Money Quotes
A gasline will help shape our economic future - the same way that oil has shaped our economic present.
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Sarah Palin
A penny saved is a penny earned.
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Ben Franklin
Because parents have power over children. They feel they have to do what their parents say. But the love of money is the root of all evil. And this is a sweet child. And to see him turn like this, this isn't him. This is not him.
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Michael Jackson
Capital as such is not evil; it is its wrong use that is evil. Capital in some form or other will always be needed.
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Mahatma Gandhi
Carpe per diem - seize the check.
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Robin Williams
Economics and politics are the governing powers of life today, and that's why everything is so screwy.
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Joseph Campbell
Focusing your life solely on making a buck shows a certain poverty of ambition. It asks too little of yourself. Because it's only when you hitch your wagon to something larger than yourself that you realize your true potential.
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Barack Obama
Mug
He that is of the opinion money will do everything may well be suspected of doing everything for money.
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Ben Franklin
He who will not economize will have to agonize.
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Confucius
I am opposed to millionaires, but it would be dangerous to offer me the position.
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Mark Twain
I certainly think the free-market has failed.
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Hillary Clinton
I think that's the message that came out of Congress: We can't give you $80 million.
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Colin Powell
I'd say it's been my biggest problem all my life... it's money. It takes a lot of money to make these dreams come true.
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Walt Disney
If a man is proud of his wealth, he should not be praised until it is known how he employs it.
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Socrates
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.
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Henry Ford
Inflation is as violent as a mugger, as frightening as an armed robber and as deadly as a hit man.
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Ronald Reagan
It is well enough that people of the nation do not understand our banking
and monetary system, for if they did, I believe there would be a revolution before tomorrow morning.
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Henry Ford
Let your heart feel for the afflictions and distress of everyone, and let your hand give in proportion to your purse.
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George Washington
Money is like an arm or leg - use it or lose it.
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Henry Ford
Money is not the only answer, but it makes a difference.
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Barack Obama
Mug
Money, not morality, is the principle commerce of civilized nations.
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Thomas Jefferson
My administration is the only thing between you [CEO's] and the pitchforks.
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Barack Obama
Mug
Never spend your money before you have earned it.
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Thomas Jefferson
No matter how you cut it, this real debate on personal accounts is about the legitimacy of Social Security; it's not about the solvency of Social Security.
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Joe Biden
Recession is when a neighbor loses his job. Depression is when you lose yours.
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Ronald Reagan
Speculation is only a word covering the making of money out of the manipulation of prices, instead of supplying goods and services.
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Henry Ford
That some should be rich, shows that others may become rich, and, hence, is just encouragement to industry and enterprise.
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Abraham Lincoln
The fact is that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have gotten too big and too expensive to the taxpayers.
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Sarah Palin
The highest use of capital is not to make more money, but to make money do more for the betterment of life.
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Henry Ford
The lack of money is the root of all evil.
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Mark Twain
The use of money is all the advantage there is in having it.
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Ben Franklin
These capitalists generally act harmoniously and in concert, to fleece the people.
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Abraham Lincoln
This is the moment when we must build on the wealth that open markets have created, and share its benefits more equitably. Trade has been a cornerstone of our growth and global development. But we will not be able to sustain this growth if it favors the few, and not the many.
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Barack Obama
Mug
Too many of us look upon Americans as dollar chasers. This is a cruel libel, even if it is reiterated thoughtlessly by the Americans themselves.
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Albert Einstein
We might come closer to balancing the Budget if all of us lived closer to the Commandments and the Golden Rule.
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Ronald Reagan
We need earmark reform, and when I'm President, I will go line by line to make sure that we are not spending money unwisely.
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Barack Obama
Mug
We should measure welfare's success by how many people leave welfare, not by how many are added.
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Ronald Reagan
Wealth, like happiness, is never attained when sought after directly. It comes as a by-product of providing a useful service.
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Henry Ford
Welfare's purpose should be to eliminate, as far as possible, the need for its own existence.
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Ronald Reagan
When the stock market crashed, Franklin Roosevelt got on the television and didn't just talk about the princes of greed. He said, 'Look, here's what happened.'
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Joe Biden
When we see men of worth, we should think of equaling them; when we see men of a contrary character, we should turn inwards and examine ourselves.
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Confucius
You reach a point where you don't work for money.
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Walt Disney