Money Quotes
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They didn't understand it and I tried to make them see That one is only poor only if they choose to be Now I know we had no money but I was rich as I could be In my coat of many colors that Momma made for me Made just for me...
Dolly Parton
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I think any writer is a fool if he doesn't do it for money. There needs to be some kind of incentive in addition to the project. It all goes together. It's fun to sit there and think of characters and get them into action, then be paid for it. I can't believe it when writers tell me 'I don't want to show my work to anybody'.
Elmore Leonard
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Musician jokes are a kind of joke that usually have to do with how much money someone makes. Musicians are always starving, so they're really mean to each other about who makes what.
Jackson Browne
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The only reason I'm in Hollywood is that I don't have the moral courage to refuse the money.
Marlon Brando
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I think people like Bill Gates, who have given away enormous sums of money, are shining examples for all of us to follow.
N. R. Narayana Murthy
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Money and salary is not a particularly good motivator in the long term.
Matt Mullenweg
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There's so little money in my bank account, my scenic checks show a ghetto.
Phyllis Diller
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You might make a lot of money, but it's very hard to get out from under that rug. The more you can reinvent yourself, the better - and unfortunately TV is designed not to let you redesign yourself.
Peter Berg
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For my money, the movies of the '70s were just amazing.
Amy Heckerling
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I have heartaches, I have blues. No matter what you got, the blues is there. 'Cause that's all I know - the blues. And I can sing the blues so deep until you can have this room full of money and I can give you the blues.
John Lee Hooker
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I know of nothing more despicable and pathetic than a man who devotes all the hours of the waking day to the making of money for money's sake.
John D. Rockefeller
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Many scammers are only using personal checks for payment because they can take the money and run.
Matthew Lesko
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My record label always says you shouldn't talk about money because it makes people extremely uncomfortable. Refugees can't talk about money. Rappers can talk about money; refugees can't talk about money.
M.I.A.
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You get to a point in your career, I think, it's not even about money. You're secure. You want to win Super Bowls.
Jay Cutler
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Bulls make money and bears make money, but pigs seldom do. When a stock or mutual fund is up 30%, sell one-quarter of your position.
Nancy Dunnan
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There is no substitute for hard work. There is no such thing as overnight success or easy money.
Henry Sy
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It's a false assumption that people with a lot of money have a lot of free time to shop.
Natalie Massenet
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The great thing about having money is that you can actually just get on with your life and not have to think about paying the bills or crouch over 'The Wall Street Journal' or the 'Financial Times' and look at the stock figures and things like that. That bores me rigid.
Peter Mayle
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I guess if you are making more money than your mom and dad, you can set your own boundaries.
Alexa Vega
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There are so many colorful characters in Florida. There's a lot of money, development - not all of it good - and corruption.
John Grisham
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Plato said that virtue has no master Republic 617e. If a person does not honor this principle and rejoice in it, but is purchasable for money, he creates many masters for himself.
Apollonius of Tyana
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Business fits me best. The only reason I went into modeling originally was to help out my family, because I knew that money gave you freedom. I tried acting and all of the arts, I even put out a record album, but what I like the most is business, which is where I am now.
Beverly Johnson
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The women themselves say they're far more likely to care about flexibility. The men say, 'I'm far more likely to care about money.'
Warren Farrell
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Definition of an independent film is torture with less money and time.
Joey Lauren Adams