The Jack Benny Program (Radio: 1932-1955), The Jack Benny Program (Television: 1950-1965)
“Thug: [repeating] Look, bud, I said 'Your money or your life.”
Jack Benny (1894–1974) comedian, vaudeville performer, and radio, television, and film actor
The Jack Benny Program (Radio: 1932-1955), The Jack Benny Program (Television: 1950-1965)
Variant: Mugger: Look bud. I said, your money or your life.
Mary Oliver (1935–2019) American writer
Source: Red Bird
“Mugger: Your money or your life.”
Jack Benny (1894–1974) comedian, vaudeville performer, and radio, television, and film actor
The Jack Benny Program (Radio: 1932-1955)
Michael Leboeuf (1942) American business writer
“As you manage your money, you manage your life.”
Dan Millman (1946) American self help writer
“Now that I have you thoroughly confused, let me pause to hear your own dismayed cry.”
Ray Bradbury book Zen in the Art of Writing
Source: Zen in the Art of Writing
“Now, you have to tighten your belts, because we, your leaders, mis-spent your hard-earned money.”
Bill Hicks (1961–1994) American comedian
Know what would make tightening my belt a little easier? If I could tighten it around Jesse Helms' scrawny little chicken-neck.
Rant in E-Minor (1997)
“Your money saved us for three days. It's not often that money saves a person's life.”
Paulo Coelho book The Alchemist
Source: The Alchemist (1988), p. 167
