A banker is a fellow who lends you his umbrella when the sun is shining, but wants it back the minute it begins to rain.

—Paula Poundstone

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Paula Poundstone (born December 29, 1959) is an American stand-up comedian, author, actress, interviewer, and commentator. In the late 1980s, she performed the first of several HBO comedy specials. She provided backstage commentary during the 1992 presidential election on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. She is the host of...

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The wages of sin are death, but by the time taxes are taken out, it's just sort of a tired feeling.

—Paula Poundstone

I don't have a bank account, because I don't know my mother's maiden name.

—Paula Poundstone

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I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies. If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency, first by inflation, then by deflation, the banks and corporations that will grow up around [the banks] will deprive the people of all property until their children wake-up homeless on the continent their fathers conquered. The issuing power should be taken from the banks and restored to the people, to whom it properly belongs.

Drive-in banks were established so most of the cars today could see their real owners.

A bank is a place that will lend you money if you can prove that you don't need it.

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I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies.

—Thomas Jefferson

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