 1996
Quotes about money
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„Money is in some respects like fire; it is a very excellent servant but a terrible master.“
— P.T. Barnum American showman and businessman 1810 - 1891
Ch. 3: "Avoid Debt" http://www.fourmilab.ch/etexts/www/barnum/moneygetting/moneygetting_chap4.html
Art of Money Getting (1880)
„A lot of sophistication has been developed about the utilization of machines for complex purposes, and it doesn't make sense not to use it if you can think of a good question to ask. Playing chess is about the dumbest question you can ask. But, if you want, maybe can make money that way, or something. In fact, what's going on with the chess is about as interesting as the fact that a front-end loader can lift more than an Olympics champion, weight lifter, or something. Probably so, but, you know, these are just not serious questions.“
— Noam Chomsky american linguist, philosopher and activist 1928
Talk titled "Language & Mind", 1997.
Quotes 1990s, 1995-1999
„Money lending is a horrible profession. If we are to call it otherwise it is lawful plundering.“
— Periyar E. V. Ramasamy Tamil politician and social reformer 1879 - 1973
Veeramani, Collected Works of Periyar, p. 514.
Reform
„No matter how much money you earn, you can only eat three meals a day and sleep in one bed.“
— Arsène Wenger French footballer and manager 1949
On Nicolas Anelka, (July 1999) http://archive.is/20130109094446/markarbouine.tripod.com/quotes/quotes3.htm
„I am a material to be used that will not cost you any money. I am afraid to collect money from you because if I collect it, it will affect the gift and grace of God in my life.“
— T. B. Joshua Nigerian Christian leader 1963
On collecting money - "I Told Jonathan He Would Lose - TB Joshua" http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/180634-i-told-jonathan-he-would-lose-tb-joshua.html Premium Times, Nigeria (April 5 2015)
„Miracles, signs, wonders, deliverance and healing cannot be exchanged with money.“
— T. B. Joshua Nigerian Christian leader 1963
Speaking during his 2014 Colombia Crusade - "TB Joshua Lights Up Colombia, Fills Olympic Stadium" http://bulawayo24.com/index-id-news-sc-religion-byo-50760.html Bulawayo 24, Zimbabwe (July 17 2014)
„In nature's economy the currency is not money, it is life.“
— Vandana Shiva Indian philosopher 1952
Source: Earth Democracy: Justice, Sustainability, and Peace
„I think Terrell will catch hell at the sound of the bell.
He's going around saying that he's a championship-fighter,
but when he meets me he fall 20 pound lighter.
He thinks that he's the real heavy weight champ
but when he meets me, he'll just be a tramp
Now I'm not sayin' just to be funny, but I'm fightin' Ernie because he needs the money.“
— Muhammad Ali African American boxer, philanthropist and activist 1942 - 2016
About Ernie Terrell before their February 1967 boxing match, - ( YouTube video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVZYo2MYmfg
Source: https://books.google.ca/books?id=6ClZDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA120&lpg=PA120&dq=I+think+Terrell+will+catch+hell+at+the+sound+of+the+bell&source=bl&ots=2atsVuDXae&sig=ACfU3U0qSka952BOrSsGqAg13ji8vvdxPw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiK1sa854jvAhWY_J4KHe0xAf0Q6AEwEnoECAQQAw#v=onepage&q=I%20think%20Terrell%20will%20catch%20hell%20at%20the%20sound%20of%20the%20bell&f=false Ali: The Official Portrait of "The Greatest" of All Time
„Money, you've got lots of friends
Crowding round the door
When you're gone, spending ends
They don't come no more
Rich relations give
Crust of bread and such
You can help yourself
But don't take too much.“
— Billie Holiday American jazz singer and songwriter 1915 - 1959
God Bless The Child
„Some men like me talkin' happy
Some calls it snappy
Some call me honey
Others think I got money
Some tell me baby you're built for speed
Now if you put that all together
Makes me everything a good man needs.“
— Billie Holiday American jazz singer and songwriter 1915 - 1959
Billie's Blues
„Anything you can settle with money is cheap.“
— Erich Maria Remarque German novelist 1898 - 1970
Source: Arch of Triumph: A Novel of a Man Without a Country
„Money is the fruit of evil as often as the root of it.“
— Henry Fielding English novelist and dramatist 1707 - 1754
Don Quixote in England (1731), Act I, scene vi http://books.google.com/books?id=8_VbAAAAQAAJ&q=%22Money+is+the+fruit+of+evil+as+often+as+the+root+of+it%22&pg=PA13#v=onepage
„I have not lived as a woman. I have lived as a man. I've just done what I damn well wanted to, and I've made enough money to support myself, and ain't afraid of being alone.“
— Katharine Hepburn film, stage, and television actress 1907 - 2003
„Intellectual property is the oil of the 21 century. Look at the richest men a hundred years ago; they all made their money extracting natural resources or moving them around. All today’s richest men have made their money out of intellectual property.“
— Mark Getty British businessman 1960
"Blood and Oil," The Economist (March 4, 2000), p. 68
„When Bill Gates pours money into Africa for feeding the poor in Africa and preventing famine, he’s pushing the failed Green Revolution, he’s pushing chemicals, pushing GMOs, pushing patterns.“
— Vandana Shiva Indian philosopher 1952
On Bill Gate's philanthropic activities, from " Bill Gates is continuing the work of Monsanto, Vandana Shiva tells France24 https://www.france24.com/en/20191023-bill-gates-is-continuing-the-work-of-monsanto-vandana-shiva-tells-france-24-1" France24 (23 October 2019)
„But the Red Man denied that time, though it must always be paid for, could always be paid for in money.“
— Avram Davidson, book The Phoenix and the Mirror
Source: The Phoenix and the Mirror (1969), Chapter 9