Leaf Blower Money & Raking up Cash: Sprint Ad

This Sprint Commercial shows people raking up money and filling leaf bags and someone else using a leaf blower to clean up cash from his yard. Funny video.

Spending Oneself - One Becomes Rich

"Life begets life. Energy creates energy. It is by spending oneself that one becomes rich" -- Sarah Bernhardt

I am not covetous for gold; but covet honor: Shakespeare

“I am not covetous for gold; but if it be a sin to covet honor, I am the most offending soul alive” -- William Shakespeare

Covetous Man is Possessed by His Money: Francis Bacon

“The covetous man cannot so properly be said to possess wealth, as that may be said to possess him.” -Francis Bacon

Litigation Winner Often Real Loser - in Expenses & Time

"Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can. Point out to them how the nominal winner is often the real loser - in faces, expenses and waste of time." -- Abraham Lincoln

Money Comes to Us When We Do What We Love To Do

“What we really want to do is what we are really meant to do. When we do what we are meant to do, money comes to us, doors open for us, we feel useful, and the work we do feels like play to us.” - Julia Cameron

How Cheap Are Stocks - Call it Wall Mart Street: Leno

"Do you have any idea how cheap stocks are? Wall Street is now being called Wall Mart Street" -– Jay Leno

When Money Talks, There are Few Interruptions

"When Money Talks, there are few interruptions" -- Herbert V. Prochnow

Everyone Should Have the Money to get Pastic Surgery

"Everyone should have enough money to get plastic surgery" -- Beverly Johnson

Handle Their Money to Really Know Someone: Spooner

"There are two ways to really know people. One is to live with them; the other is to handle their money" -- John D. Spooner

Understand What a Great Revenue Economy Is: Cicero

"People do not understand what a great revenue economy is" -- Marcus Tullius Cicero

People Want Economy & Will Pay any Price For It

"People want economy and they will pay any price to get it" -- Lee Iacocca

Women Are Engines Driving California Economy

"Women are the engine driving the growth in California's economy" -- Arnold Schwarzenegger

Economy Based on Cravings of 2% of Population

"The whole of the global economy is based on supplying the cravings of two per cent of the world's population" -- Bill Bryson

If You Get That Money is Not Real, You'll Get Rich

"If you can grasp the idea that money is not real, you will grow rich faster" -- Robert T. Kiyosaki

Financial Independence is Self Created Income

"Financial independence is the ability to live from the income of your own personal resources" -- Jim Rohn

Financial Independence After Reason is Gone

"A tragic irony of life is that we so often achieve success or financial independence after the chief reason for which we sought it has passed away." -- Ellen Glasgow

Financial independence: Savings, Insurance, Investments

"Financial security and independence are like a three-legged stool resting on savings, insurance and investments." -- Brian Tracy

He Who Gives Much, not Has Much is Rich

     
“Not he who has much is rich, but he who gives much.”
Erich Fromm

Life is Short so Save Time by Spending Money

"Perhaps the most important use of money - It saves time. Life is so short, and there's so much to do, one can't afford to waste a minute; and just think how much you waste, for instance, in walking from place to place instead of going by bus and in going by bus instead of by taxi" -- W. Somerset Maugham

Having Money is a way of Being Free of Money

"Having money is a way of being free of money" -- Albert Camus

Budget Tells We Can't Afford, But Doesn't Stop Us

"A budget tells us what we can't afford, but it doesn't keep us from buying it" -- William Feather

Bankers are Just Like Anybody Else, Only Richer: Nash

"Bankers are just like anybody else, only richer" -- Ogden Nash

Don't Let Mouth Write a Check Your Tail can't Cash

"Don't let your mouth write a check that your tail can't cash" -- Bo Diddley

Realtor Values Neighborhood by Where he Has Listings

“In a real estate man's eye, the most expensive part of the city is where he has a house to sell” -- Will Rogers

Money Can't Buy Wealth: Garth Brooks

“You aren't wealthy until you have something money can't buy” -- Garth Brooks

Wall Street Percentage Smaller than Real Estate: Trump

"I made a tremendous amount of money on real estate. I'll take real estate rather than go to Wall Street and get 2.8 percent. Forget about it" -- Ivana Trump

Make Money from Stocks: Put In Real Estate or Reverse?

