Isaac Asimov book Half-Breed
Source: Short fiction, The Early Asimov Book One (1972), Half-Breed (p. 160)
Quotes about money page 6
Kanye West (1977) American rapper, singer and songwriter
Heard 'Em Say
Lyrics, Late Registration (2005)
“Behind the parliamentary puppets stands the Master of Money.”
Francis Parker Yockey (1917–1960) American writer
The Enemy of Europe (1953)
Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826) 3rd President of the United States of America
Letter to John Taylor (28 May 1816) ME 15:23 http://www.britannica.com/presidents/article-9116907 <br class="br">1810s <br class="br">Context: We may say with truth and meaning that governments are more or less republican, as they have more or less of the element of popular election and control in their composition; and believing, as I do, that the mass of the citizens is the safest depository of their own rights, and especially, that the evils flowing from the duperies of the people are less injurious than those from the egoism of their agents, I am a friend to that composition of government which has in it the most of this ingredient. And I sincerely believe, with you, that banking establishments are more dangerous than standing armies; and that the principle of spending money to be paid by posterity, under the name of funding, is but swindling futurity on a large scale.
Thomas J. Stanley (1944–2015) American businessman
Source: The Millionaire Next Door: The Surprising Secrets of Americas Wealthy
H.L. Mencken (1880–1956) American journalist and writer
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1940s–present, Minority Report : H.L. Mencken's Notebooks (1956)
“Money lost -- little lost. Honour lost -- much lost. Pluck lost -- all lost.”
Raffles: The Amateur Cracksman
“I know the Chinese. I've made a lot of money with the Chinese. I understand the Chinese mind.”
Donald J. Trump book Trump: The Art of the Deal
As quoted in "Donald Trump has read a lot of books on China: 'I understand the Chinese mind'" http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2011/05/donald-trump-i-understand-the-chinese-mind.html, Los Angeles Times (3 May 2011), and in Forbes http://www.forbes.com/sites/johnmauldin/2015/08/24/playing-the-chinese-trump-card/ (August 2015) <br class="br">2010s, 2011 <br class="br">Source: The Art of the Deal
“Remember, for every shot you fire, someone, somewhere, is making money.”
Tom Clancy (1947–2013) American author
“I'm not allowed to bet, but if I could, my money would be on you.”
Suzanne Collins The Hunger Games
Source: The Hunger Games
Tom Waits (1949) American singer-songwriter and actor
Interview All Songs Considered, NPR, May 20, 2008
Wendell Berry (1934) author
Citizenship Papers (2003), The Total Economy
Context: A corporation, essentially, is a pile of money to which a number of persons have sold their moral allegiance. Unlike a person, a corporation does not age. It does not arrive, as most persons finally do, at a realization of the shortness and smallness of human lives; it does not come to see the future as the lifetime of the children and grandchildren of anybody in particular.
Erma Bombeck (1927–1996) When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent le…
Obert Skye book Leven Thumps and the Gateway to Foo
Source: Leven Thumps and the Gateway to Foo
“Endless money forms the sinews of war.”
Marcus Tullius Cicero (-106–-43 BC) Roman philosopher and statesman
Paramahansa Yogananda (1893–1952) Yogi, a guru of Kriya Yoga and founder of Self-Realization Fellowship
Thornton Wilder The Matchmaker
Dolly Levi, in Act 4 http://books.google.com/books?id=MAEJ8VP0rMYC&q=%22Money+is+like+manure+it's+not+worth+a+thing+unless+it's+spread+around+encouraging+young+things+to+grow%22&pg=PA110#v=onepage <br class="br">Source: The Matchmaker (1954)
“Many people think that happiness comes from having more power or more money.”
François Lelord book Hector and the Search for Happiness
Source: Hector and the Search for Happiness
“The quickest way to double your money is to fold it in half and put it in your back pocket.”
Will Rogers (1879–1935) American humorist and entertainer
“Enjoying living was learning to get your money's worth and knowing when you had it.”
Ernest Hemingway book The Sun Also Rises
Source: The Sun Also Rises
Jenny Joseph (1932–2018) Poet
Poem Warning http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/warning/ <br class="br">Source: Warning: When I Am an Old Woman I Shall Wear Purple
John Steinbeck book The Winter of Our Discontent
Source: The Winter of Our Discontent (1961), unplaced by chapter
Context: Ellen, only last night, asked, 'Daddy, when will we be rich?' But I did not say to her what I know: 'We will be rich soon, and you who handle poverty badly will handle riches equally badly.' And that is true. In poverty she is envious. In riches she may be a snob. Money does not change the sickness, only the symptoms.
“Buy a pup and your money will buy
Love unflinching that cannot lie.”
