Subject: Money (Page 32)

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

(1797 – 1879) American businessman & speculator

I wished the buck stopped here, as I could use a few.

No project was ever completed on time and within budget.

I saw a truck today. Side of the door it said, “Driver has no cash” … I’m broke, too – but I don’t plaster it all over the side of my car.

stand-up comedian, actor, writer & producer

After what happened to my 401k, my new retirement plan is the Rapture.

American comedian

Only have a nervous breakdown if you’ve got loads of money, and then you can really enjoy it.

(1955 – ) English composer, singer, songwriter & producer

Exceptions prove the rule… and wreck the budget.

(Starbucks) doesn't have a slogan yet, so I thought of one for them: “It's really expensive, but the line is long.”

comedian & author

Las Vegas is the oasis of outstretched palms.

English boxing journalist & commentator

Let us all be happy and live within our means, even if we have to borrow the money to do it with.

Charles Farrar Browne (1834 – 1867) humorist

I knew something was wrong with the economy when the shampoo girl at my salon closed on a six bedroom house.

(1964 – ) American writer, stand-up comedian, actress, television host

When you pass the buck, don't ask for change.

David Gerrold (1944 – ) science fiction author

I love to go to Washington – if only to be near my money.

(1903 – 2003) English-born American comedian & actor

It's possible to spend money anywhere in the world if you put your mind to it, something I proved conclusively by running up huge debts in Cincinnati.

(1906 – 1991) American baseball player, coach & manager

No gold-digging for me… I take diamonds!

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

Poverty is the step-mother of genius.

(1818 – 1885) humorist

What I really need is a woman who loves me for my money but doesn’t understand math.

(1978 – ) American comedian & writer

The poor and ignorant will continue to lie and steal as long as the rich and educated show them how.

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

If you think that education is expensive, try ignorance.

(1930 – ) American lawyer & educator

Alexander Hamilton started the U.S. Treasury with nothing – and that was the closest our country has ever been to being even.

(1879 – 1935) humorist & social commentator

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