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Quotes About Money

But you just watch, little girl. I'm goin' to show 'em. In five years they'll come crawlin' to me on their bellies. I don't know what it is, but I got a kind of feel for the big money.
~ John Dos Passos
Take a plunge, take a plunge . . . they're all crooks and gamblers anyway . . . take a plunge and come up with your hands full, pockets full, bankaccount full, vaults full of money. If I only dared take the risk. Fool to waste your time fuming about it.
~ John Dos Passos
The fact of the matter is that an honest man wont soil his hands with politics, and he's given no inducement to take public office." "That's true, a live man, nowadays, wants more money, needs more money than he can make honestly in public life. . . . Naturally the best men turn to other channels.
~ John Dos Passos
Oh I know darling, it's nothing but money in New York.
~ John Dos Passos
No, you are saying to yourselves what a bore he is, what use is he to society? He has no money, he has no pretty wife, no good conversation, no tips on the stockmarket. He's a useless fardel on society.... The artist is a fardel.
~ John Dos Passos
Wealth is a monster. It takes a month to learn to control it financially. And many years to learn to control it psychologically.
~ John Fowles
Stop thinking about class, she'd say. Like a rich man telling a poor man to stop thinking about money.
~ John Fowles
Sarah turned on her, and shook her head. You may keep them. And if it is possible with so small a sum of money, I suggest you purchase some instrument of torture. I am sure Mrs. Fairly will be pleased to help you use it upon all those wretched enough to come under your power.
~ John Fowles
The honest poor are the moneyless vulgar rich. Poverty forces them to have good qualities and pride in other things besides money. Then when they have money they don't know what to do with it. They forget all the old virtues, which weren't real virtues anyway. They think the only virtue is to make more money and to spend. They can't imagine that there are people to whom money is nothing. That the most beautiful things are quite independent of money.
~ John Fowles
Why should people have money if they don't know how to use it?
~ John Fowles
James, too, was much disturbed. He felt as though someone had threatened his right to invest his money at five per cent. Jolyon had spoiled her. None of his girls would have said such a thing. James had always been exceedingly liberal to his children, and the consciousness of this made him feel it all the more deeply. He trifled moodily with his strawberries, then, deluging them with cream, he ate them quickly; they, at all events, should not escape him.
~ John Galsworthy
A couple of hundred dollars for a fishing pole!?¨ You'll hear that all the time if you don't keep your mouth shut in certain company. You can talk about the aesthetics and even mention a cane rod will appreciate in value while a new graphite rod will depreciate, but the best thing to do is turn around and say, ¨$9,000.00 for a car? I only paid $500.00 for mine.
~ John Gierach
Instead of feeling hopeless, he realized he did know how to support her. He had just gotten sidetracked by thinking his money should make her happy when really his caring and understanding of her had been the source of her contentment.
~ John Gray
Money Doesn't Fulfill Emotional Needs Martians tend to think money is the solution to all problems.
~ John Gray
Sounds awful. No, it's wonderful. And it's just for one year. Let's take a break. Blair's not here. she'll be back next year and we can jump back into the Christmas chaos, if that's what you want. Come on, Nora, please. We skip Christmas, save the money, and go splash in the Caribbean for ten days. How much will it cost? Three thousand bucks. So we save money? Absolutely. When do we leave? High noon, Christmas Day. They stared at each other for a long time.
~ John Grisham
What would his friends think? The Honorable Hatlee Beech, federal judge, writing prose like a faggot, extorting money out of innocent people.
~ John Grisham
But you worship money, Nate. You're part of a culture where everything is measured by money. It's a religion.
~ John Grisham
litigation funders are private companies that raise money from their investors to buy into big lawsuits.
~ John Grisham
And it's often the one you trust the most who'll cut your throat for the right price.
~ John Grisham
Billing was the lifeblood of the firm. Everything revolved around it.
~ John Grisham
Sistrunk looked angrily at Lettie and said, "I'm allowed to be paid for my time and expenses, plus there is the matter of the loans. When can I expect the money?" "In due course," Jake said. "I want it now." "Well, you're not getting it now." "Then I'll sue." "Fine. I'll defend." "And I'll preside," Judge Atlee said. "I'll give you a trial date in about four years.
~ John Grisham
Sistrunk looked angrily at Lettie and said, I'm allowed to be paid for my time and expenses, plus there is the matter of the loans. When can I expect the money? In due course, Jake said. I want it now. Well, you're not getting it now. Then I'll sue. Fine. I'll defend. And I'll preside, Judge Atlee said. I'll give you a trial date in about four years.
~ John Grisham
The family's finances were in for uncertain times, and Joel wasn't sure law school was feasible. Imagine, a Banning worried about money, and all because his father carried a grudge. Whatever the conflict between Pete and Reverend Bell, it wasn't worth the damage.
~ John Grisham
The more bodies they have, the more money they make. Homeland Security, which ICE answers to, has a quota, one mandated by Congress. No other law enforcement agency operates on a quota system.
~ John Grisham