Money Quotes

As a general rule, nobody has money who ought to have it. Benjamin Disraeli

Men who make money rarely saunter; men who save money rarely swagger. Edward Bulwer-Lytton

No one can earn a million dollars honestly. William Jennings Bryan

Behind every great fortune there is a crime. Honore de Balzac

A wise man should have money in his head, but not in his heart. Jonathan Swift

Money often costs too much. Ralph Waldo Emerson

If you want to know what God thinks of money, just look at the people he gave it to. Dorothy Parker

There are few sorrows, however poignant, in which a good income is of no avail. Logan Pearsall Smith

Money can’t buy everything – for example poverty. Nelson Algren

A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of. Jane Austen

We all need money, but there are degrees of desperation. Anthony Burgess

Make all you can, save all you can, give all you can. John Wesley

Money is the sinews of love, as of war. George Farquhar

Money was never a big motivation for me, except as a way to keep score. The real excitement is playing the game. Donald Trump

Money doesn’t change men, it merely unmasks them. If a man is naturally selfish or arrogant or greedy, the money brings that out, that’s all. Henry Ford

When a fellow says, ‘It ain’t the money but the principle of the thing,’ it’s the money. Kin Hubbard

However top lofty and idealistic a man may be, he can always rationalise his right to earn money. Raymond Chandler

I’m tired of love; I’m still more tired of rhyme; but money gives me pleasure all the time. Hilaire Belloc

The art of living easily as to money is to pitch your scale of living one degree below your means. Sir Henry Taylor

Draw your salary before spending it. George Ade

As I sat at the cafe, I said to myself,
They may talk as they please about what they call pelf,
They may sneer as they like about eating and drinking,
But help it I cannot, I cannot help thinking
How pleasant it is to have money, heigh ho!
How pleasant it is to have money.
Arthur Hugh Clough

I have a problem with too much money. I can’t reinvest it fast enough, and because I reinvest it, more money comes in. Yes, the rich do get richer. Robert Kiyosaki

The very first step to building wealth is to spend less than you make. Brian Koslow

Having money is just the best thing in the world. Madonna

Money couldn’t buy friends, but you got a better class of enemy. Spike Milligan

All I ask is a chance to prove that money can’t make me happy. Spike Milligan

Money won is twice as sweet as money earned. Paul Newman

Goddam money. It always ends up making you blue as hell. J D Salinger

The man who does not work for the love of work but only for money is not likely to make money nor find much fun in life. Charles M Schwab

My mother always said don’t marry for money, divorce for money. Wendy Liebman

You can be young without money but you can’t be old without it. Tennessee Williams

When I had youth I had no money; now I have the money I have no time; and when I get the time, if I ever do, I shall have no health to enjoy life. Louisa May Alcott

When a person with money meets a person with experience, the person with the experience winds up with the money and the person with the money winds up with the experience. Harvey B. MacKay

If you can count your money, you don’t have a billion dollars. John Paul Getty

Money speaks sense in a language all nations understand. Aphra Behn

The only thing money gives you is the freedom of not worrying about money. Johnny Carson

The only point in making money is, you can tell some big shot where to go. Humphrey Bogart

Always try to rub up against money, for if you rub up against money long enough, some of it may rub off on you. Damon Runyon

Business, you know, may bring you money, but friendship hardly ever does. Jane Austen

Money, it turned out, was exactly like sex, you thought of nothing else if you didn’t have it and thought of other things if you did. James Baldwin

Why is there so much month left at the end of the money? John Barrymore

The philosophy which affects to teach us a contempt of money does not run very deep. Sir Henry Taylor

I’ve got all the money I’ll ever need if I die by four o’clock this afternoon. Henry Youngman