Quotes about checkbook

A collection of quotes on the topic of checkbook, balance.

Quotes about checkbook

Barbara Kruger photo

“When I hear the word Culture I take out my checkbook”

Barbara Kruger (1945) American artist

Words on an untitled artwork (1985)
A takeoff on the quote "Whenever I hear the word 'Culture,' I reach for my revolver," from Hans Johst, Schlageter (1933), act I, scene I (actual quote: Wenn ich Kultur höre … entsichere ich meinen Browning! [Whenever I hear of culture... I release the safety-catch of my Browning!])
Paraphrased from The Monkey Wrench Gang by Edward Abbey, '"When I heard the word 'culture,'" said Dr. Sarvis "I reach for my checkbook."' pg. 109

Irving Berlin photo
Bran Ferren photo

“The technology needed for an early Internet-connection implant is no more than 25 years off. Imagine that you could understand any language, remember every joke, solve any equation, get the latest news, balance your checkbook, communicate with others, and have near-instant access to any book ever published, without ever having to leave the privacy of yourself.”

Bran Ferren (1953) American technologist

Technology Predictions: Wired for Life: The Internet Implant (June 1998 Columns), Columns Magazine, University of Washington, August 31, 1998, September 8, 2013 http://www.washington.edu/alumni/columns/june98/technology.html,

Tom Robbins photo
Gary Johnson photo
Halldór Laxness photo
Eminem photo