Subject: Money (Page 4)

It is better to live rich than to die rich.

(1709 – 1784) English author, essayist, critic, editor & lexicographer

I bought a seven-dollar pen because I always lose pens and I got sick of not caring.

(1968 – 2005) American stand-up comedian

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

Anyone who lives within their means suffers from a lack of imagination.

(1854 – 1900) Irish dramatist, novelist & poet

Commerce: A kind of transaction in which A plunders from B the goods of C, and for compensation B picks the pocket of D of money belonging to E. 

(1842 – 1914) author & satirist

Money often costs too much.

(1803 – 1882) essayist, poet, & philosopher

Everything costs more and takes longer.

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

Writing is the only profession where no one considers you ridiculous if you earn no money.

(1864 – 1910) French author

Divorce, from the Latin word meaning to rip out a man’s genitals through his wallet.

(1951 – 2014) comedian & actor

Government expands to absorb revenue and then some.

Some couples go over their budgets very carefully every month; others just go over them.


People who work sitting down get paid more than people who work standing up.

(1902 – 1971) American humorist & poet

My problem lies in reconciling my gross habits with my net income.

(1909 – 1959) Australian-born American actor

Ever notice how many government officials make their raises effective long before they ever are?

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

There is nothing so habit-forming as money.

(1878 – 1937) humorist, journalist & author

1. Always hire a rich solicitor.

2. Never buy from a rich salesman.

Any renovation project on an old house will cost twice as much and take three times as long as originally estimated.

The time I was kidnapped, and the kidnappers sent my parents a note they said, “We want five thousand dollars or you’ll see your kid again.

(1921 – 2004) stand-up comedian & actor

Be careful of men who are bald and rich; the arrogance of "rich" usually cancels out the nice of "bald.”

(1953 – ) comedian, dancer & writer