939 private quotes tagged money

“People don't have time to wait for somebody to paint their portraits anymore. The money is in photography.” — Robert Mapplethorpe

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“You aren't wealthy until you have something money can't buy.” — Garth Brooks

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“Let's be honest, I have enough money to never have to work again.” — Emma Watson

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“Wouldn't it be great if you could only get AIDS by giving money to television preachers?” — Elayne Boosler

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“You know, if you look back in the 1930s, the money went to infrastructure. The bridges, the municipal buildings, the roads, those were all built with stimulus money spent on infrastructure. This stimulus bill has fundamentally gone, started out with a $500 rebate check, remember. That went to buy flat-screen TVs made in China.” — Michael Bloomberg

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“There is a great difference between Christianity and religion at the south. If a man goes to the communion table, and pays money into the treasury of the church, no matter if it be the price of blood, he is called religious.” — Harriet Ann Jacobs

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“Money changes all the iron rules into rubber bands.” — Ryszard Kapuscinski

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“I'd never had money growing up, and it's never been that important to me, except maybe to take our kids on a nice vacation or something like that.” — Harlan Coben

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“If anyone tells you it's impossible to be fabulous and smart and make a ton of money using math, well, they can just get in line behind you - and kiss your math.” — Danica McKellar

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“Animals, they are one of the most beautiful gifts we have and, you know, if there are people that have compassion, there are very few people that put their money into animal rescue organizations. And if there is someone that has that passion, animals need all the help they can get.” — Alyssa Milano

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“Money is everywhere but so is poetry. What we lack are the poets.” — Federico Fellini

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“I mean, being a child was being a child, was being a creature without power, without pocket money, without escape routes of any kind. So I didn't want to be a child.” — Maurice Sendak

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“I mean, anything that money can be made off will never be a problem to make, no matter what it is.” — John Malkovich

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“You need to do the work to bring the money in, but not compromise standards.” — Heston Blumenthal

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“I went to the bank and proposed that they lend money to the poor people. The bankers almost fell over.” — Muhammad Yunus

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“I don't come from money.” — Christina Ricci

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“I don't feel comfortable defending my clothes. But if you've got the money to afford them, then buy something from me. Just don't buy too much.” — Vivienne Westwood

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“Just put down 9/11... I think, on most things I'm liberal, except on defending ourselves and keeping half the money. Those things I'm kind of conservative on.” — Dennis Miller

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“Nobody wants to read about the honest lawyer down the street who does real estate loans and wills. If you want to sell books, you have to write about the interesting lawyers - the guys who steal all the money and take off. That's the fun stuff.” — John Grisham

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“Money won is twice as sweet as money earned.” — Paul Newman

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“But, having a perfume and license, in general, is a financial necessity. A designer must, to reap back the money spent on prototypes and all that sort of thing.” — Vivienne Westwood

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“I had no idea that I would ever get involved with something like lending money to poor people, given the circumstances in which I was working in Bangladesh.” — Muhammad Yunus

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“Well I think money has been going into political campaigns for a very long time.” — Carly Fiorina

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“In troubled times the last thing you want to do is to stick your money into a film. It's such a gamble.” — Robert Carlyle

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“And we've got to ask ourselves some very serious questions as to whether or not certain religious leaders, in terms of raising money - I hate to bring this up - are pushing hot buttons.” — Tony Campolo

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