Money Quotes - Page 39

I have never seen more Senators express discontent with their jobs....I think the major cause is that, deep down in our hearts, we have been accomplices in doing something terrible and unforgivable to our wonderful country. Deep down in our heart, we know that we have given our children a legacy of bankruptcy. We have defrauded our country to get ourselves elected.

You never realize how short a month is until you pay alimony.

Now, people when I say that look at me and say, 'What are you talking about, Joe? You're telling me we have to go spend money to keep from going bankrupt?'. The answer is yes, that's what I'm telling you.

I wish it grew on trees, but it takes hard work to make money.

Time will take your money, but money won't buy time.

Whoever controls the volume of money in any country is absolute master of all industry and commerce.

The urge to gamble is so universal and its practice so pleasurable that I assume it must be evil.

That man is rich whose pleasures are the cheapest.

Blood's not thicker than money.

Politics, war, marriage, crime, adultery. Everything that exists in the world has something to do with money.

Some people start modeling because they want to be models and they want the parties and the recognition, and then there are people like me. I come from a simple family, and for me getting into modeling was a chance to make money and create a business.

Nobel Prize money is a life-belt thrown to a swimmer who has already reached the shore in safety.

In Latin America, you don't do things for the money because there is no money.

Be not penny-wise. Riches have wings. Sometimes they fly away of themselves, and sometimes they must be set flying to bring in more.

Money is the wise man's religion.

There is no substitute for knowledge. To this day, I read three newspapers a day. It is impossible to read a paper without being exposed to ideas. And ideas - more than money - are the real currency for success.

Hollywood money isn't money. It's congealed snow, melts in your hand, and there you are.

Utilities used deregulation to effect a series of mergers limiting competition. In order to accelerate profits, cost cutting ensued, involving the layoff of thousands of utility company employees, including some who were responsible for maintenance of generation, transmission, and distribution systems. A number of investor-owned utilities stopped investing in the maintenance and repair of their own equipment, and, instead, cut costs to enhance the value of their stock rather than spending money to enhance the value of their service.

Debt is dumb. Cash is king.

Financial peace isn't the acquisition of stuff. It's learning to live on less than you make, so you can give money back and have money to invest. You can't win until you do this.

People have little idea, by and large, of the investment world. They are convinced they have an advantage.

We spend all our youth chasing money, and when we attain it, we spend all our money chasing youth.

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

I went into the business for the money, and the art grew out of it. If people are disillusioned by that remark, I can't help it. It's the truth.

Giving money effectively is almost as hard as earning it in the first place.