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.
“I still think of that guy I was without a wife or kids, and I still want to entertain that guy. The lonely guy, the frustrated guy, the guy with no money - this is the guy who needs to laugh.”
“I don't know what to do with it. I'm very fortunate to have it, and it gives you room to maneuver. But the main thing about having money is it means you don't have to worry about it. And that for me is a lovely thing. It's not for fast cars and hookers.”
“I think money is due for some sort of collapse. People are going to realize that money has a half-life, like radioactive elements.”
“The safe way to double your money is to fold it over once and put it in your pocket.”
“There are a handful of people whom money won't spoil, and we all count ourselves among them.”
“Money and time are the heaviest burdens of life, and... the unhappiest of all mortals are those who have more of either than they know how to use.”
“The circulation of confidence is better than the circulation of money.”
“If you can actually count your money, then you're not a rich man.”
“When I left 20th Century-Fox to freelance, my agent believed that getting big money was the way to establish real importance in our industry.”
“'Get a Job' is about all the rich kids we knew when we were younger, kids who never had jobs but always had money for partying or getting their hair done.”
“Neither soldiers nor money can defend a king but only friends won by good deeds, merit, and honesty.”
“But all the money in the world cannot make you happy either, so there has to be a balance.”
“You know, my main reaction to this money thing is that it's humorous, all the attention to it, because it's hardly the most insightful or valuable thing that's happened to me.”
“Politics has become so expensive that it takes a lot of money even to be defeated.”
“I think it's too bad that everybody's decided to turn on drugs, I don't think drugs are the problem. Crime is the problem. Cops are the problem. Money's the problem. But drugs are just drugs.”
“I can make more generals, but horses cost money.”