Subject: Money (Page 33)

He’s too stingy to give you the time of day.

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

(1854 – 1900) Irish dramatist, novelist & poet

America believes in education: the average professor earns more money in a year than a professional athlete earns in a whole week.

(1899 – 1995) humorist

Money doesn’t buy happiness; but happiness isn’t everything.

(1938 – 1979) American actress

You're never too poor for good toilet paper.

comedian

When you get something for nothing, you just haven't been billed for it yet.

(1908 – 1980) businessman, humorist

Income: The sum of money which it costs more than to live.

My doctor grabbed me by the wallet and said, “Cough!”

(1906 – 1998) English-born American comedian

Las Vegas is the oasis of outstretched palms.

English boxing journalist & commentator

It's not hard to tell we was poor—when you saw the toilet paper dryin' on the clothesline.

(1928 – 2012) American comedian & actor

You never want the one you can afford.

Vacation: Two weeks on the sunny sands – and the rest of the year on the financial rocks.

(1920 – 2001) American writer & humorist

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

(1741 – 1794) French writer

I was so poor, I couldn't even pay attention.

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

(1902 – 1971) American humorist & poet

If someone says, "I'm expensive" – believe them.

There is no conceivable amount of money worth telling the world that you were beaten up by Liza Minnelli.

(1962 – ) American political satirist, writer, television host & comedian

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

Alexander Hamilton started the U.S. Treasury with nothing – and that was the closest our country has ever been to being even.

(1879 – 1935) humorist & social commentator

Sex is like money; only too much is enough.

(1932 – 2009) author, poet & critic

Telephone psychics are better at making fortunes than at reading them.

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