Subject: Money (Page 2)

He (Lyndon Johnson) wanted to see poverty, so he came to see my team (1964 New York Mets).

(1890 – 1975) American baseball manager

My mother always said don't marry for money, divorce for money.

(1961 – ) American stand-up comedian

If the shoe fits, it's too expensive.

writer, humorist, columnist & speaker

It is better to live rich than to die rich.

(1709 – 1784) English author, essayist, critic, editor & lexicographer

The safe way to double your money is to fold it over once and put it in your pocket.

Samuel Clemens (1835 – 1910) author & humorist

I had to recently move back home, because my mom was having trouble paying both our rents.

Actress & comedian

The compromise will always be more expensive than either of the suggestions it's compromising.

1. No matter what they're telling you, they're not telling you the whole truth. 2. No matter what they're talking about, they're talking about money.

If I was earning £1 a race, I'd still be a racing driver – just a poor one.

British auto racer

Lack of money is the root of all evil.

(1856 – 1950) Irish playwright & socialist

Cocaine is God's way of saying that you're making too much money.

(1951 – 2014) comedian & actor

Money won’t buy happiness, but it will pay the salaries of a large research staff to study the problem.

(1915 – 1977) columnist, writer & actor

Expenditure rises to meet income.

Nothing stimulates the appetite like an empty billfold.

If all the nations in the world are in debt, where did all the money go?

(1955 – ) comedian, actor & writer

If hard work were such a wonderful thing, surely the rich would have kept it all to themselves.

(1922 – 1999) labor union leader, president of the AFL-CIO

A crowded police docket is the surest of all signs that trade is brisk and money plenty.

Samuel Clemens (1835 – 1910) author & humorist

When I was young, poverty was so common that we didn't know it had a name.

(1908 – 1973) 36th U.S. president

Thrift: Common sense applied to spending.

We pay for the mistakes of our ancestors, and it seems only fair that they should leave us the money to pay with.

(1878 – 1937) humorist, journalist & author

Wealth is any income that is at least one hundred dollars a year more than the income of one’s wife’s sister’s husband.

(1880 – 1956) journalist, essayist, editor & satirist