Quotes about money

"There is no intrinsic worth in money but what is alterable with the times, and whether a guinea goes for twenty pounds or for a shilling, it is the labor of the poor and not the high and low value that is set on gold or silver, which all the comforts of life must arise from."

Mandeville, Bernard on money   

"There is nothing so habit-forming as money."

Marquis, Don on money   

"If you want him to mourn, you had best leave him nothing."

Martial, Marcus Valerius on money   

"All social rules and all relations between individuals are eroded by a cash economy, avarice drags Pluto himself out of the bowels of the earth."

Marx, Karl on money   

"I have enough money to last me the rest of my life, unless I buy something."

Mason, Jackie on money   

"Money is like a sixth sense without which you cannot make a complete use of the other five."

Maugham, W. Somerset on money   

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"Get to know two things about a man. How he earns his money and how he spends it. You will then have the clue to his character. You will have a searchlight that shows up the inmost recesses of his soul. You know all you need to know about his standards, his motives, his driving desires, his real religion."

Mccracken, Robert J. on money   

"The most valuable of all human possessions, next to a superior and disdainful air, is the reputation of being well-to-do."

Mencken, H. L. on money   

"The chief value of money lies in the fact that one lives in a world in which it is overestimated."

Mencken, H. L. on money   

"Money couldn't buy friends, but you got a better class of enemy."

Milligan, Spike on money   

"A person's treatment of money is the most decisive test of his character, how they make it and how they spend it."

Moffatt, James on money   

"I don't want to make money. I just want to be wonderful."

Monroe, Marilyn on money   

"Taking it all in all, I find it is more trouble to watch after money than to get it."

Montaigne, Michel Eyquem De on money   

"Money doesn't sleep."

Movie, Wall Street on money   

"The habit of saving is itself an education. It fosters every virtue, teaches self-denial, cultivates the sense of order, trains to forethought, and so broadens the mind."

Munger, Thornton T. on money   

"Money is like manure. If you spread it around it does a lot of good. But if you pile it up in one place it stinks like hell."

Murchison, Jr., Clint on money
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"The buck stops with the guy who signs the checks."

Murdoch, Rupert on money   

"Americans want action for their money. They are fascinated by its self-reproducing qualities if it's put to work. Gold-hoarding goes against the American grain; it fits in better with European pessimism than with America's traditional optimism."

Nelson, Paula on money   

"The basic principle of turning ideas into big money is to seize every money building idea and work with it until the idea fits your purpose, decide on the steps needed to make it work, and then proceed to do it as soon as possible."

Newcomb, Duane on money   

"Money is the sixth sense that makes it possible to enjoy the other five."

Ney, Richard on money   

"Never underestimate the value of cold cash."

Nunn, Gregory on money   

"If a man is after money, he's money mad; if he keeps it, he's a capitalist; if he spends it, he's a playboy; if he doesn't get it, he's a never-do-well; if he doesn't try to get it, he lacks ambition. If he gets it without working for it; he's a parasite; and if he accumulates it after a life time of hard work, people call him a fool who never got anything out of life."

Oliver, Vic on money   

"God shows his contempt for wealth by the kind of person he selects to receive it."

O'Malley, Austin on money   

"After a certain point, money is meaningless. It ceases to be the goal. The game is what counts."

Onassis, Aristotle on money   

"More than ever before, Americans are suffering from back problems, back taxes, back rent, back auto payments."

Orben, Robert on money   

"Nowadays nothing but money counts: a fortune brings honors, friendships, the poor man everywhere lies low."

Ovid on money   

"Money will come to you when you are doing the right thing."

Phillips, Michael on money   

"The day, water, sun, moon, night -- I do not have to purchase these things with money."

Plautus, Titus Maccius on money
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"When the strong box contains no more both friends and flatterers shun the door."

Plutarch on money   

"Every man now worships gold, all other reverence being done away."

Propertius, Sextus on money   

"When money is taken freedom is forsaken."

Proverb on money   

"The poor man's budget is full of schemes."

Proverb on money
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"If you are poor, though you dwell in the busy marketplace, no one will inquire about you; if you are rich, though you dwell in the heart of the mountains, you will have distant relatives."

Proverb, Chinese on money   

"Marry for money, my little sonny, a rich man's joke is always funny."

Proverb, Hebrew on money   

"Where gold speaks every tongue is silent."

Proverb, Italian on money   

"Money begets money."

Proverb, Italian on money   

"Getting money is like digging with a needle, spending it is like water soaking into sand."

Proverb, Japanese on money   

"If you have money, men think you are wise, handsome, and able to sing like a bird."

Proverb, Jewish on money   

"Good management is better than good income."

Proverb, Portuguese on money   

"When money speaks the truth is silent."

Proverb, Russian on money
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