Subject: Money (Page 35)

Take Home Pay: An amount of money which is called that because it is never big enough to go anywhere else with it.

Experience is a good teacher, but she sends in terrific bills.

(1861 – 1950) American writer

Being tired isn't the same as being rich, but most times it's close enough.

(1962 – ) writer & journalist

The government deficit is the difference between the amount of money the government spends and the amount it has the nerve to collect.

(1920 – 2001) American writer & humorist

He was asked to throw out the first ball at a World Series game; but … he looked at the ball and, instead of throwing it, he put it in his pocket and sat down.

(1896 – 1996) comedian, actor & entertainer

It was Public Art, defined as art that is purchased by experts who are not spending their own personal money.

(1947 – ) American columnist & humorist

Sudden success in golf is like the sudden acquisition of wealth; it is apt to unsettle and deteriorate the character.

(1881 – 1975) English writer & humorist

I always invest in companies an idiot could run, because one day one will.

(1930 – ) financier & investment businessman

He died of cirrhosis of the liver… it costs money to die of cirrhosis of the liver.

(1881 – 1975) English writer & humorist

Part of the loot went for gambling, part for horses, and part for women; the rest I spent foolishly.

(1895 – 1980) American actor

I don’t want to tell you how much insurance I carry with the Prudential, but all I can say is: when I go, they go too.

(1894 – 1974) comedian, radio & television host

The greater the funding, the longer it takes to make the mistake.

I've been doing the Fonda workout: the Peter Fonda workout; that's where I wake up, take a hit of acid, smoke a joint, and run to my sister's house and ask her for money.

(1956 – 2016) American stand-up comedian & actor

The most popular labor saving device is still money.

(1949 – ) American beauty queen, businesswoman, actress & sportscaster

Money won’t buy happiness, but it will pay the salaries of a large research staff to study the problem.

(1915 – 1977) columnist, writer & actor

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

(1947 – ) author, humorist & satirist

Among the things money can't buy is what it used to.

typographer

It isn’t enough for you to love money… it’s also necessary that money should love you.

(1840 – 1915) British banker & politician

Writing is the only profession where no one considers you ridiculous if you earn no money.

(1864 – 1910) French author

No woman can be too rich or too thin.

Duchess of Windsor (1896 – 1986) American socialite & wife of the Prince Edward, formerly King Edward VIII