Subject: Money

Do you think that when they asked George Washington for ID that he just whipped out a quarter?

(1955 – ) comedian, actor & writer

You can't get rich sitting on the bench, but I'm giving it a try.

professional baseball player

Today, I bought a pastrami sandwich: $13.75; walked back out in the street – genuine Rolex watch: six bucks.

(1957 – 2007) American stand-up comedian & actor

Misers make wonderful ancestors.

Yeah, this comedy is all a part of my “Get Rich Slow” scheme… and it’s working.

(1968 – 2005) American stand-up comedian

If you love someone, set them free. If they come back, they’re probably broke.

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

Politicians who vote huge expenditures to alleviate problems get re-elected; those who propose structural changes to prevent problems get early retirement.

The best investment opportunities are encountered when you are broke.

The trouble with being poor is that it takes up all of your time.

(1924 – 1997) Dutch-American artist

Advertising may be described as the science of arresting the human intelligence long enough to get money from it.

(1869 – 1944) Canadian economist & humorist

If the guy was poor, I’d give it back.

(1925 – 2015) baseball player, coach & manager

We were so poor, every Christmas Eve my old man would go outside and shoot his gun, then come in and tell us kids Santa Claus had committed suicide.

(1921 – ) American boxing champion

I'm gonna ask the Falcons for so much money they'll have to put me on layaway.

American football player

Money isn’t everything: usually it isn’t enough.

The Englishman who has lost his fortune is said to have died of a broken heart.

(1803 – 1882) essayist, poet, & philosopher

He’s the only man I ever knew who had rubber pockets so he could steal soup.

(1876 – 1933) screenwriter

Markets can remain irrational a lot longer than you and I can remain solvent.

American financial analyst & commentator

If you want to know what God thinks of money, you only have to look at those to whom he gives it.

(1874 – 1945) English writer, translator & war correspondent

Because you are feeding both the child and the floor, raising this child will be expensive.

(1937 – ) comedian & television actor

Whoever said money can’t buy happiness simply didn’t know where to go shopping.