Only the little people pay taxes.
—Leona Helmsley, 1989Quotes
The character which results from wealth is that of a prosperous fool.
—Aristotle, c. 322 BCMoney is mourned with deeper sorrow than friends or kindred.
—Juvenal, 128If you want to know what God thinks of money, just look at the people he gave it to.
—Dorothy ParkerOligopoly, plutocracy, kleptocracy: All things that are good for a shareholder.
—James J. Cramer, 2006It 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 BibleThe populace may hiss me, but when I go home and think of my money, I applaud myself.
—Horace, c. 25 BCMuch money makes a country poor, for it sets a dearer price on every thing.
—George Herbert, 1640Business? Why, it’s very simple; business is other people’s money.
—Alexandre Dumas, 1857Money, not morality, is the principle of commercial nations.
—Thomas JeffersonFormula for success: rise early, work hard, strike oil.
—J. Paul GettyHe that serves God for money will serve the Devil for better wages.
—Roger L’Estrange, 1692Mammon, n. The god of the world’s leading religion. His chief temple is in the holy city of New York.
—Ambrose Bierce, 1911