“There s something that happens to people when they see the opportunity to make money. Greed flavored with desperation, especially at a poker table, gives rise to a moment when the eyes change, the humanity vanishes, and the players become bloodthirsty, flat-eyed predators.”
“Paying good coin to bad men.”
“Money can open -or close- many doors that your impressive muscles won t budge.”
“Ma grande objection à l’argent, c’est que l’argent est bête.”
“In today’s world, money is like oxygen - lack of oxygen can kill you, so can too much of it.”
“Yet she understood a truth she could never say aloud: this ideal life was still deficient. She was not wholly content. Perhaps she should be, but contentment, she had learned, lay beyond money s considerable reach.”
“People who say money cant buy love have never been in relationship with a money minded person.”
“She wished there was a place where one could go and buy the people they wanted in their lives. At least then, money would bring in happiness that wouldn t be so temporary.”
“True wealth, the kind that really counts, is measured in happiness, not in dollars and cents.”
“The most women do not think much of the sex, but well the money”
“LUCIUS The swallow follows not summer more willing than we your lordship. TIMON (aside) Nor more willingly leaves winter. Such summer birds are men.”
“Want a drink? Thank you, I don t drink How about a smoke? Sorry, I don t smoke either. God damn it! I say. Then what do you need money for?”
“What does the money machine eat? It eats youth, spontaneity, life, beauty and above all it eats creativity. It eats quality and shits out quantity.”
“Rachel: Do people like you ever have wishes, Jonathan? Jonathan: What does that mean? People like me? Rachel: People who have everything. Was there ever something you wanted but could only wish for, Jonathan? Something for the future. That you want, but don’t think you’ll get. Jonathan: Yes, I— Rachel: Don’t tell me. That’ll ruin it. Jonathan: What do you mean by “wish” then, Rachel? Rachel: Like, hope you get something you know is impossible, but hope anyway. Jonathan: I wish I could be with you like a normal person. Rachel: What’s normal to someone like you? …. Rachel: “Do you wish for things you can’t buy?” Jonathan: “You’re fascinated with money,” Rachel: “I think I am. It’s made you different, you know. You’re fearless. It’s exciting, kind of. Watching you is like watching someone who’s really, truly free.” Jonathan: “What do you wish for? Besides money.” Rachel: “Free, Jonathan. I wish to be free.”
“Leave the gun out of it. I can always hear the sound of money.”
“If money buys time, human will never die.Time is timeless but still we don t have enough time.”
“I hope to risk things all my life. Oh, Margaret, most dangerous. But after all, she continued with a smile, there s never any great risk as long as you have money. Oh, shame! What a shocking speech! Money pads the edges of things, said Miss Schlegel. God help those who have none.”