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People spend time worrying about things they think they have to have and lose perception of what they do have. You can have all the money and material things you want. If you aren't here to enjoy them, what good do they do?

There is nothing inherently fair about equalizing incomes. If the government penalizes you for working harder than somebody else, that is unfair. If you save your money but retire with the same pension as a free-spending neighbor, that is also unfair.

I do not need the money, dear. I work for art.

Bankers know that history is inflationary and that money is the last thing a wise man will hoard.

It is a sad fact about our culture that a poet can earn much more money writing or talking about his art than he can by practicing it.

The class distinctions proper to a democratic society are not those of rank or money, still less, as is apt to happen when these are abandoned, of race, but of age.

The only way not to think about money is to have a great deal of it.

I wanted to make a living, but I really was not interested in money at all. I was interested in being a great comedian.

I still think of that guy I was without a wife or kids, and I still want to entertain that guy. The lonely guy, the frustrated guy, the guy with no money - this is the guy who needs to laugh.

The extravagant expenditure of public money is an evil not to be measured by the value of that money to the people who are taxed for it.

I think that lawyers are terrible at admitting that they are wrong. And not just admitting it also realizing it. Most lawyers are very successful, and they think that because they are making money and people think well of them, they must be doing everything right.

You got to have a courageous president to stand up and says, listen, if - if you send a bill to me that spends more money than what we've coming in, I will veto it. I mean, I am going to try to work with you the best I can, but I am going to veto it.

If you wake up deciding what you want to give versus what you are going to get, you become a more successful person. In other words, if you want to make money, you have to help someone else make money.

To get rich, you have to be making money while you are asleep.

I would like to see more airplay for all artists, no matter what age. I think there is a lot of money being spent toward the young guys, but a lot of the older guys are the ones who blazed the trail for those young guys.

Making money is not gonna change anything about what I am, except I won't answer the door.

I think that money spoils most things, once it becomes the primary motivating force.

I do not care half so much about making money as I do about making my point, and coming out ahead.

Often people attempt to live their lives backwards they try to have more things, or more money, in order to do more of what they want, so they will be happier.

The less money you owe, the less income you'll need and the less you'll have to save for tomorrow.