Wealth Wisdom from Cicero 100 Years Before Christ

"Not to be avaricious is money; not to be fond of buying is a revenue; but to be content with our own is the greatest and most certain wealth of all." -- Cicero

Wealth From Imagination: Riches Not in Cash

“All riches have their origin in mind. Wealth is in ideas - not money.” -- Robert Collier

April Fool's and Their Money Quotes on April 1st, 2008

"He had been very emphatic in his belief that a fool and his money are soon parted." -- George Barr McCutcheon

Tennessee Williams Money Quote: Money Before Old Age

"You can be young without money but you can't be old without it." -- Tennessee Williams

Rich People Can't Share Equally, Even With Each Other

"If all the rich people in the world divided up their money among themselves, there wouldn't be enough to go around."
-- Christina Stead

Enough Money to Last Forever, If I Don't Spend Any

"I have enough money to last me the rest of my life, unless I buy something." -- Jackie Mason

Margaret Thatcher Money Quote: Moneyed Samaritan

"No one would remember the Good Samaritan if he'd only had good intentions - he had money, too." -- Margaret Thatcher

George Burns: Get Outta Bed Unless There's Money In It

"Don't stay in bed, unless you can make money in bed." -- George Burns

Ambrose Bierce Funny Quote: Acquaintance Borrower

"Acquaintance, n.: A person whom we know well enough to borrow from, but not well enough to lend to." -- Ambrose Bierce

Hard Work Not Revered by Rich or They'd Hoard It Too

"If hard work were such a wonderful thing, surely the rich would have kept it all to themselves." -- Lane Kirkland

Rita Rudner: Money & Disrespect for Humanity

"Someday I want to be rich. Some people get so rich they lose all respect for humanity. That's how rich I want to be." -- Rita Rudner

Bob Hope Quote: Banks Make Unnecessary Loans

"A bank is a place that will lend you money if you can prove that you don't need it." -- Bob Hope

Bob Hope: Love Being Close to My Money So I Visit DC

"I love to go to Washington, if only to be nearer my money." -- Bob Hope

Shaquille O'Neal Money Quote: Endorsements & B-Ball

"I'm tired of hearing about money, money, money, money, money. I just want to play the game, drink Pepsi, wear Reebok." -- Shaquille O'Neal

Mark Twain Money Quote: Cash for Candor of Course

"Honesty is the best policy - when there is money in it." -- Mark Twain

Malcolm Forbes: Make Money Flattering Rich Family

"I made my money the old-fashioned way. I was very nice to a wealthy relative right before he died." -- Malcolm Forbes

Having Money Rarely Worsens a Problem

"I have never been in a situation where having money made it worse." -- Clinton Jones

Your Money or Your Principles: Take the Money

"When a fellow says it ain't the money but the principle of the thing, it's the money." -- Artemus Ward

Henny Youngman: Happiness Can't Buy Money

"What's the use of happiness? It can't buy you money." -- Henny Youngman

J. Paul Getty: Billionaires Can't Count Their Money

"If you can count your money, you don't have a billion dollars." -- J. Paul Getty

Steve Martin: Sex & Money on Valentines Day

"Sex is one of the most wholesome, beautiful and natural experiences that money can buy" -- Steve Martin

Money is a Good Reason Not to Die

"Money is something you have to make in case you don't die." -- Max Asnas

Speculation is not Investment: Little Money Into a Lot

"Speculation is an effort, probably unsuccessful, to turn a little money into a lot. Investment is an effort, which should be successful, to prevent a lot of money from becoming little." -- Fred Schwed, Jr.

Money Buys Heavenly Goods if Good is Done With It

"By doing good with his money, a man as it were stamps the image of God upon it, and makes it pass current for the merchandise of heaven." -- John Rutledge

Karl Marx: History Determined Largely by Money

"Money plays the largest part in determining the course of history" -- Karl Marx

Napoleon Bonaparte: Bankers & Financiers Not Patriots

"When a government is dependent upon bankers for money, they and not the leaders of the government control the situation, since the hand that gives is above the hand that takes... Money has no motherland; financiers are without patriotism and without decency; their sole object is gain." -- Napoleon Bonaparte

Power of Money to Mediate Peace & Forgiveness

"What a charming reconciler and peacemaker money is!" -- author William Makepeace Thackeray in "Vanity Fair

Louisa May Alcott: Money a Precious & Noble Thing

“Money is a needful and precious thing, and when well used, a noble thing, but I never want you to think it is the first or only prize to strive for. I'd rather see you poor men's wives, if you were happy, beloved, contented, than queens on thrones, without self-respect and peace.” -- from the book, Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

Aristotle: Exorbitant Interest of Petty Usury

"The trade of the petty usurer is hated with most reason: it makes a profit from currency itself, instead of making it from the process which currency was meant to serve. Their common characteristic is obviously their sordid avarice." -- Aristotle

Ayn Rand Rant Against Money as Evil Beliefs

"So you think that money is the root of all evil? Have you ever asked what is the root of money? Money is a tool of exchange, which can't exist unless there are goods produced and men able to produce them. Money is the material shape of the principle that men who wish to deal with one another must deal by trade and give value for value. Money is not the tool of the moochers, who claim your product by tears or of the looters, who take it from you by force. Money is made possible only by the men who produce. Is this what you consider evil?" -- Ayn Rand

Agatha Christie: Large Sums of Money Destroy Trust

"Where large sums of money are concerned, it is advisable to trust nobody." -- Agatha Christie

George Bernard Shaw: Stupid Enough To Want Money

"To be clever enough to get a great deal of money, one must be stupid enough to want it." -- George Bernard Shaw

Researching if Money Can Buy Happiness

"Money won't buy happiness, but it will pay the salaries of a large research staff to study the problem." -- Bill Vaughan

Those With Money Have Best Money Perspectives

"The best way to keep money in perspective is to have some." -- Louis Rukeyser

David Frost: Wonderful Head For Money Quote

"He's got a wonderful head for money. There's this long slit on the top." -- David Frost

Ben Franklin: Money Gets Rid of Trouble Makers

"If you'd lose a troublesome visitor, lend him money." -- Benjamin Franklin

Make All the Money You Can, Then Save & Give Away

"Make all you can, save all you can, give all you can." -- John Wesley

Leo Tolstoy said Money is a New Form of Slavery

"Money is a new form of slavery, and distinguishable from the old simply by the fact that it is impersonal - that there is no human relation between master and slave." -- Leo Tolstoy

Control of Money Overtakes a Nation's Laws

"Let me issue and control a nation's money and I care not who writes the laws." -- Mayer Amschel Rothschild

Mastery of Industry Controls Volume of Money

"Whoever controls the volume of money in any country is absolute master of all industry and commerce." -- James A. Garfield

Money Interests Political Accusations of Treason

"The money power denounces, as public enemies, all who question its methods or throw light upon its crimes." -- William Jennings Bryan Democrat Presidential candidate 1896

Better to Spend Money Like There's No Tomorrow

"It is better to spend money like there's no tomorrow than to spend tonight like there's no money." -- P.J. O'Rourke

Saving Money: Count to Sixty-Five Before Contributions

"Simple rules for saving money. To save half: When you are fired by an eager impulse to contribute to a charity, wait, and count to forty. To save three-quarters, count sixty.To save it all, count sixty-five." -- Mark Twain