quotations about money
Riches are a good handmaid, but the worst mistress.
FRANCIS BACON
De Augmentis Scientiarum
Every man's credit is proportioned to the money which he has in his chest.
JUVENAL
Satires
Money in the hands of one or two men is like a dungheap in a barnyard. So long as it lies in a mass, it does no good; but, if it is only spread out evenly on the land, everything will grow.
HENRY WARD BEECHER
Proverbs from Plymouth Pulpit
It is against nature for money to beget money.
FRANCIS BACON
"Of Usury", The Essays or Counsels, Civil and Moral
Money talks. If it's the dollar, it's small talk.
CROFT M. PENTZ
The Complete Book of Zingers
The money changers have fled from their high seats in the temple of our civilization. We may now restore that temple to the ancient truths. The measure of the restoration lies in the extent to which we apply social values more noble than mere monetary profit.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
First Inaugural Address, March 4, 1933
Money is like muck, not good except it be spread.
FRANCIS BACON
"Of Seditions and Troubles", Essays
Money is such a powerful symbol in American culture that people must take some stance in relation to it. They can save it for a rainy day, let it burn a hole in their pocket, use it to keep up with the Joneses, throw it away, neither borrow nor lend it, or turn their back on it altogether. Whatever they do, they must reckon with the idea of money as well as with however much or little money they happen to have.
ELIZABETH STONE
Black Sheep and Kissing Cousins: How Our Family Stories Shape Us
When I had money, money, O!
I knew no joy till I went poor;
For many a false man as a friend
Came knocking all day at my door.
WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES
Money
Money won is twice as sweet as money earned.
PAUL NEWMAN
Paul Newman: A Life in Pictures
Money is the devil's eye.
ROMANIAN PROVERB
Money attracts because it gives us the means to command the labor and service and finally the lives of others--human or otherwise.
EDWARD ABBEY
The Serpents of Paradise
For me, money is easy to come by. I enjoy spending money. I rarely worry about money. Money flows in and out of my life. my life is too short to worry about money. I always have enough money to be comfortable.
TERRAN JAMES
Money and Success is Mind Over Matter
Be your money's master, not its slave.
PUBLILIUS SYRUS
Maxims
There are too many King Midases loose in the world. They do not have the Midas touch: they have the Midas look. They see nothing but money.... The universe, to them, is a balance-sheet: their minds are adding-machines: their hearts beat in tune with the ticker.
BRUCE FAIRCHILD BARTON
More Power to You
Money is the seal and stamp of success.
D. H. LAWRENCE
Lady Chatterley's Lover
Money speaks sense in a language all nations understand.
APHRA BEHN
The Rover
Money alone sets all the world in motion.
PUBLILIUS SYRUS
Maxims
I guess money can't buy happiness if you shop in the wrong places.
NORA ROBERTS
Tribute
If we could let go of our faith in money, who knows what we might put in its place?
LEWIS H. LAPHAM
Money and Class in America