Quotes about money

The values of a society totally preoccupied with making money are not altogether reassuring.

lessness - a philosophy whereby one reconciles oneself with diminishing expectations of material wealth: "I've given up wanting to make a killing or be a bigshot. I just want to find happiness and maybe open up a little roadside cafe in Idaho." (page 54)

poor buoyancy - the realization that one was a better person when one had less money. (page 82)

‘Oh Brancepeth,’ said the girl, her voice trembling, ‘why haven’t you any money? If only you had the merest pittance - enough for a flat in Mayfair and a little weekend place in the country somewhere and a couple of good cars and a villa in the South of France and a bit of trout fishing on some decent river, I would risk all for love.’

"They say money don't stink," he said. "I sometimes wonder."

Once I establish credit, I may be able to function. A man needs credit. Especially when he has no money.

“As always there is someone to hold a tight hand on the purse strings—usually the most affluent of the persons in authority.”

“This is how they become affluent.”

Money lost, little lost.

Honor lost, much lost.

Pluck lost, all lost.

It was then that Marvin got religion. Not the quiet, personal kind, that involves doing good deeds and living a better life; not even the kind that involves putting on a suit and ringing people's doorbells; but the kind that involves having your own TV network and getting people to send you money.

The world is a lot more complicated than most people believe. Many people believed, for example, that Marvin was not a true Believer because he made so much money out of it. They were wrong. He believed with all his heart. He believed utterly, and spent a lot of the money that flooded in on what he really thought was the Lord's work.

And as in other things, so in men, not the seller, but the buyer determines the Price.

I don't do it for the money. I've got enough, much more than I'll ever need. I do it to do it. Deals are my art form.