Only the little people pay taxes.
—Leona Helmsley, 1989No man will take counsel, but every man will take money: therefore money is better than counsel.
—Jonathan Swift, 1702Oligopoly, plutocracy, kleptocracy: All things that are good for a shareholder.
—James J. Cramer, 2006It costs a lot of money to be rich.
—Peter Boyle, 2002Nobody works as hard for his money as the man who marries it.
—Kin HubbardIt is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.
—The BibleThe character which results from wealth is that of a prosperous fool.
—Aristotle, c. 322 BCWhoever expects to walk peacefully in the world must be money’s guest.
—Norman O. Brown, 1959No man but a blockhead ever wrote, except for money.
—Samuel Johnson, 1776Money, not morality, is the principle of commercial nations.
—Thomas JeffersonHe that serves God for money will serve the Devil for better wages.
—Roger L’Estrange, 1692Much money makes a country poor, for it sets a dearer price on every thing.
—George Herbert, 1640The populace may hiss me, but when I go home and think of my money, I applaud myself.
—Horace, c. 25 BCBusiness? Why, it’s very simple; business is other people’s money.
—Alexandre Dumas, 1857Money is mourned with deeper sorrow than friends or kindred.
—Juvenal, 128If you want to know what God thinks of money, just look at the people he gave it to.
—Dorothy ParkerFormula for success: rise early, work hard, strike oil.
—J. Paul GettyMammon, n. The god of the world’s leading religion. His chief temple is in the holy city of New York.
—Ambrose Bierce, 1911