Few are aware that they want any thing, except pounds schillings and pence. – Augustus William Hare and Julius Charles Hare, Guesses at Truth, by Two Brothers
He that wants money, means, and content is without three good friends. – William Shakespeare
Every one, even the richest and most munificent of men, pays much by cheque more light-heartedly than he pays little in specie. – Max Beerbohm, “Hosts and Guests,” 1918
I once met an economist who believed that everything was fungible for money, so I suggested he enclose himself in a large bell-jar with as much money as he wanted and see how long he lasted. – Amory Lovins
Money does not pay for anything, never has, never will. It is an economic axiom as old as the hills that goods and services can be paid for only with goods and services. – Albert Jay Nock, Memoirs of a Superfluous Man, 1943
Money is nothing more than arrogance on paper. – Hunter Brinkmeier
Money may be the husk of many things but not the kernel. It brings you food, but not appetite; medicine, but not health; acquaintance, but not friends; servants, but not loyalty; days of joy, but not peace or happiness. – Henrik Ibsen
[T]hose who live by numbers can also perish by them and it is a terrifying thing to have an adding machine write an epitaph, either way. – George J.W. Goodman, The Money Game
Inflation is taxation without legislation. – Milton Friedman
Those who believe money can do everything are frequently prepared to do everything for money. – Author Unknown
I hire tea by the tea bag. – Martin Amis, on renting the essentials of life after breaking up with a lover, M
Lack of money is the root of all evil. – George Bernard Shaw
Put not your trust in money, but put your money in trust. – Oliver Wendell Holmes, The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table, 1857
If money is your hope for independence you will never have it. The only real security that a man will have in this world is a reserve of knowledge, experience, and ability. – Henry Ford
We all know how the size of sums of money appears to vary in a remarkable way according as they are being paid in or paid out. – Julian Huxley, Essays of a Biologist, 1923
It is natural that affluence should be followed by influence. – Augustus William Hare and Julius Charles Hare, Guesses at Truth, by Two Brothers
It is the wretchedness of being rich that you have to live with rich people. – Logan Pearsall Smith
It is better to have a permanent income than to be fascinating. – Oscar Wilde
Do not value money for any more nor any less than its worth; it is a good servant but a bad master. – Alexandre Dumas fils, Camille, 1852
Wallets are the fabricated items into which we put our fabricated money, which most people believe to be their possession of the realest value. – Terri Guillemets
