Money Quotes

"“Bed,” as the Italian proverb succinctly puts it, “is the poor man's opera.”"

"It is not wealth one asks for, but just enough to preserve one's dignity, to work unhampered, to be generous, frank and independent."

"Single women have a dreadful propensity for being poor. Which is one very strong argument in favor of matrimony."

"Wisdom outweighs any wealth."

"There are evils that have the ability to survive identification and go on for ever... money, for instance, or war."

"Truth, like gold, is to be obtained not by its growth, but by washing away from it all that is not gold."

"Bill Gates is a very rich man today... and do you want to know why? The answer is one word: versions."

"A self-taught man usually has a poor teacher and a worse student."

"Two nations between whom there is no intercourse and no sympathy who are as ignorant of each other's habits, thoughts, and feelings, as if they were dwellers in different zones, or inhabitants of different planets. The rich and the poor."

"Success in life comes not from holding a good hand, but in playing a poor hand well."

"The spirit of man is more important than mere physical strength, and the spiritual fiber of a nation than its wealth."

"A significant piece of the wealth that the NFL owners garner is a result of the enormous TV revenues they get - and those revenues are supported by a legislatively granted exemption from the antitrust laws that has been made applicable to sports leagues, primarily the NFL."

"We're going to raise a lot of money for cancer awareness, give some to the American Cancer Society and hopefully make a big difference."

"We have the opportunity to move not only toward the rich society and the powerful society, but upward to the Great Society."

"Do not waste your time on Social Questions. What is the matter with the poor is Poverty what is the matter with the rich is Uselessness."

"Science has yet to isolate the Godiva Chocolate or Prada gene, but that doesn't mean your weakness for pricey swag isn't woven into your DNA. According to a new study of identical twins, it's less TV ads or Labor Day sales that make you buy the things you do than the tastes and temperaments that are already part of you at birth."

"I have such a rich fantasy life, I can't help it. I do make up a lot of romantic stories in my head."

"There's something really great and romantic about being poor and sleeping on couches."

"There are so many things to think about when you make an album. Like, who am I trying to impress? Am I going to get respect, critical acclaim? Or am I going to sell lots of records?"

"Attacks on a politician's identity - questioning Romney's religion, say, or Obama's birthplace - tend to come when an opponent is desperate and can't sell himself."