"The question is not do you take money out of stocks and put it into real estate, or the reverse. There's so much money out there looking for a home. I don't think it's either/or." -- Sam Zell

Twilight of Banks: Envision Dawn of Replacements

“This is the twilight of the banks. It would be a more cheerful spectacle if we could envision the dawn of the institutions that will replace them” -- Martin Mayer

No Checkbooks or Banks, Just Sun & Moon: Irving Berlin

“Got no checkbooks, got no banks, Still I'd like to express my thanks; I've got the sun in the morning and the moon at night” --
Irving Berlin

Store Money in Stomachs of Needy, Not in a Purse

“Preferring to store her money in the stomachs of the needy rather than hide it in a purse” -- St. Jerome #Quote

Mortgage Casts a Shadow on Sunniest Field: Ingersoll

“A mortgage casts a shadow on the sunniest field” -- Robert Green Ingersoll #Quote

Farmer's Ruin by Drought, Beat by Mortgage: Carleton

#Quote “Worm or beetle, drought or tempest, on a farmer's land may fall, Each is loaded full o' ruin, but a mortgage beats 'em all” -- Will Carleton

24 Hour Banking - I Don't Have That Much Time

“I saw a bank that said "24 Hour Banking", but I don't have that much time" Stephen Wright #Quote

Marriage Fastest way toTransfer Funds: McGavran

"There's a way of transferring funds that is even faster than electronic banking. It's called marriage." -- James Holt McGavran #Quote

Earn Enough Money, You Don't have to Work: Nash

"If you don't want to work, you have to work to earn enough money so that you won't have to work." -- Ogden Nash #Quote

3 books: Bible, Mother's Cookbook, Father's Checkbook

#Quote "There are three books my daughter felt were the most important influences in her life: the Bible, her mother's cookbook, and her father's checkbook" -- Joyce Mattingly

Mortgaged Car, Bond-Financed Highway, Credit Card Gas

#Quote "Modern man drives a mortgaged car over a bond-financed highway on credit-card gas. " -- Earl Wilson

Poverty Has No Causes, Wealth Has Causes

#Quote "Poverty has no causes. Wealth has causes. But capitalism has been so enormously successful at producing widespread material abundance that we today ... regard wealth as innate to our existence, as our default mode. It is not" -- Don Boudreaux

Poverty is Mankind's Default Mode: Don Boudreaux

#Quote "Poverty is humankind’s default mode. It’s what exists if we do nothing. 'Creating' poverty -- causing poverty -- is no challenge whatsoever. Escaping poverty has causes – that is, wealth has causes" -- Don Boudreaux

You Don't Pay Taxes, They Take Taxes: Chris Rock

"You don't pay taxes - they take taxes" -- Chris Rock #Quote

To Tax & Please is Not Ability Given to Men

"To tax and to please, no more than to love and to be wise, is not given to men."
-- Edmund Burke #Quote

Income Tax Forms - You Can Be Killed by a Blank

#Quote "I just filled out my income tax forms. Who says you can't get killed by a blank?" -- Milton Berle

IRS Code 10 Times Size of Bible, But No Good News

#Quote "[The Internal Revenue Code is] about 10 times the size of the Bible and, unlike the Bible, contains no good news" -- Don Nickles

If IRS Incorrectly Billed Taxpayers: Two Thirds Pay Up

#Quote "If the IRS took 100 taxpayers at random and sent each an incorrect notice that they owed an extra $92.35 in taxes and interest, more than two-thirds would probably just send in a check without investigating further" -- G. Guttman

I Love America, But Can't Afford the Taxes: Mick Jagger

"I love America, but I can't spend the whole year here. I can't afford the taxes" -- Mick Jagger #Quote

Tax Accountant Can Lose You More Than Your Kids

#Quote "Day in and day out, your tax accountant can make or lose you more money than any single person in your life, with the possible exception of your kids" -- Harvey Mackay

I'd Prefer My Taxes Were Going to a Friendly Country

"I wouldn't mind paying taxes… if I knew they were going to a friendly country" -- Dick Gregory #Quote

Purpose of Tax Cut is To Leave Money Where it Belongs

#Quote "The purpose of a tax cut is to leave more money where it belongs: in the hands of the working men and working women who earned it in the first place" -- Robert Dole

I Like to Pay taxes. It is purchasing civilization.

