Money Quotes

Money does not buy happiness, but the lack of it can buy a lot of misery. These quotes explore wealth, poverty, generosity, greed, financial wisdom, and the uncomfortable truth that how you spend your money reveals what you actually value.

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“Labor was the first price, the original purchase - money that was paid for all things.”

— Adam Smith

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“The focus on my appearance has really surprised me. I've always been a size 14 to 16, I don't care about clothes, I'd rather spend my money on cigarettes and booze.”

— Adele

“Money is usually attracted, not pursued.”

— Jim Rohn

“It is not the employer who pays the wages. Employers only handle the money. It is the customer who pays the wages.”

— Henry Ford

“If you real desire is to be good, there is no need to wait for the money before you do it you can do it now, this very moment, and just where you are.”

— James Allen

“Sensitivity and money are like parallel lines. They don't meet.”

— Ang Lee

“People aren't going to throw the kind of money at certain people that they used to.”

— Philip Seymour Hoffman

“For industry to settle in a country, you first need electricity for electricity, you need some trained workers for trained workers, you need some schools for schools you need some money for money, you need some industry.”

— Evan Davis

“All riches have their origin in mind. Wealth is in ideas - not money.”

— Robert Collier

“You want to give people a reason to hate my guts more? I'm making more money.”

— Billy Joel

“We have a new generation of very rich people who want to do more with their money than buy a lot of expensive toys. They want to live meaningful lives.”

— Peter Singer

“Money is like hormones. It's just how you feel on any given day.”

— Janice Dickinson

“A bank is a place that will lend you money if you can prove that you don't need it.”

— Bob Hope

“If there's something that can be formulated, regulated, give you security, then nobody would lose money. Every movie would be successful. And that's certainly not the case.”

— Ang Lee

“Money makes your life easier. If you're lucky to have it, you're lucky.”

— Al Pacino

“If you can count your money, you don't have a billion dollars.”

— J. Paul Getty

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