Subject: Money (Page 24)

The pay raise is just large enough to increase your taxes and just small enough to have no effect on your take-home pay.

A bank is a place where they lend you an umbrella in fair weather and ask for it back when it rains.

(1874 – 1963) American poet

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

(1925 – 1980) British comedian & actor

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

She makes pancakes so thin they’ve got just one side to them.

Nineteen percent of doctors say that they'd be able to give their patients a lethal injection. But they also went on to say that the patient would have to be really, really behind on payments.

(1950 – ) comedian & television host

He's so old that when he orders a three-minute egg, they ask for the money up front.

(1908 – 2002) comedian, radio & television actor

Why is there so much month left at the end of the money?

It’s better to spend money like there’s no tomorrow than to spend tonight like there’s no money.

(1947 – ) author, humorist & satirist

She took my son to Costco, bought 14 pounds of Oreos – and saved us money somehow.

American stand-up comedian

The first million is the hardest.

(1928 – 2019) American business magnate a&d financier

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

(1935 – ) movie actor, director & comedian

I'll say this for adversity: people seem to be able to stand it, and that's more than I can say for prosperity.

(1868 – 1930) cartoonist, humorist & journalist

The happiest time in a man's life is when he is in the red hot pursuit of a dollar with a reasonable prospect of overtaking it.

(1818 – 1885) humorist

The only difference between a pigeon and the American farmer today is that a pigeon can still make a deposit on a John Deere.

(1943 – ) U.S. agriculture commissioner, columnist, activist & author

I’m living so far beyond my income that we may almost be said to be living apart.

(1870 – 1916) British writer

Nowadays, an after-dinner mint is what you need to pay the restaurant check.

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

Don’t you hate it when people assume you’re rich because you sound posh and went to private school and have loads of money?

British actor, comedian & writer

I admit to spending a fortune on women, booze and gambling… the rest I spend foolishly.

(1919 – 1985) Scottish comedian & actor

When the last great scorer comes to mark against your name, it’s not whether you won or lost, but how many paid to see the game.

baseball executive

Ransom notes.

(1935 – 2012) American football player, sports announcer & actor