"I like to pay taxes. It is purchasing civilization" -- Oliver Wendell Holmes #Quote

Lottery is a Tax on the Mathematically Challenged: Roger Jones

"I guess I think of lotteries as a tax on the mathematically challenged" -- Roger Jones #Quote

Taxpayer: Work for Federal Government Without Civil Service Exam

"The taxpayer: that's someone who works for the federal government, but doesn't have to take a civil service examination" -- Ronald Reagan #Quote

IRS Agents Good People Except Ability Destroy Your Life

#Quote "And to you taxpayers out there, let me say this: Make sure you file your tax return on time! And remember that, even though income taxes can be a 'pain in the neck,' the folks at the IRS are regular people just like you, except that they can destroy your life" -- Dave Barry

Tax Cuts, Policies & Rewards Flow in One Direction: Up

"All the benefits - the tax cuts, policies and rewards flow in one direction: up" -- Bill Moyers #Quote

Tax Forms Make No Sense No Matter How Drunk I Am

#Quote "It's tax time. I know this because I'm staring at documents that make no sense to me, no matter how many beers I drink"
-- Dave Barry

Tax Forms Are Like A Puzzle With No Right Answer

#Quote "For the average American family, filling out a tax form has become like attacking a puzzle to which, often enough, there is no right answer. But we're all supposed to swear, on penalty of perjury, that we've done our best to find it." -- Paul Greenberg

Man Not Like Animals With Instincts, But We Have Taxes

#Quote "Man is not like other animals in the ways that are really significant: animals have instincts, we have taxes" -- Erving Goffman

Care For Each Other More, and Tax Each Other Less

"We must care for each other more, and tax each other less" -- Bill Archer #Quote

Slight Tax Increase $200, Substantial Cut Saves 30 Cents

#Quote "Why does a slight tax increase cost you two hundred dollars and a substantial tax cut save you thirty cents?" -- Peg Bracken

United States has a System of Taxation by Confession

"The United States has a system of taxation by confession" -- Hugo Black #Quote

One Thief Makes it Robbery, Taxation is 1000 Thieves

"When there's a single thief, it's robbery. When there are a thousand thieves, it's taxation" -- Vanya Cohen #Quote

Rich Bachelors Should Be Heavily Taxed: Oscar Wilde

"Rich bachelors should be heavily taxed. It is not fair that some men should be happier than others" -- Oscar Wilde #Quotes

Tax Collector Creates Poor People: Bill Vaughan

"The tax collector must love poor people, he's creating so many of them" -- Bill Vaughan #Quote

Tax Humor: An Oxymoron to Most, But Apt Description

#Quote "The term 'tax humor' is no doubt an oxymoron to many people; to the more cynical, it is an apt description of the entire tax code" -- John F. Iekel

George Bush Tax Return Lists Iraq as a Dependent

#Quote "Earlier today, the White House released President Bush's tax return. Not surprisingly, under dependents, the president listed Iraq" -- Conan O'Brien

Tax Loophole to Others, Benefit to You is Tax Reform

"[A tax loophole is] something that benefits the other guy. If it benefits you, it is tax reform" -- Russell B. Long #Quotes

Taxation, How the Sheep are Shorn: Edward Abbey

"Taxation: how the sheep are shorn" -- Edward Abbey #Quotes

Best Measure of Honesty isn't Income Tax Return

"The best measure of a man's honesty isn't his income tax return. It's the zero adjust on his bathroom scale" -- Arthur C. Clarke

Like Mothers, Taxes are Seldom Forgotten: Bramwell

"Like mothers, taxes are often misunderstood, but seldom forgotten" -- Lord Bramwell #Quotes

Good we Don't Get as Much Government as We Paid For

"It is a good thing that we do not get as much government as we pay for" -- Will Rogers #Quotes

Teach a Child Not to Subtract, But to Deduct

"If you are truly serious about preparing your child for the future, don't teach him to subtract - teach him to deduct" -- Fran Lebowitz #Quote

Can't Collect Legal Taxes from Illegal Money: Al Capone

"They can't collect legal taxes from illegal money" -- Al Capone #Quote

Fear is the Tax that Conscience Pays to Guilt: Aiken

"Fear is the tax that conscience pays to guilt" -- Howard Aiken #Quote

Levying Taxes & Shearing Sheep: Best to Stop at Skin

"In levying taxes and in shearing sheep it is well to stop when you get down to the skin" -- Austin O'Malley

Tax Month Begins April Fool's Day, Ends with May Day

"Isn't it appropriate that the month of the tax begins with April Fool's Day and ends with cries of 'May Day!'"-- Rob Knauerhase

Liberty & Justice for All, Tax Breaks Only for Some

"There may be liberty and justice for all, but there are tax breaks only for some" -- Martin A. Sullivan

Death More Like Taxes Each Time Congress Meets

"The difference between death and taxes is death doesn't get worse every time Congress meets" -- Will Rogers

