Money Quotes
-
I was only 21 when I bought a five-bedroom detached house in Stoke-on-Trent that was way outside of my financial status in life. I did it by borrowing money from my family and the bank, taking out a huge mortgage.
John Caudwell
-
Not that money is a driving force. It's an honor to play for your country.
Payne Stewart
-
Money is great, but history is something that you can never get rid of and act like it didn't happen.
Bernard Hopkins
-
It's very difficult for me to do fund raising for my own organization if I'm working for other companies because sponsors will say, 'Well, hey, man, if she's doing a ballet for Ballet Theatre, we'll give money to Ballet Theatre.'
Twyla Tharp
-
With the shrinking of the US economy, and it's shrinking very rapidly, you not only have more money, but you also have fewer goods. That's a classic double-whammy on inflation.
Arthur Laffer
-
It is critical that kids start to learn the value of money, short-term and long-term saving and budgeting at an early age.
Alexa Von Tobel
-
Contrary to reports, this boy is not a billionaire or going to be richer than any Beatle... and not just in the sense of money, by the way; the Beatles are untouchable - those billionaire reports are a joke.
Bono U2
-
I almost didn't turn pro at all. I was tempted to be a career amateur. I worked as an investment banker for nine months after I got out of school, and the money was fantastic and promised to get even more lucrative.
Matt Kuchar
-
These figures emphasize how soft people's commitment to God is. Americans are willing to expend some energy in religious activities such as attending church and reading the Bible, and they are willing to throw some money in the offering basket, but when it comes time to truly establishing their priorities and making a tangible commitment to knowing and loving God, most people stop short.
George Barna
-
Alas! the scientific conscience had got into the debasing company of money obligation and selfish respects.
George Eliot
-
It helps if you really enjoy your jobs. If you don't, then just think about the money.
Lisa Nicole Carson
-
I believe God wants you to have money to pay your bills, send your kids to college and do charity work and build orphanages. There's the teaching that we're supposed to be poor to show that we're humble. I don't buy that. I think we're supposed to be leaders. We're supposed to excel.
Joel Osteen
-
As has been stated, the purpose of money is to split barter into two parts so that the seller is free to find his source of supply later and elsewhere. This is the sole purpose of money. Any effort to use money to serve another purpose is perversive; and this statement condemns the entire managed money philosophy.
Edwin Clarence Riegel
-
If you get 100 million streams on a song and you're only being paid on 20 percent, the check's not going to look good. The money's not going to look fair.
Jimmy Iovine
-
When a government is dependent upon bankers for money, they and not the leaders of the government control the situation.
Napoleon Bonaparte
-
If I kept my mouth shut, because I can make millions, that isn't doing nothing.
Muhammad Ali
-
The board gets upset because I won't take a raise, but I've got plenty of money.
John Schnatter
-
All elections revolve around and are often resolved by who raises the most money. That's unfair. I'd like to see that process changed, but it seems once you win and get to Congress, that doesn't happen.
John Murray
-
I was a very bad accountant; I didn't care about money, golf or discovering fraud. After about a year I was sacked; then I went into teacher training.
Joanne Harris
-
People would say to me, “Hey man, you look just like Paul McCartney”, and I'd say: “I wish I had his money!”
Paul McCartney Paul McCartney and Wings
-
Don't give your money to the church. They should be giving their money to you.
George Carlin
-
Lack of money is the root of all evil.
George Bernard Shaw
-
When you get into investing, your default stance should be 'No,' because most deals suck. Most deals won't make money. Most companies will fail.
Chris Sacca
-
I make money, money doesn't make me.
Chris Webber