Subject: Money (Page 26)

Whatever goes us, stays up.

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

(1870 – 1965) businessman & politician

My wife donates money to the homeless and I donate money to the topless.

(1921 – 2004) stand-up comedian & actor

Yeah, this comedy is all a part of my “Get Rich Slow” scheme… and it’s working.

(1968 – 2005) American stand-up comedian

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

I remember sitting down with the Rockets and saying, 'Yeah. I'm going to retire.' They said, 'Well, we'll give you $9 million.' And I said, 'You got a pen on you?'

(1963 – ) American professional basketball player & sports personality

It's better to be rich and healthy than poor and sick.

Expenditure rises to meet income.

Nothing stimulates the appetite like an empty billfold.

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

(1890 – 1977) comedian, actor & television host

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

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

All I ask is a chance to prove that money can’t make me happy.

(1918 – 2002) Irish comedian, writer, musician, poet & playwright

Whoever said money can’t buy happiness simply didn’t know where to go shopping.


Medical insurance is what allows people to be ill at ease!

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

President Bush wants to spend $7 billion this year to fight the drug dealers in Colombia… but they only earn $3 billion a year; so why don't we pay them $4 billion a year not to grow the cocaine?

American comedian & writer

Americans are getting stronger; twenty years ago it took two people to carry ten dollars' worth of groceries… today, a five-year-old can do it.

(1906 – 1998) English-born American comedian

We were poor… if I wasn’t a boy, I wouldn’t have had nothing to play with.

(1922 – 1991) American comedian

People try to live within their income so they can afford to pay taxes to a government that can't live within its income.

businessman

I learned more about the economy from one South Dakota dust storm that I did in all my years of college.

(1911 – 1978) U.S. vice president & politician

The Jack Benny I knew threw his money around… not far – but he threw it.

(1896 – 1996) comedian, actor & entertainer

I told you I needed to feed my family; they offered me 3 years at $21 million – that’s not going to cut it.

professional basketball player