Subject: Money (Page 36)

My doctor is wonderful; once, when I couldn’t afford an operation, he touched up the X-rays.

(1918 – 2007) American entertainer, actor & television host

A good film is when the price of the dinner, the theatre admission and the babysitter were worth it.

(1899 – 1980) English filmmaker & producer

It ain't no disgrace to be poor, but it might as well be.

(1868 – 1930) cartoonist, humorist & journalist

Anybody who plays the stock market not as an insider is like a man buying cows in the moonlight.

(1797 – 1879) American businessman & speculator

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

Real happiness is when you marry a girl for love and find out later she has money.

(1928 – 2003) English entertainer

Take Home Pay: An amount of money which is called that because it is never big enough to go anywhere else with it.

Invest in inflation… it’s the only thing going up.

Samuel Clemens (1835 – 1910) author & humorist

I'm tired of hearing about money, money, money, money, money. I just want to play the game, drink Pepsi, wear Reebok.

American basketball player

A hospital bed is a parked taxi with the meter running.

(1890 – 1977) comedian, actor & television host

…if you rub up against money long enough, some of it may rub off on you.

(1990 – 1946) newspaperman & writer

You may be a redneck if you have spent more on your pickup truck than on your education.

(1958 – ) stand-up comedian & television personality

Misers make wonderful ancestors.

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

The first time you go out after your wife’s birthday, you will see the gift you gave her marked down fifty percent.
Corollary: If she’s with you, she’ll assume you chose it because it was cheap.