“You're buying years of work, toil in the sun; you're buying a sorrow that can't talk.”

“I--buy, and I sell."
"You're a thief.”

Tamora Pierce book Alanna: The First Adventure

“Give a man a fish, and you'll feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, and he'll buy a funny hat. Talk to a hungry man about fish, and you're a consultant.”

Scott Adams (1957) cartoonist, writer

“Well, if there's no 'war' that begins, but you say 'war begins', no one's going to buy your newspaper the next day because they'll be on to the fact that you don't know what you're talking about.”

Sam Donaldson (1934) American journalist

“You know you're a hot mess when the only person buying you drinks all night is yourself.”

Chelsea Handler (1975) American comedian, actress, author and talk show host

“Money can't buy happiness but it can buy a huge yacht that sails right next to it.”

David Lee Roth (1954) Rock vocalist; lead singer with Van Halen

“You can't buy happiness”

Kurt Cobain (1967–1994) American musician and artist

“Money can't buy poverty.”

Marty Feldman (1934–1982) British actor and comedian

“You can't speak, you can't sleep,
You daren't move, you're confused.
You never talk, you can't walk
You can't feel, you're not real…”

Mike Oldfield (1953) English musician, multi-instrumentalist

“Humanity I love you because when you're hard up you pawn your intelligence to buy a drink.”

E.E. Cummings (1894–1962) American poet