Subject: Money (Page 29)

We didn't actually overspend our budget; the allocation simply fell short of our expenditure.

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

(1958 – ) stand-up comedian & television personality

At the funeral, everyone said, 'What a shame, he died penniless;' I don't know — to me that sounds like perfect timing on a hell of a budget.

American comedian

When I was 14, he sat me down, said, 'Larry, someday you're gonna meet a girl who's gonna be so right and so wonderful and so perfect that you're not even gonna haggle over price.'

(1955 – ) American stand-up comedian

Americans are getting stronger; twenty years ago it took two people to carry ten dollars' worth of groceries… today, a five-year-old can do it.

(1906 – 1998) English-born American comedian

We were so poor my daddy unplugged the clocks when we went to bed.

(1965 – ) comedian, actor, screenwriter, television producer & director

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

Most anybody can be a cowboy, but it takes a damn genius to make money at it.

Ask your child what he wants for dinner only if he's buying.

(1950 – ) writer & humorist

When a person with experience meets a person with money, the person with experience will get the money and the person with the money will get some experience.

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

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

I grew up in a poor family… I had to cut everyone’s hair, because we didn’t have money for entertainment.

(1978 – ) American writer & stand-up comedian

It doesn’t matter if you’re rich or poor, as long as you’ve got money.

(1902 – 1971) American comedian & singer

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

(1902 – 1977) Scottish journalist & author

The dime hasn’t been minted that could march past Jack Benny.

(1894 – 1956) American radio comedian

If you can count your money, you don't have a billion dollars.

(1892 – 1976) oil industrialist (once world’s richest man)

I put on my favorite winter jacket for the first time the other day, and as soon as I put my hands in those pockets, I was immediately reminded that last year I didn't have any money, either.

(1970 – ) American comedian & television game show host

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

(1899 – 1966) producer, showman & lyricist

Stress is your body's way of saying you haven't worked enough unpaid overtime.

(1957 – ) cartoonist (Dilbert)

1. Always hire a rich solicitor.

2. Never buy from a rich salesman.

I'm not technically rich, but I do have a lot of shit that I don't need, and I refuse to share with others.

(1970 – ) American stand-up comedian & voice actor