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.
“My adversary is the world of finance.”
“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.”
“At this point, I don't get hired a lot because people don't think I could finance a movie.”
“The way to become rich is to put all your eggs in one basket and then watch that basket.”
“Under capitalism, man exploits man. Under communism, it's just the opposite.”
“Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.”
“It is incumbent upon each of us to improve spending and savings practices to ensure our own individual financial security and preserve the collective economic well-being of our great society.”
“If it isn't the sheriff, it's the finance company I've got more attachments on me than a vacuum cleaner.”
“My adversary is the world of finance.”
“Finance, like time, devours its own children.”
“It's not the having, it's the getting.”
“For the merchant, even honesty is a financial speculation.”
“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.”
“Canadians know that the promise of a recession didn't happen because of anything we did here. If you look at all the causes of the recession, problems in mortgage markets, the problems in the banking sector, the problems in government finance in countries like Greece, none of those problems were in present Canada.”
“Owning a home is a keystone of wealth - both financial affluence and emotional security.”