Subject: Money (Page 9)

No gold-digging for me… I take diamonds!

(1893 – 1980) actress, playwright, screenwriter & sex symbol

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

(1840 – 1915) British banker & politician

I'd rather be rich than stupid.

The book you spent $20.95 for today will come out in paperback tomorrow.

You can't put a price tag on love, but you can on all its accessories.

(1977 – ) Irish actress, producer & writer

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

The tax collector must love poor people, he's creating so many of them.

(1915 – 1977) columnist, writer & actor

When a man tells you that he got rich through hard work, ask him: 'Whose?'

(1878 – 1937) humorist, journalist & author

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

(1900 – 1967) American film actor

I grew up in a poor family… I had to cut everyone’s hair, because we didn’t have money for entertainment.

(1978 – ) American writer & stand-up comedian

Financial Wizard: A person who can earn money faster than the family can spend it.

My doctor gave me six months to live, but when I couldn’t pay the bill he gave me six months more.

(1920 – 2000) American actor

It is better to live rich than to die rich.

(1709 – 1784) English author, essayist, critic, editor & lexicographer

Because you are feeding both the child and the floor, raising this child will be expensive.

(1937 – ) comedian & television actor

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

(1908 – 1980) businessman, humorist

Acquaintance: A person whom we know well enough to borrow from, but not well enough to lend to.

(1842 – 1914) author & satirist

Sure, it's nice to win; but there's only one thing that's important to me and that's the money we're going to get, win or lose.

professional baseball player

I'll say this for adversity: people seem to be able to stand it, and that's more than I can say for prosperity.

(1868 – 1930) cartoonist, humorist & journalist

My formula for success is rise early, work late, and strike oil.

(1892 – 1976) oil industrialist (once world’s richest man)

Paying alimony is like feeding hay to a dead horse.

(1890 – 1977) comedian, actor & television host

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