Subject: Money » Wealth (Page 3)

Mausoleum: The final and funniest folly of the rich.

(1842 – 1914) author & satirist

If it weren’t for baseball, many kids wouldn’t know what a millionaire looked like.

(1917 – 2012) comedian & actress

I'd rather be rich than stupid.

Behind every great fortune there is a crime.


(1799 – 1850) French novelist & playwright

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

The Englishman who has lost his fortune is said to have died of a broken heart.

(1803 – 1882) essayist, poet, & philosopher

Don’t you hate it when people assume you’re rich because you sound posh and went to private school and have loads of money?

British actor, comedian & writer

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy and Jill a rich widow.

(1899 – 1995) humorist

When a man tells you that he got rich through hard work, ask him: 'whose?'

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

(1953 – ) comedian, dancer & writer

1. Always hire a rich solicitor.

2. Never buy from a rich salesman.

Those who have some means think that the most important thing in the world is love; the poor know that it is money.

(1894 – 1987) British writer

A rich man is nothing but a poor man with money.

(1880 – 1946) comedian, actor, juggler & writer

If hard work were such a wonderful thing, surely the rich would have kept it all to themselves.

(1922 – 1999) labor union leader, president of the AFL-CIO

Anyone with money to burn will always find himself surrounded by people with matches.

My formula for success is rise early, work late, and strike oil.

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

God shows his contempt for wealth by the kind of person he selects to receive it.

(1858 – 1932) American physicist, physician & humorist

No one is rich enough to do without a neighbor.

Money can’t buy happiness, but neither can poverty.

(1908 – 1997) German-born teacher, academic & humorist

You can never be too skinny or too rich.

(1915 – 1978) socialite

In this country you’re guilty until proven wealthy.

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