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Money Quotes

Karl Marx and Robert Kiyosaki are tied for the most entries here, which is about as wide a spread of opinion as one page can hold. The sourced quotes lean towards the sceptics. Thoreau’s journal for 1838 says the richest man is the one whose pleasures are the cheapest. Chesterton, in his novel The Flying Inn (1914), is less polite about the rich.

“The lack of money is the root of all evil” is credited to Mark Twain, and it does appear in a posthumous piece of his from 1905. It had already been in print, though. Wikiquote finds it in 1872, set in quotation marks as if readers would know it, and a similar remark about gold in a magazine from 1859.

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Whenever money is involved, there is elitism.

Jacque Fresco The Best That Money Can't Buy: Beyond Politics, Poverty, & War (2002)

China will not allow those Taiwanese investors that advocate Taiwan independence to make money here (in Mainland China).

Zhang Zhijun Zhang Zhijun (2016)

I think our nationals won't support us if we have to spend a lot of money to establish ties with one or two new allies.

Joseph Wu Joseph Wu (2018)

All the solidarity of the West with Ukraine is not free, ordinary Ukrainians will have to return the money.

Vasily Nebenzya

Life is short. We are born with no material possessions and shall die the same way. Money is only useful when it is in the hands of people in need.

Chen Shu-chu Chen Shu-chu (2018)

"We don't want this money paid out to heirs. We want them to be paid to victims."

Israel Singer

It’s the passion that keeps me in this industry, no amount of money could make me do what I do if I didn’t have passion.

Ann-Margret

“I would like to emphasise the importance of peace, security and the development of our country. These investments involve a lot of money.”

Samia Suluhu Hassan

The mainstream media’s side is money- it’s the same side as the financial markets.

Carlos Latuff Interview with Brasilwire (2017)

I think the most important thing is for a person to be happy and to be good where they are, not the money.

Aitana Bonmatí

The company is like an evil vending machine, you put money in and it does what you want, unless somebody else puts more money in and tells it to stop.

Martha Wells Exit Strategy (2018)

"To get married you have to save a huge amount of money, and if you never get enough, you become afraid of going your whole life without ever getting married."

Oumou Sangaré

Money is good. Imagination is better. Giving yourself permission to create a life that sustains you *no matter what others think* is best.

OluTimehin Kukoyi

I don’t have a problem with money as I spend less than I earn.

Andy Lau

Charles understood better than his father or his adversary that the chief material of war was money.

Jonathan Sumption, Lord Sumption Edward III: A Heroic Failure (2016)

I can see why Gotorkai has been killing himself to make enough money to pay your dowry.

Bai T. Moore Murder in the Cassava Patch (1968)

This money ($1m) my partners and I spent, first of all, on buying PCR-testing equipment and protective gear for medical personnel.

Alexey Fedorychev

Or you can pay good money for really good clothes and keep them for years.

Giovonnae Anderson

"Artisan work is a tool for transformation. When women earn money, they invest in their children's education, health, and their community's future."

Janet Nkubana

This country, Venezuela, is going to be the brightest opportunity for investment of American companies, of good people that are going to make a lot of money.

María Corina Machado

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