Subject: Money (Page 17)

A hospital bed is a parked taxi with the meter running.

(1890 – 1977) comedian, actor & television host

Depression: A period in which you have no belt to tighten.

It is better to have a permanent income than to be fascinating.

(1854 – 1900) Irish dramatist, novelist & poet

Being young is not having any money; being young is not minding not having any money

(1928 – ) British journalist, writer & columnist

If you’re wondering if you have enough money to take the family out to eat tonight, you don’t.

(1917 – 1994) American writer

Rule No.1: Never lose money, Rule No.2: Never forget rule No.1.

(1930 – ) financier & investment businessman

A good film is when the price of the dinner, the theatre admission and the babysitter were worth it.

(1899 – 1980) English filmmaker & producer

I was so poor growing up if I wasn’t a boy, I’d have had nothing to play with.

(1921 – 2004) stand-up comedian & actor

My doctor is wonderful; once, when I couldn’t afford an operation, he touched up the X-rays.

(1918 – 2007) American entertainer, actor & television host

Never criticize Americans… they have the best taste that money can buy.

(1941 – 2008) British journalist, musician &broadcaster

One time I went to a drive-in in a taxi cab… the movie cost me $95.00.

(1955 – ) comedian, actor & writer

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

Money – the one thing that keeps us in touch with our children.

(1948 – ) English writer, broadcaster, actor & politician

Philanthropist: A rich (and usually bald) old gentleman who has trained himself to grin while his conscience is picking his pocket.

(1842 – 1914) author & satirist

The poor wish to be rich, the rich wish to be happy, the happy wish to be married, the married wish to be dead.

(1918 – 2002) advice columnist

Death is a wonderful way of cutting down on your expenses.

(1935 – ) movie actor, director & comedian

The pain goes away on payday.

(1902 – 1975) comedian, actor & member of The Three Stooges

It ain't often that a man's reputation outlasts his money.

(1818 – 1885) humorist

There were times my pants were so thin I could sit on a dime and tell if it was heads or tails.

(1900 – 1967) American film actor

He’s the only man I ever knew who had rubber pockets so he could steal soup.

(1876 – 1933) screenwriter

And they give you cash, which is just as good as money.

(1925 – 2015) baseball player, coach & manager