If you want to know what God thinks of money, just look at the people he gave it to.
—Dorothy Parker
Money is the sinew of love as well as war.
—Dr. Thomas Fuller
I'm living so far beyond my income that we may almost be said to be living apart.
—e. e. cummings
The only way not to think about money is to have a great deal of it.
—Edith Wharton
The mint makes it first, it is up to you to make it last.
—Evan Esar
The rich are the scum of the earth in every country.
—G. K. Chesterton
Make money your god and it will plague you like the devil.
—Henry Fielding
Make money, money by fair means if you can, if not, but any means money.
—Horace
If you can count your money, you don't have a billion dollars.
—J. Paul Getty
A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of.
—Jane Austen
The moment a man gets money, so many men are trying to get it away from him that in a little while he regards the whole human race as his enemy, and he generally thinks that they could be rich too if they would only attend to business as he has. Understand, I am not blaming these people.… We must remember that these rich men are naturally produced. Do not blame them. Blame the system.
—Robert Ingersoll
The more obviously one's work benefits other people, the less one is likely to be paid for it.
—David Graeber
The tooth fairy teaches children that they can sell body parts for money.
—David Richerby
I saw all the people hustling early in the morning to go into the factories and the stores and the office buildings, to do their job, to get their check. But ultimately it's not office buildings or jobs that give us our checks. It's the soil. The soil is what gives us the real income that supports us all.
—Ed Begley Jr.
Money may be the husk of many things, but not the kernel. It brings you food, but not appetite; medicine, but not health; acquaintances, but not friends; servants, but not loyalty; days of joy, but not peace or happiness.
—Henrik Ibsen