Rudyard Kipling (1865–1936) English short-story writer, poet, and novelist
“Money cannot buy health, but I'd settle for a diamond-studded
wheelchair.”
Dorothy Parker (1893–1967) American poet, short story writer, critic and satirist
Jennifer Ashley (1974) American author
Source: The Madness of Lord Ian Mackenzie
“Stealing money from humans is rewarding both financially and spiritually.”
Kresley Cole American writer
Source: Dreams of a Dark Warrior
“On books and friends I spend my money;
For stones and bricks I haven't any.”
Ruskin Bond (1934) British Indian writer
Source: Rain in the Mountains: Notes from the Himalayas
Jack Kerouac (1922–1969) American writer
Letter to Ed White (5 July 1950) as published in The Missouri Review, Vol. XVII, No. 3, 1994, page 137, and also quoted in Jack Kerouac: Angelheaded Hipster (1996) by Steve Turner, p. 117
“Money is the best recipe for happiness.”
Jane Austen book Pride and Prejudice
Mansfield Park (1814)
Works, Mansfiled Park
Variant: A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of.
Source: Pride and Prejudice
"Selections from the Allen Notebooks".
Without Feathers (1975)
Charles Portis book True Grit
Source: True Grit (1968), Chapter 7, pp. 214-215 : thoughts of 'Mattie Ross'
Anaïs Nin (1903–1977) writer of novels, short stories, and erotica
Source: The Diary of Anaïs Nin, Vol. 1: 1931-1934
“The more I see of the moneyed classes, the more I understand the guillotine.”
George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950) Irish playwright
Myles Munroe (1954–2014) Bahamian Evangelical Christian minister
Source: Waiting and Dating
“Not, how much of my money will I give to God, but, how much of God’s money will I keep for myself?”
John Wesley (1703–1791) Christian theologian
Louis L'Amour (1908–1988) Novelist, short story writer
Source: Education of a Wandering Man
“Money can't buy you happiness but it does bring you a more pleasant form of misery.”
Spike Milligan (1918–2002) British-Irish comedian, writer, musician, poet, playwright, soldier and actor
Variant: Money can't buy you friends, but you do get a better class of enemy.
Phyllis A. Whitney (1903–2008) American writer
Jane Austen (1775–1817) English novelist
Letter to Cassandra (1811-04-18) [Letters of Jane Austen -- Brabourne Edition]
Letters
“You think Ivy's a planner? She has nothing on a motivated elf with too much money.”
Kim Harrison (1966) Pseudonym
Source: Pale Demon
“No-one would remember the Good Samaritan if he'd only had good intentions; he had money as well.”
Margaret Thatcher (1925–2013) British stateswoman and politician
TV Interview for London Weekend Television Weekend World (6 January 1980) http://www.margaretthatcher.org/speeches/displaydocument.asp?docid=104210 <br class="br">First term as Prime Minister
Mary Oliver (1935–2019) American writer
Source: Blue Iris: Poems and Essays
“Rule No. 1: Never lose money. Rule No. 2: Never forget rule No. 1.”
Warren Buffett (1930) American business magnate, investor, and philanthropist
This maxim (perhaps of gambling or horse racing origin) is widely attributed to Warren Buffett and, as such, has traditionally been cited in print; notably, it was attributed (perhaps facetiously) to him by Mary Buffett in, The Tao of Warren Buffett. A more uncommon, less well known version, and perhaps one with a more lasting credibility (or certainly with a higher degree of checkability), would be: "The first rule is don't lose, and the second rule is never forget the first rule." This version was noted by Steve Forbes in a friendly meeting in Omaha, in an article published as: Jay-Z, Buffett and Forbes on Success and Giving Back. This article is available on the Forbes website, published on September 23, 2010.
Disputed
Variant: Rule No. 1: Never lose money. Rule No. 2: Never forget rule No. 1.
“Money can only give happiness where there is nothing else to give it.”
Jane Austen book Sense and Sensibility
Source: Sense and Sensibility
“It’s what is in your head that determines what is in your hands. Money is only an idea.”
Robert T. Kiyosaki (1947) American finance author , investor
Rich Dad Poor Dad: What the Rich Teach Their Kids About Money-That the Poor and the Middle Class Do Not!
“Get a day job, make your money from that, and write to please yourself.”
Harlan Ellison (1934–2018) American writer
“I used to have a drug problem, now I make enough money.”
David Lee Roth (1954) Rock vocalist; lead singer with Van Halen
“There are only two things wrong with money: too much or too little.”
Charles Bukowski (1920–1994) American writer
Source: The Captain is Out to Lunch and the Sailors Have Taken Over the Ship
Lisa Kleypas (1964) American writer
Source: Secrets of a Summer Night