Just Men Pay More Tax Than Unjust With Same Income

"When there is an income tax, the just man will pay more and the unjust less on the same amount of income" -- Plato

No Such Thing as a Good Tax: Winston Churchill

"There is no such thing as a good tax" -- Winston Churchill

Congress Can Raise Taxes When it's Not You Who'll Pay

"Congress can raise taxes because it can persuade a sizable fraction of the populace that somebody else will pay" -- Milton Friedman

Government to Tax Rich or Poor as Usual? Will Rogers

"How is the government going to get the extra taxes? Out of the rich, or just out of the poor, as usual?" -- Will Rogers

Income Taxes Create More Liars Than Golf: Will Rogers

"Income taxes have made more liars out of the American people than golf" -- Will Rogers

Government Always Finds a Need For Money it Gets

"Government does not tax to get the money it needs; government always finds a need for the money it gets" -- Ronald Reagan

Tax Policy Engineered to Achieve Social Change: Reagan

"We need true tax reform that will at least make a start toward restoring for our children the American Dream that wealth is denied to no one, that each individual has the right to fly as high as his strength and ability will take him. . . . But we cannot have such reform while our tax policy is engineered by people who view the tax as a means of achieving changes in our social structure" -- Ronald Reagan

Avoidance of Taxes Only Rewarding Intellectual Pursuit

"The avoidance of taxes is the only intellectual pursuit that carries any reward" -- John Maynard Keynes

Bible is 773K Words, Tax Code is 7,000,000 Words

"The Declaration of Independence, the words that launched our nation 1,300 words. The Bible, the word of God 773,000 words. The Tax Code, the words of politicians 7,000,000 words and growing!" -- Steve Forbes

In the End, Taxes Come of People Who Toil: Coolidge

"No matter what anyone may say about making the rich and the corporations pay taxes, in the end they come out of the people who toil" -- Calvin Coolidge

Tax Reform: Taxing Things Currently Not Taxed

"Tax reform is taking the taxes off things that have been taxed in the past and putting taxes on things that haven't been taxed before" -- Art Buchwald

First Get All the People's Money & Make Them Servants

"There is scarce a king in a hundred who would not, if he could, follow the example of Pharaoh—get first all the people's money, then all their lands, and then make them and their children servants for ever" -- Benjamin Franklin

Government Cannot Maintain Budget Surplus

"The federal government cannot maintain a budget surplus any more than an alcoholic can leave a fresh bottle of whiskey untouched in the cupboard" -- Ron Paul

Investing Not Exciting: You Want Excitement? Las Vegas

"Investing should be more like watching paint dry or watching grass grow. If you want excitement, take $800 and go to Las Vegas" -- Paul Samuelson

Do it my way and earn more money: Silvio Berlusconi

"Do it my way and earn more money" -- Silvio Berlusconi

Government Robs Peter to Pay Paul, Has Paul's Support

"A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul" -- George Bernard Shaw

Paper Money Ruins Commerce, Induces Fraud: Washington

"Paper money has had the effect in your state that it will ever have, to ruin commerce, oppress the honest, and open the door to every species of fraud and injustice" -- George Washington

Money is Always There, But The Pockets Change: Stein

"The money is always there, but the pockets change: it is not in the same pockets after a change; and that is all there is to say about money" -- Gertrude Stein

Buy Bread & Beauty If you Can Only Afford Two Things

"When you have only two pennies left in the world, buy a loaf of bread with one, and a lily with the other" -- Andy Dingley

Never Bring Up Children Without Books: Horace Mann

"A house without books is like a room without windows. No man has a right to bring up his children without surrounding them with books, if he has the means to buy them" -- Horace Mann

Freeze Salaries of Senior White House Staff: Obama

"During this period of economic emergency, families are tightening their belts, and so should Washington. That's why I am instituting a pay freeze on the salaries of my senior White House staff. Some of the people in this room will be affected by the pay freeze, and I want you to know that I appreciate your willingness to agree to it, recognizing that it's what's required of you at this moment. It's a mark of your commitment to public service." -- Barack Obama

Yesterday Canceled Check, Tomorrow Promissory Note

"Yesterday is a canceled check: Forget it. Tomorrow is a promissory note: Don’t count on it. Today is ready cash: Use it!" -- Edwin C. Bliss

Obama: We Remain Most Prosperous, Powerful Nation

"We remain the most prosperous, powerful nation on Earth. Our workers are no less productive than when this crisis began. Our minds are no less inventive, our goods and services no less needed than they were last week or last month or last year" -- Barack Obama