The root of all evil isn't money; rather, it's not having enough money.
When once enthusiasm has been turned into ridicule, everything is undone except money and power.
You know they say money can't buy happiness. Give me 50 bucks and watch me smile
The counting-room maxims liberally expounded are laws of the Universe. The merchant's economy is a coarse symbol of the soul's economy. It is, to spend for power, and not for pleasure.
What is the chief end of man?-to get rich. In what way?-dishonestly if we can; honestly if we must. Who is God, the one and only true? Money is God. Gold and Greenbacks and Stock-father, son, and ghosts of same, three persons in one; These are the true and only God, mighty and supreme.
When money disappears, we soon understand the power of absence.
our right or wrong use of money is the utmost test of character, as well as the root of happiness or misery, throughout our whole lives.
When this song come on, I'm spending money. . . Play something I can spend some money to.
All they had to do was put my name on a marquee and watch the money roll in.
Look to the present. The great disease of 'I will be happy when. . . ' is sweeping the world. You know the symptoms. You start thinking: I'll be happy when I get that. . . BMW. . . promotion. . . status. . . money. The only way to cure the disease is to find happiness and meaning now.
As long as you want to pay to see a band, what makes the band want to get better? Nothing! Really! The Stones are, God knows, horrible beyond horrible, but it doesn't stop the fans from paying money to see them decompose in front of your very eyes.
I think about my grandfather who's 89 years old, and the last thing he needs is more money out of his pocket.
It's inconceivable to some people that that wouldn't be the sexiest thing to do in the whole world: to be a movie star, and make money, and be pampered, and whatever.
Just keep following your damn dreams, it just costs a lot of damn money. I'm broke, but I have a dream.
I've seen the ticket, and I still can't believe it. When I see the money, I hope I don't hit the floor.
If one does not wish bonds broken, one should make them elastic and thereby strengthen them.
It doesn't matter if you're talking to a communist or a fascist if you say, do you want a good future for your kids? Well they're all going to say yes. Well do you think that money should be spent efficiently? Yes. Al of these things, everyone agrees on them but the way that we discuss them and the language that we use we hold different definitions for.
One of society's absurd delusions is that the spending of money can cure something.
Money, if it does not bring you happiness, will at least help you be miserable in comfort.
We must have more union members in this country to fight the political and business forces that are undermining workers in this country. The AFL-CIO has chosen the opposite approach by planning to throw even more money at politicians.
