Subject: Money (Page 6)

Politicians who vote huge expenditures to alleviate problems get re-elected; those who propose structural changes to prevent problems get early retirement.

We were poor. we were so poor, in my neighborhood the rainbow was in black-and-white.

(1921 – 2004) stand-up comedian & actor

Money doesn’t talk, it swears.

(1941 – ) American singer & songwriter

If hard work were such a wonderful thing, surely the rich would have kept it all to themselves.

(1922 – 1999) labor union leader, president of the AFL-CIO

There were many times my pants were so thin I could sit on a dime and tell if it was heads or tails.

(1667 – 1745) Irish satirist & essayist

Money can't buy happiness; it can, however, rent it.

I need money… I have a staff of 30, and four houses, never mind the government, to support.

(1903 – 2003) English-born American comedian & actor

After what happened to my 401k, my new retirement plan is the Rapture.

American comedian

If you think nobody cares if you're alive, try missing a couple of car payments.

(1907 – 1987) journalist & columnist

I finally know what distinguishes man from the other beasts: financial worries.

(1864 – 1910) French author

U.S. Audit Finds Funds For Youth Misspent

Anyone who has ever struggled with poverty knows how extremely expensive it is to be poor.

(1924 – 1987) American novelist, writer, playwright, poet & civil rights activist

You might be a redneck if… you think the stock market has fence around it.

(1958 – ) stand-up comedian & television personality

Debts: The certain outcome of an uncertain income.

The art of government consists in taking as much money as possible from one class of citizen to give to the other.

(1694 – 1778) French author, humanist & satirist

When two people meet to decide how to spend a third person's money, fraud will result.

About the time we think we can make ends meet, somebody moves the ends.

(1929 – 1933) 31st U.S. president, humanitarian

When packing for a vacation, take half as much clothing and twice as much money.

Nothing is as irritating as the fellow who chats pleasantly while he's overcharging you.

(1868 – 1930) cartoonist, humorist & journalist

Behind every great fortune there is a crime.


(1799 – 1850) French novelist & playwright

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