“Money takes our minds off God.”
“ “Do you have any money?” he asked. “What?” He rubbed his fingers together. “Dinero? Cash? Do you have any on you?” Unsure where this was headed, I shook my head. He reached over the counter and grabbed a knife. He cut the burger in half and slid the plate between us. “Here. Don’t bogart the fries.” “Are you serious?” Noah took another bite of his half. “Yeah. Don’t want my tutor to starve to death.” I smacked my lips like a cartoon character and bit into the succulent burger. When the juicy meat touched my tongue, I closed my eyes and moaned. “I thought girls only looked like that when they orgasmed.” The burger caught in my throat and I choked. Noah stifled a laugh while sliding my water toward me. If only drinking it would erase the annoying blush on my cheeks.”
“I never advise friends to put money in anything,. said Danny. It s a no-win situation - if they make a profit they forget that it was you who recommended it, and if they make a loss they never stop reminding you. My only advise would be not to gamble what you can t afford, and never to risk an amount that might cause you to lose a night s sleep”
“I want to build / and raise anew / Theseus Temple and the Stadiums / and where Pericles lived But there s no money, too much spent today / I had a guest over and we sat together.”
“Politics knows no currency.”
“The gentleman understands what is moral. The small man understands what is profitable.”
“Woyzeck Us poor people. Yes, money, money. You see, Captain, if you have no money. Try raising someone like me in this world on morals alone. Man is also flesh and blood.”
“There is more to life than living to earn money.”
“There is grace for survival; I survived two years without a regular salary.”
“Insurances are like very expensive flat rates, except that you have to live by their rules in hope to get back a small share of your money.”
“Money cannot buy you HEALTH.”
“Policymakers cannot take the situation lightly, for at its worst, it speaks to “intergenerational inequity” – a breaking of the social contract between two generations.”
“Actions that exemplify the limitations of a singular devotion to the profit motive, also draw a troublesome distinction between what is legal and what is moral.”
“The value of time is immeasurable.”
“Good books do not waste our time as most people do ... collect a great quantity of books, build a library worthy of your noble soul, and spend without stint all the money necessary for it.”
“Isn t it incredible?, I said. There was nothing incredible about it, she said. I thought it was so because I spoke English, because I read books, and because my parents paid for my education and my upkeep. For me everything was surprising, the world was full of wonder, the most random idiotic occurrence was incredible because my luck made it so. For people like her, for the poor, the only incredible thing in the whole world was money and the mysterious ways in which it worked.”
“There was a product which seemed attractive, expensive, portable, beautiful and simple. Everybody talked about its beauty but they bought it for it s simplicity.”