Subject: Money » Wealth

Money can’t buy happiness, but neither can poverty.

(1908 – 1997) German-born teacher, academic & humorist

Anyone with money to burn will always find himself surrounded by people with matches.

I'm not technically rich, but I do have a lot of shit that I don't need, and I refuse to share with others.

(1970 – ) American stand-up comedian & voice actor

Some people get so rich they lose all respect for humanity; that's how rich I want to be.

(1953 – ) comedian, dancer & writer

This year there are 50 women on the Forbes richest list, or as John Kerry calls that, his little black book.

(1950 – ) comedian & television host

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

Mausoleum: The final and funniest folly of the rich.

(1842 – 1914) author & satirist

If you can count your money, you don't have a billion dollars.

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

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

Behind every great fortune there is a crime.


(1799 – 1850) French novelist & playwright

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy and Jill a rich widow.

(1899 – 1995) humorist

You can never be too skinny or too rich.

(1915 – 1978) socialite

The poor and ignorant will continue to lie and steal as long as the rich and educated show them how.

(1856 – 1915) writer, publisher, artist & philosopher

There is no stronger craving in the world than that of the rich for titles, except that of the titled for riches.

(1887 – 1964) British actor, writer & theater director

Philanthropist: A rich (and usually bald) old gentleman who has trained himself to grin while his conscience is picking his pocket.

(1842 – 1914) author & satirist

A rich man is nothing but a poor man with money.

(1880 – 1946) comedian, actor, juggler & writer

Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.

(1706 – 1790) American statesman, author, scientist & inventor

No matter how rich you become, how famous or powerful, when you die the size of your funeral will still pretty much depend on the weather.

comedian, counselor & speaker

Wealth is any income that is at least one hundred dollars a year more than the income of one’s wife’s sister’s husband.

(1880 – 1956) journalist, essayist, editor & satirist

Fortunes are made by buying low and selling too soon.

(1840 – 1915) British banker & politician

The only thing I like about rich people is their money.

(1879 – 1964) British politician