“Money is to my social existence what health is to my body.”
Money is a tool, but most of us have a more complicated relationship with it than that. These quotes cover saving, spending, investing, debt, and the surprisingly emotional decisions we make about something that is supposed to be rational.
“I made my money by selling too soon.”
“Money is to my social existence what health is to my body.”
“I am favor of cutting taxes under any circumstances and for any excuse, for any reason, whenever it's possible.”
“The propensity to truck, barter and exchange one thing for another is common to all men, and to be found in no other race of animals.”
“The avoidance of taxes is the only intellectual pursuit that still carries any reward.”
“It is a kind of spiritual snobbery that makes people think they can be happy without money.”
“Do you know the only thing that gives me pleasure? It's to see my dividends coming in.”
“I worked with a group of people who argued day and night - professors, officials, the Minister of Finance - but there were decisions that I had to make.”
“Wealth, in even the most improbable cases, manages to convey the aspect of intelligence.”
“These heroes of finance are like beads on a string when one slips off, all the rest follow.”
“Every nation has to either be with us, or against us. Those who harbor terrorists, or who finance them, are going to pay a price.”
“Small- and medium-sized businesses need access to a diverse range of finance options, including non-bank lending. These new forms of finance are still small in scale today but they should, over time, bring additional choice and greater competition to the lending market.”
“Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.”
“Money is like manure. You have to spread it around or it smells.”
“Finance, like time, devours its own children.”
“Part of your heritage in this society is the opportunity to become financially independent.”