Quotes on Money

COMMERCE, n. A kind of transaction in which A plunders from B the goods of C, and for compensation B picks the pocket of D of money belonging to E.

QUOTIENT, n. A number showing how many times a sum of money belonging to one person is contained in the pocket of another - usually about as many times as it can be got there.

Remember, that money is of the prolific, generating nature.

Algebra and money are essentially levelers; the first intellectually, the second effectively.

All wars are fought for the sake of getting money.

I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.

Money is of no value; it cannot spend itself. All depends on the skill of the spender.

Money is human happiness in the abstract; he, then, who is no longer capable of enjoying human happiness in the concrete devotes himself utterly to money.

One of the reasons the rich get richer, the poor get poorer and the middle class struggles in debt is because the subject of money is taught at home, not at school.

I feel that I am writing out of a full life. I am a rich man, rich in men known, in adventures had. I am rich with living.

Successful people make money. It's not that people who make money become successful, but that successful people attract money. They bring success to what they do.

Abundance is not something we acquire. It is something we tune into.

The rich invest their money and spend what is left; the poor spend their money and invest what is left.

The cure for materialism is to have enough for everybody and to share. When people are sure of having what they need they cease to think about it.

Nowadays love is a matter of chance, matrimony a matter of money and divorce a matter of course.

Money doesn't change men, it merely unmasks them. If a man is naturally selfish or arrogant or greedy, the money brings that out, that's all.

Once you define exactly what your purpose is you won’t even have to try to figure out how to make money. The ideas will flow freely as if someone was whispering in your ear. Everything will come together beautifully.

Never begrudge the money you spend on your own education.

I would rather earn 1% off a 100 people's efforts than 100% of my own efforts.

The roulette table pays nobody except him that keeps it. Nevertheless a passion for gaming is common, though a passion for keeping roulette tables is unknown.

If you love money and you want to be creative, you cannot become creative. The very ambition for money is going to destroy your creativity. If you want fame, then forget about creativity. Fame comes easier if you are destructive.