Subject: Money (Page 13)

The time I was kidnapped, and the kidnappers sent my parents a note they said, “We want five thousand dollars or you’ll see your kid again.

(1921 – 2004) stand-up comedian & actor

The cost of living has gone up another dollar a quart.

(1880 – 1946) comedian, actor, juggler & writer

If only God would give me some clear sign! … like making a large deposit in my name at a Swiss bank.

(1935 – ) movie actor, director & comedian

You never realize how short a month is until you pay alimony.

(1882 – 1942) American actor

It's a good idea to save your money; one day it might be worth something again!

fictional mascot and cover boy of Mad, an American humor magazine

Money… was exactly like sex, you thought of nothing else if you didn’t have it and thought of other things if you did.

(1924 – 1987) American novelist, writer, playwright, poet & civil rights activist

I signed with the Milwaukee Braves for three-thousand dollars; that bothered my dad at the time because he didn’t have that kind of dough… but he eventually scraped it up.

(1935 – ) American baseball player, sportscaster, comedian & actor

About the only difference between the poor and the rich, is… the poor suffer misery, while the rich have to enjoy it.

(1818 – 1885) humorist

I bet whenever Trump has to make a decision, he asks himself, “What would a cartoon rich person do?”

(1982 – ) American comedian, actor, writer & producer

Why does a slight tax increase cost you two hundred dollars and a substantial tax cut save you thirty cents?

(1918 – 2007) American humor writer

Income: The sum of money which it costs more than to live.

Exceptions prove the rule… and wreck the budget.

I was having trouble making ends meet, and my beginnings weren't meeting either.

(1924 – 1973) American comic

Spare no expense to make everything as economical as possible.

(1879 – 1974) film producer

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

(1934 – ) comedian

Nothing in the known universe travels faster than a bad check.

An inexorable upward movement leads administrators to higher salaries and narrower spans of control.

Jack was so cheap that instead of bringing his date flowers, he brought her seeds.

(1896 – 1996) comedian, actor & entertainer

By the time we've made it, we've had it.

(1919 – 1990) publisher & author

In many instances, marriage vows would be more accurate if the phrase were changed to ‘Until debt do us part.’

(1920 – 2001) American writer & humorist