Subject: Money (Page 23)

Change of fashion is the tax levied by the industry of the poor on the vanity of the rich.

(1741 – 1794) French writer

You've no idea what it costs to keep the old man in poverty.

(1900 – 1979) British statesman & naval officer

We pay for the mistakes of our ancestors, and it seems only fair that they should leave us the money to pay with.

(1878 – 1937) humorist, journalist & author

A man's respect for law and order exists in precise relationship to the size of his paycheck.

(1908 – 1972) American politician & civil rights leader

Bargain: anything a customer thinks a store is losing money on.

(1868 – 1930) cartoonist, humorist & journalist

I made a killing on Wall Street a few years ago…I shot my broker.

(1890 – 1977) comedian, actor & television host

I've never been a millionaire but I just know I'd be darling at it.

(1893 – 1967) writer, humorist & poet

What I'm saying is we were poor, people; I mean, blues singers would show up at our house when they had writer's block – that's how poor we were.

(1954 – ) American comedian, writer & musician

A wedding invitation is sent by people who have been saying, “Do we have to ask them?” to people whose first response is, “How much do you think we have to spend on them?”

(1938 – ) journalist, columnist (Miss Manners)

The art of government consists in taking as much money as possible from one class of citizen to give to the other.

(1694 – 1778) French author, humanist & satirist

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

(1818 – 1885) humorist

Cocaine is God's way of saying that you're making too much money.

(1951 – 2014) comedian & actor

Money isn’t everything as long as you have enough.

Saving is a very fine thing; especially when your parents have done it for you.

(1874 – 1965) British prime minister, politician, statesman & orator

People will swim through shit if you put a few bob in it.

(1925 – 1980) British comedian & actor

If I hadn’t my debts I shouldn’t have anything to think about.

(1854 – 1900) Irish dramatist, novelist & poet

There is only one thing for a man to do who is married to a woman who enjoys spending money, and that is enjoy earning it.

(1902 – 1971) American humorist & poet

The only way not to think about money is to have a great deal of it.

(1862 – 1937) novelist & short story writer

Maybe money corrupts the character; but lack of money isn't going to improve it either.

(1902 – 1968) novelist

The client who pays the least complains the most.