Instead of giving money to found colleges to promote learning, why don't they pass a constitutional amendment prohibiting anybody from learning anything? If it works as good as the Prohibition one did, why, in five years we would have the smartest race of people on earth.

Like you and your woman ain't gettin' along and you're in love. You can't sleep at nights. Your mind is on her - on whatever. You know, that's the blues. You can't hug that money at night. You can't kiss it.

Profit is sweet, even if it comes from deception.

I believe enlightenment or revelation comes in daily life. I look for joy, the peace of action. You need action. I'd have stopped writing years ago if it were for the money.

The rich are always going to say that, you know, just give us more money and we'll go out and spend more and then it will all trickle down to the rest of you. But that has not worked the last 10 years, and I hope the American public is catching on.

There is only one class in the community that thinks more about money than the rich, and that is the poor. The poor can think of nothing else.

Money isn't the most important thing in life, but it's reasonably close to oxygen on the 'gotta have it' scale.

Money doesn't make you happy. I now have $50 million but I was just as happy when I had $48 million.

Lack of money is the root of all evil.

My integrity means more to me than any fame or money. When I say something, I want people to take it to the bank that I mean it and believe in it.

I mean, I do think at a certain point you've made enough money.

I deal with foreign countries. I made a lot of money dealing against China. I've made a lot of money dealing against many other countries.

I'm worth far too much money. I don't need anybody's money.

Money is a very important tool to make a big difference in people's life. It is positive or negative depending on the values.

I don't care about having money. It's about being happy, man.

We need earmark reform, and when I'm President, I will go line by line to make sure that we are not spending money unwisely.

I've never been able to understand why a Republican contributor is a 'fat cat' and a Democratic contributor of the same amount of money is a 'public-spirited philanthropist'.

I don't make deals for the money. I've got enough, much more than I'll ever need. I do it to do it.

It's a great thing when you can show that you've been successful and that you've made a lot of money and that you've employed a lot of people.

We can't let people down when they can't get any medical care, when they're sick and don't have money to go to a doctor. You help them.

I went to the bank and asked to borrow a cup of money. They said, 'What for?' I said, 'I'm going to buy some sugar.'

It's better to waste money, than it is to waste time. You can always get more money.

In liberal logic, if life is unfair then the answer is to turn more tax money over to politicians, to spend in ways that will increase their chances of getting reelected.

My parents raised me and my six siblings with little money... but lots of love.

Time and money spent in helping men to do more for themselves is far better than mere giving.

I'm a little lavish I must admit. But I'm not really concerned with money. Being rich is not my goal, being wealthy is.

Money is not the most important thing, but when you need it, there are few substitutes. So while I like the things money can buy, I love what money won't buy. It bought me a house but it won't buy me a home. It would buy me a companion but it won't buy me a friend.

People want me to be so full of shame that I used to dance. I would never be ashamed of it. I made a lot of money. I had a good time, and it showed me a lot.

No man wants to accept they could be getting used for money. But it's OK for them to let us know that they use us?

If there was one decision I would overrule, it would be 'Citizens United.' I think the notion that we have all the democracy that money can buy strays so far from what our democracy is supposed to be.

If our soldiers are not overburdened with money, it is not because they have a distaste for riches; if their lives are not unduly long, it is not because they are disinclined to longevity.

Never confuse the size of your paycheck with the size of your talent.

The worship of the golden calf of old has found a new and heartless image in the cult of money and the dictatorship of an economy which is faceless and lacking any truly human goal.

One day a guy tried to rob me on the street, and I had no money. So I charged him.

I will never win an Oscar, and do you know why? First of all, because I'm not Jewish. Secondly, I make too much money for all those old farts in the Academy.

A system of capitalism presumes sound money, not fiat money manipulated by a central bank. Capitalism cherishes voluntary contracts and interest rates that are determined by savings, not credit creation by a central bank.

For a successful entrepreneur it can mean extreme wealth. But with extreme wealth comes extreme responsibility. And the responsibility for me is to invest in creating new businesses, create jobs, employ people, and to put money aside to tackle issues where we can make a difference.

Let advertisers spend the same amount of money improving their product that they do on advertising and they wouldn't have to advertise it.

I think the notion that we have all the democracy that money can buy strays so far from what our democracy is supposed to be.

I never heard of an old man forgetting where he had buried his money! Old people remember what interests them: the dates fixed for their lawsuits, and the names of their debtors and creditors.

It's morally wrong to allow a sucker to keep his money.

It's a long, slow sunset for ink-on-paper magazines, but sunsets can produce vast sums of money.

If advertisers spent the same amount of money on improving their products as they do on advertising then they wouldn't have to advertise them.

Money, it turned out, was exactly like sex, you thought of nothing else if you didn't have it and thought of other things if you did.

Very few people can afford to be poor.

Instead of focusing on attacking unions and the labor movement, we need to find ways to strengthen and empower workers so we can put more money in the pockets of middle class families.

When you go through hell, your own personal hell, and you have lost - loss of fame, loss of money, loss of career, loss of family, loss of love, loss of your own identity that I experienced in my own life - and you've been able to face the demons that have haunted you... I appreciate everything that I have.

Money is the string with which a sardonic destiny directs the motions of its puppets.

Money won't make you happy... but everybody wants to find out for themselves.

Success must never be measured by how much money you have.