Subject: Money (Page 25)

It’s better to spend money like there’s no tomorrow than to spend tonight like there’s no money.

(1947 – ) author, humorist & satirist

I think clever people think that poor people are stupid.

(1963 – ) Canadian writer, actor & stand-up comedian

The more heavily a man is supposed to be taxed, the more power he has to escape being taxed.

I cannot afford to waste my time making money.

(1807 – 1873) paleontologist, glaciologist & geologist

In this country you’re guilty until proven wealthy.

(1956 – ) comedian, television host, social critic & political commentator

No Taxes… let's just tip the government 15% if they do a good job.

(1927 – 1997) Am. comedian & satirist notable for mock presidential campaign

The main purpose of the stock market is to make fools of as many men as possible.

(1870 – 1965) businessman & politician

Never invest your money in anything that eats or needs painting.

(1899 – 1966) producer, showman & lyricist

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

(1968 – 2005) American stand-up comedian

I came from a dirt farm, now I'm filthy rich.

American boxing champion

Sex is like money; only too much is enough.

(1932 – 2009) author, poet & critic

The only advantage to living in the past is that the rents are much cheaper!

fictional mascot and cover boy of Mad, an American humor magazine

We were so poor; the ultimate luxury in our house at the time was ashtrays without advertisements.

(1919 – 1985) Scottish comedian & actor

When a feller says, ‘It hain’t the money, but the principle o’ th’ thing’, it’s the money.

(1856 – 1915) writer, publisher, artist & philosopher

Money enables a man to get along without an education, and education enables him to get along without money.

writer

When Jack Benny has a party, you not only bring your own Scotch, you bring your own rocks.

(1896 – 1996) comedian, actor & entertainer

I can make more generals, but horses cost money.

(1809 – 1865) 16th U.S. president

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

When you don’t have any money, the problem is food; when you have money, it’s sex; when you have both, it’s health.

(1926 – ) Irish American novelist & playwright

Oh, when I was a kid in show business I was so poor I used to go to orgies to eat the grapes.

(1921 – 2004) stand-up comedian & actor

I've been doing the Fonda workout: the Peter Fonda workout; that's where I wake up, take a hit of acid, smoke a joint, and run to my sister's house and ask her for money.

(1956 – 2016) American stand-up comedian & actor