A billion here and a billion there, and pretty soon you're talking real money.
(Everett Dirksen)
I'm living so far beyond my income that we may almost be said to be living apart.
(ee cummings)
It may be that today gold has become the exclusive ruler of life, but the time will come when man will again bow down to a higher god. Many things today owe their existence solely to the longing for money and wealth, but there is very little among them whose non-existence would leave humanity any the poorer.
(Adolf Hitler, "Mein Kampf")
We all need money, but there are degrees of desperation.
(Anthony Burgess)
Money is like manure; it's not worth a thing unless it's spread around encouraging young things to grow.
The rule is not to talk about money with people who have much more or much less than you.
(Katherine Whitehorn)
Never work just for money or for power. They won't save your soul or help you sleep at night.
(Marian Wright Edelman)
The holy passion of friendship is so sweet and steady and loyal and enduring in nature that it will last through a whole lifetime, if not asked to lend money.
(Mark Twain)
Money is like manure; it's not worth a thing unless it's spread around encouraging young things to grow.
(Thornton Wilder,from "The Matchmaker")
When it's a question of money, everybody is of the same religion.
(Voltaire)
Money is better than poverty, if only for financial reasons.
(Woody Allen)
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