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Money

Banks are an almost irresistible attraction for that element of our society which seeks unearned money. – J. Edgar Hoover

Goddam money. It always ends up making you blue as hell. – J. D. Salinger

Money just draws flies. – Mahalia Jackson

Things are done according to money these days. – Shirley MacLaine

Our American friends offer us money, arms, and advice. We take the money, we take the arms, and we decline the advice. – Moshe Dayan

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

A survey carried out across the U.S. between 2004 and 2006 showed that frequent church- or synagogue-goers are more likely to give money to charity. – Jonathan Sacks

You can spend the money on new housing for poor people and the homeless, or you can spend it on a football stadium or a golf course. – Jello Biafra

I sat with him for three hours and we did not exchange a single word. At the end he handed me, as he had done before, an envelope with money in it. It would have been much nicer if he had enclosed a greeting or a loving word. I would have been so pleased if he had. – Eva Braun

You must spend money to make money. – Plautus

Money, again, has often been a cause of the delusion of the multitudes. Sober nations have all at once become desperate gamblers, and risked almost their existence upon the turn of a piece of paper. – Charles Mackay

To buy very good wine nowadays requires only money. To serve it to your guests is a sign of fatigue. – William F. Buckley, Jr.

Writing is the only profession where no one considers you ridiculous if you earn no money. – Jules Renard

Human beings are much bigger than just making money. – Muhammad Yunus

People really feel that, when they go to the gas pump now, that the oil cartel is holding them by the legs and tipping them upside down and shaking money out of their pockets. – Ed Markey

Let us face it: in the world today, money and economic strength remain more powerful arguments than the number of people you represent. – Guy Verhofstadt

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

There is a basic lesson on financial crises that governments tend to wait too long, underestimate the risks, want to do too little. And it ultimately gets away from them, and they end up spending more money, causing much more damage to the economy. – Timothy Geithner

Money changes all the iron rules into rubber bands. – Ryszard Kapuscinski

I give lectures for money, but all the money goes to charity. So, I make no money from it. – Bob Woodward