Business? Why, it’s very simple; business is other people’s money.
—Alexandre Dumas, 1857Quotes
No man but a blockhead ever wrote, except for money.
—Samuel Johnson, 1776Whoever expects to walk peacefully in the world must be money’s guest.
—Norman O. Brown, 1959Much money makes a country poor, for it sets a dearer price on every thing.
—George Herbert, 1640Formula for success: rise early, work hard, strike oil.
—J. Paul GettyIt is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.
—The BibleNo man will take counsel, but every man will take money: therefore money is better than counsel.
—Jonathan Swift, 1702Money is mourned with deeper sorrow than friends or kindred.
—Juvenal, 128He that serves God for money will serve the Devil for better wages.
—Roger L’Estrange, 1692The character which results from wealth is that of a prosperous fool.
—Aristotle, c. 322 BCMoney, not morality, is the principle of commercial nations.
—Thomas JeffersonMammon, n. The god of the world’s leading religion. His chief temple is in the holy city of New York.
—Ambrose Bierce, 1911It costs a lot of money to be rich.
—Peter Boyle, 2002