Christina Stead Quotes about Money

If all the rich people in the world divided up their money among themselves, there wouldn't be enough to go around.

If all the rich people in the world divided up their money among themselves, there wouldn't be enough to go around.

Christina Stead

Money, Business, People

House of All Nations (1938) "Credo"

Money has no country.

Christina Stead

Country, Money

Christina Stead (2012). “House of All Nations”, p.180, Open Road Media

Money is a jealous mistress If you want money you must want only money. ... I must tell you the one secret of life, there is only one: everything is a jealous mistress, everything is terribly possessive, and, by God, we want to be terribly possessed if we want to get somewhere - and we want to be terribly possessed - anyhow; or what is life?

Christina Stead

Money, Passion, Jealous

Christina Stead (1948). “A little tea, a little chat”

it's immoral to work to make money. There's something unlucky in it. You got to work for the work. You got to work on a farm, for the farm - then it makes money.

Christina Stead

Money, Work, Unlucky

Christina Stead (1948). “A little tea, a little chat”

money that is in billions and monopolies isn't money at all, because the people have none, and money is democratic, everyone has to have some or there's none at all.

Christina Stead

Money, People, Monopoly

Money goes where money is, money yearns where money is.

Christina Stead

Money

Christina Stead (1948). “A little tea, a little chat”

When people are collecting gold they aren't doing business. ... Gold is constipation: even bankruptcy is more fluid. Gold isn't wealth: positions in markets are wealth.

Christina Stead

Money, People, Gold

Christina Stead (2012). “House of All Nations”, p.245, Open Road Media