Subject: Money (Page 22)

The main purpose of the stock market is to make fools of as many men as possible.

(1870 – 1965) businessman & politician

There’s a way of transferring funds that is even faster than electronic banking; it’s called marriage.

(1953 – 1992) American comedian

Change is inevitable… except from vending machines.

Markets can remain irrational a lot longer than you and I can remain solvent.

American financial analyst & commentator

The probability of winning is inversely proportional to the amount of the wager.

I wished the buck stopped here, as I could use a few.

That's Jack Benny; he's always out there on bad days like that looking for golf balls.

(1902 – 1977) American singer & actor

Good art is in the wallet of the beholder.

(1958 – ) Australian author

People who work sitting down get paid more than people who work standing up.

(1902 – 1971) American humorist & poet

I put on my favorite winter jacket for the first time the other day, and as soon as I put my hands in those pockets, I was immediately reminded that last year I didn't have any money, either.

(1970 – ) American comedian & television game show host

We were so poor my daddy unplugged the clocks when we went to bed.

(1965 – ) comedian, actor, screenwriter, television producer & director

I bought a seven-dollar pen because I always lose pens and I got sick of not caring.

(1968 – 2005) American stand-up comedian

A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of.

(1775 – 1817) English novelist

If hard work were such a wonderful thing, surely the rich would have kept it all to themselves.

(1922 – 1999) labor union leader, president of the AFL-CIO

Depression: A period during which we have to get along without the things our grandparents never dreamed of.

He found it inconvenient to be poor.

(1731 – 1800) English poet & hymn-writer

When it comes to finances, remember that there are no withholding taxes on the wages of sin.

(1893 – 1980) actress, playwright, screenwriter & sex symbol

Whenever you hear the word save, it is usually the beginning of an advertisement designed to make you spend money.

Be careful of men who are bald and rich; the arrogance of "rich" usually cancels out the nice of "bald.”

(1953 – ) comedian, dancer & writer

People who think money can do anything may very well be suspected of doing anything for money.

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I don't mind their having a lot of money, and I don't care how they employ it, but I do think that they damn well ought to admit they enjoy it.

(1902 – 1971) American humorist & poet