Subject: Money (Page 14)

When I was young, poverty was so common that we didn't know it had a name.

(1908 – 1973) 36th U.S. president

Why is it, “A penny for your thoughts,” but, “You have to put your two cents in?” … somebody’s making a penny.

(1955 – ) comedian, actor & writer

In this country you’re guilty until proven wealthy.

(1956 – ) comedian, television host, social critic & political commentator

Rich people bring a lawyer; Latinos and blacks bring their moms.

(1976 – ) comedian

Nobody's ever offered me money to have sex… sure – a Bud Light and a basket of curly fries, but not cash.

(1970 – ) American stand-up comedian & voice actor

Take Home Pay: An amount of money which is called that because it is never big enough to go anywhere else with it.

When you get something for nothing, you just haven't been billed for it yet.

(1908 – 1980) businessman, humorist

I had to recently move back home, because my mom was having trouble paying both our rents.

Actress & comedian

My problem lies in reconciling my gross habits with my net income.

(1909 – 1959) Australian-born American actor

If you want to know what God thinks of money, you only have to look at those to whom he gives it.

(1874 – 1945) English writer, translator & war correspondent

A crowded police docket is the surest of all signs that trade is brisk and money plenty.

Samuel Clemens (1835 – 1910) author & humorist

Professional men, they have no cares; whatever happens, they get theirs.

(1902 – 1971) American humorist & poet

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

Scientists who dislike the restraints of highly organized research like to remark that a truly great research worker needs only three pieces of equipment – a pencil, a piece of paper, and a brain… but they quote this maxim more often at academic banquets than at budget hearings.

Utility is when you have one telephone, luxury is when you have two, opulence is when you have three – and paradise is when you have none.

(1926 – ) newspaper columnist

There was a time when a fool and his money were soon parted, but now it happens to everybody.

(1900 – 1965) diplomat & Democratic politician

The book you spent $20.95 for today will come out in paperback tomorrow.

If horse racing is the sport of kings, then drag racing must be the sport of queens.

boxing writer & sports historian

We were poor… if I wasn’t a boy, I wouldn’t have had nothing to play with.

(1922 – 1991) American comedian

Untold Wealth: That which does not appear on income tax returns.

The more an item costs, the farther you have to send it for repairs.