There is thy gold, worse poison to men's souls, Doing more murder in this loathsome world, Than these poor compounds that thou mayst not sell.
— Romeo and Juliet
Quotes About Money
You are halfway through a transaction when the thought arrives. The coins on the counter, the card reader, the paper slip that means something only because everyone agrees it does. The sums are precise, but what they stand for shifts with the person holding them.
Adam Smith said all money is a matter of belief. Beethoven recommended virtue to his children as the sole source of happiness, and he spoke from experience. Oscar Wilde said time is a waste of money.
Plato said money-makers are tiresome company, as they have no standard but cash value. Henry Ford said a business that makes nothing but money is a poor business. Bill Gates said money has always been in politics, and he was not sure you would want it completely out. Ronald Reagan said government always finds a need for whatever money it gets. Barack Obama said a national sense of urgency is what is missing.
Adam Smith said all money is a matter of belief. Beethoven recommended virtue to his children as the sole source of happiness, and he spoke from experience. Oscar Wilde said time is a waste of money.
Plato said money-makers are tiresome company, as they have no standard but cash value. Henry Ford said a business that makes nothing but money is a poor business. Bill Gates said money has always been in politics, and he was not sure you would want it completely out. Ronald Reagan said government always finds a need for whatever money it gets. Barack Obama said a national sense of urgency is what is missing.
Young people, nowadays, imagine that money is everything. Yes, murmured Lord Henry, settling his button-hole in his coat; and when they grow older they know it.
— The Picture of Dorian Gray and Other Writings
As much money and life as you could want! The two things most human beings would choose above all - the trouble is, humans do have a knack of choosing precisely those things that are worst for them.
— Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
A woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction.
— A Room of One's Own
Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure nineteen six, result happiness. Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure twenty pound ought and six, result misery.
— David Copperfield
Business, you know, may bring money, but friendship hardly ever does.
— Emma
A man wants to earn money in order to be happy, and his whole effort and the best of a life are devoted to the earning of that money. Happiness is forgotten; the means are taken for the end.
— The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays
Poverty frees them from ordinary standards of behaviour, just as money frees people from work.
— Down and Out in Paris and London
What good is money if it can't buy happiness?
— The Man in the Brown Suit
Money-makers are tiresome company, as they have no standard but cash value.
— The Republic
Yes the truth is that men's ambition and their desire to make money are among the most frequent causes of deliberate acts of injustice.
— Politics
No one described him better than he did when someone accused him of being rich. “No, not rich,” he said. “I am a poor man with money, which is not the same thing.
— Love in the Time of Cholera
What's missing is not money, but a national sense of urgency.
— The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream
Of all the icy blasts that blow on love, a request for money is the most chilling.
— Madame Bovary
You will observe that the stories told are all about money-seekers, not about money-finders.
— The Gold Bug
Money! Money's the curse of man, none greater. That's what wrecks cities, banishes men from homes, Tempts and deludes the most well-meaning soul, Pointing out the way to infamy and shame.
— Antigone
Witta feared nothing - except to be poor.
— Puck of Pook's Hill
Let me ask you one question / Is your money that goodWill it buy you forgiveness / Do you think that it couldI think you will find / When your death takes its toll / All the money you made / Will never buy back your soul
— The Bob Dylan Scrapbook: 1956-1966
Why then should money be blamed for all the dirt and crimes it causes? For is love less filthy - love which creates life?
— L'Argent
Tearing money is an impiety, like throwing away bread.
— The Aleph and Other Stories
When the Stranger says: “What is the meaning of this city ?Do you huddle close together because you love each other?”What will you answer? “We all dwell together / To make money from each other”? or “This is a community”?Oh my soul, be prepared for the coming of the Stranger. Be prepared for him who knows how to ask questions.
— The Rock
Work like you don't need the money. Dance like no one is watching. And love like you've never been hurt.
Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich.
When you have money in hand, only you forget who are you .But when you do not have any money in your hand, the whole world forget who you are. It's life.