Subject: Money (Page 28)

Deficit: What you have when you don’t have as much as if you had nothing.

Time is like money, the less we have of it to spare the further we make it go.

(1818 – 1885) humorist

If I hadn’t my debts I shouldn’t have anything to think about.

(1854 – 1900) Irish dramatist, novelist & poet

I got a $290 parking ticket today… my car only cost $240.

(1973 – ) American stand-up comedian

When it comes to finances, remember that there are no withholding taxes on the wages of sin.

(1893 – 1980) actress, playwright, screenwriter & sex symbol

Nobody ever said that capitalism guarantees profit.

(1947 – ) American economist

The best measure of a man's honesty isn't his income tax return; it's the zero adjust on his bathroom scale.

(1917 – ) English physicist & science fiction author

Paying alimony is like feeding hay to a dead horse.

(1890 – 1977) comedian, actor & television host

When we played, World Series checks meant something; now all they do is screw up your taxes.

American baseball pitcher & announcer

Financial Wizard: A person who can earn money faster than the family can spend it.

Having your lawyer pay for lunch will be very expensive in the end.

Money isn’t everything as long as you have enough.

Nothing in the known universe travels faster than a bad check.

Medical insurance is what allows people to be ill at ease!

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

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

(1868 – 1930) cartoonist, humorist & journalist

My doctor gave me six months to live, but when I couldn’t pay the bill he gave me six months more.

(1920 – 2000) American actor

She makes pancakes so thin they’ve got just one side to them.

I have enough money to last me the rest of my life, unless I buy something.

(1934 – ) comedian

When I was born I owed twelve dollars.

(1889 – 1961) Am. playwright, theater director & producer & humorist

Every cloud has its silver lining but it is sometimes a little difficult to get it to the mint.

(1878 – 1937) humorist, journalist & author

There is only one word for aid that is genuinely without strings, and that word is blackmail.

(1902 – 1977) Scottish journalist & author