James Garfield: Paper Money Lies

James A. Garfield Money Quote saying a belief in paper currency requires faith in the valuation, and the government. James A. Garfield said:
 

 

“I am an advocate of paper money, but that paper money must represent what it professes on its face. I do not wish to hold in my hands the printed lies of government. He who controls the money supply of a nation controls the nation” — James A. Garfield

Kora-Lea Vidal: Sense of Purpose

Kora-lea Vidal Money Quote saying when chasing money, you are only chasing paper, not a sense of purpose. Kora-lea Vidal said:
 

 

“When you’re just chasing the dollar, you don’t have a sense of purpose, you have a sense of paper” — Kora-lea 🌈 Vidal

Anthony Pompliano: Seashells or Paper

Anthony Pompliano Money Quote saying money systems have evolved to use different measures of value – once carved stones and seashells, today paper and plastic, tomorrow will be digital. Anthony Pompliano said:
 

 

“People used to use seashells as money. We can’t help but think how primitive that was. Today we use paper as money. Eventually people will wonder how we could have been so primitive” — Anthony Pompliano

 
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People used to use seashells as money. We can’t help but think how primitive that was.

Today we use paper as money.

Eventually people will wonder how we could have been so primitive.

— Pomp 🌪 (@APompliano) August 29, 2018

 
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Kora-Lea Vidal: True to Passion Not Paper

Kora-lea Vidal Money Quote saying focus on what feeds your soul, rather than increasing your wealth. Kora-lea Vidal said:
 

 

“Stay true to your passion, not your paper” — Kora-lea Vidal

Milton Friedman: Perfectly Worthless Paper

Milton Friedman Money Quotation saying The Federal Reserve puts ink to paper in a valueless way, as only government could. Milton Friedman said:
 

 

“Only government can take perfectly good paper, cover it with perfectly good ink and make the combination worthless” — Milton Friedman

Havelock Ellis on Value of Thinking

Havelock Ellis Money Quotation saying the value of thinking has a range from symbolic to inspirational. Havelock Ellis said:
 

 

“Thinking in its lower grades, is comparable to paper money, and in its higher forms it is a kind of poetry” — Havelock Ellis

Mark Wagner on Dollars as Popular Paper

Mark Wagner Money Quotation saying the popularity of the dollar bill is greater than any other piece of printed paper in the world. Mark Wagner said:
 

 

“It’s basically the most popular piece of paper on the planet” — Mark Wagner

David Bazelon: Paper Printed Dreams

David T. Bazelon Money Quote saying we somehow believe that money is a real, concrete, useful object in itself, when it is instead an abastraction that represents what it will buy. David T. Bazelon said:
 

 

“Money: A dream, a piece of paper on which is imprinted in invisible ink the dream of all the things it will buy, all the trinkets and all the power over others” — David T. Bazelon