939 private quotes tagged money

“Money, again, has often been a cause of the delusion of the multitudes. Sober nations have all at once become desperate gamblers, and risked almost their existence upon the turn of a piece of paper.” — Charles Mackay

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“There are three reasons for becoming a writer: the first is that you need the money the second that you have something to say that you think the world should know the third is that you can't think what to do with the long winter evenings.” — Quentin Crisp

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“I want to sit with 80- and 90-year-old people more than anyone. They have played this game before. Not one of them has told me, 'I wish I had more money.'” — Gary Vaynerchuk

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“My story is the story of countless millions of children whose families and nations were torn apart for money in the name of Jesus Christ.” — Sinead O'Connor

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“Money just draws flies.” — Mahalia Jackson

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“It's rather naive, apart from being ethically objectionable, to assume that our investigators travel around the country with bags of money trying to bribe witnesses to lie on the witness stand. We just don't operate that way.” — Jim Garrison

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“It would be nice if the poor were to get even half of the money that is spent in studying them.” — Bill Vaughan

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“If we're going to spend a lot of money to deal with the problem of 200 million guns in the country owned by 65 million gun owners, we ought to have a system which will work and catch criminals.” — John Dingell

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“Everybody likes a kidder, but nobody lends him money.” — Arthur Miller

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“I don't believe that I personally have been changed by the money. The bad thing is people assume you've changed because now you have money.” — Shaquille O'Neal

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“Some people feel that what we're doing makes no sense, that it's just a waste of money. But it's working.” — Calvin Klein

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“Any fool can make enough money to survive. It's another thing to keep yourself consistently entertained. It's a lot of work, and a lot of fun, to make a life.” — Robert Fulghum

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“I'll come to any benefit if I see SCLC get all the money.” — Mahalia Jackson

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“Kids are meant to believe that their stepping stone to massive money is 'The X Factor.'” — Iain Duncan Smith

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“Our public school system is our country's biggest and most inefficient monopoly, yet it keeps demanding more and more money.” — Phyllis Schlafly

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“When you try to find funding for a VVA function, it doesn't seem like it's any trouble at all. People come out of the woodwork with their money to help out because we went over and fought a war.” — R. Lee Ermey

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“There is a basic lesson on financial crises that governments tend to wait too long, underestimate the risks, want to do too little. And it ultimately gets away from them, and they end up spending more money, causing much more damage to the economy.” — Timothy Geithner

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“If we had 3 million exhibitionists and only one voyeur, nobody could make any money.” — Albert Brooks

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“If Warren Buffett made his money from ordinary income rather than capital gains, his tax rate would be a lot higher than his secretary's. In fact a very small percentage of people in this country pay a big chunk of the taxes.” — Michael Bloomberg

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“Human beings are much bigger than just making money.” — Muhammad Yunus

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“Money for me today does not really matter.” — Jackie Chan

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“Let us face it: in the world today, money and economic strength remain more powerful arguments than the number of people you represent.” — Guy Verhofstadt

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“If we define an American fascist as one who in case of conflict puts money and power ahead of human beings, then there are undoubtedly several million fascists in the United States.” — Henry A. Wallace

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“I'm not sure about the selling part, but I've always found that the things I've worn on tour have moved over to what people wear every day. Sometimes the things I wore in the beginning before I had money were things I put together.” — Steven Tyler

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“I give lectures for money, but all the money goes to charity. So, I make no money from it.” — Bob Woodward

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