Subject: Money (Page 24)

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

(1955 – ) comedian, actor & writer

The rich aren’t like us… they pay less taxes.

(1910 – 1993) editor & novelist

There are plenty of good five cent cigars in the country… the trouble is they cost a quarter.

(1881 – 1960) American columnist

I don’t mind the high price of stardom, I just don’t like the high price of mediocrity.

(1914 – 1986) American baseball team owner & promoter

He is so poor… he can't even pay attention.

Four hundred bucks an hour for being sort of nice to sad people.

(1964 – ) American stand-up comedian, actor & voice actor

Mendoza: I am a brigand: I live by robbing the rich.

Tanner: I am a gentleman: I live by robbing the poor.

(1856 – 1950) Irish playwright & socialist

It is true that wealth won't make a man virtuous, but I notice there ain't anybody who wants to be poor just for the purpose of being good.

(1818 – 1885) humorist

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

author

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

(1951 – 2014) comedian & actor

Don King doesn't care about black or white. He just cares about green.

American boxing champion

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

Las Vegas is the oasis of outstretched palms.

English boxing journalist & commentator

Fifty percent of America’s population spends less than ten dollars a month on romance; you know what we call these people? … Men.

(1950 – ) comedian & television host

I have enough money to last me the rest of my life, unless I buy something.

(1934 – ) comedian

I'm tired of hearing about money, money, money, money, money. I just want to play the game, drink Pepsi, wear Reebok.

American basketball player

Does [life] begin at conception, or does it begin when the baby is an embryo? … anybody with children knows [it] don’t begin ’til they can pay their own damn bills.

(1963 – ) American actor & stand-up comedian

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

(1902 – 1968) novelist

You never realize how short a month is until you pay alimony.

(1882 – 1942) American actor

The client who pays the least complains the most.

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