Money Quotes

"Capital is not money. Capital is the means of production, built by saved money."

"The relationship between money and human welfare is more intimate than most people realize."

"Index numbers measure the purchasing power of money."

"The love of money is the root of some evil, but the lack of it is the root of more."

"The greatest investments are those made in yourself and others."

"The problem is that we cannot evaluate in terms of money values anything that transcends the commercial sphere."

"Profit is the excess of the value of goods over their cost, but this is not the origin of entrepreneurial income."

"What the businessman is most likely to be interested in is quick profit without regard to the long-term consequences of his actions."

"Capital is not money; money is merely the mechanism for controlling capital."

"Conspicuous consumption of valuable goods is a means of reputability to the gentleman of leisure."

"Money is not an end in itself but a means to an end."

"Money is the only honest measure of value in human society."

"Wealth cannot buy happiness, but poverty guarantees misery."

"Wealth is a form of power that requires constant maintenance."

"Money is a tool, not the measure of worth."

"Wealth without virtue is hollow."

"Money without conscience is a curse; with conscience, a blessing."

"Nobody spends somebody else's money as carefully as he spends his own."

"The stock market is a voting machine in the short run, but a weighing machine in the long run."

"Inflation is when you pay fifteen dollars for the ten-dollar haircut you used to get for five dollars when you had hair."

"The debt of individuals and corporations is the chief asset of banks."

"100% Money would be a revolutionary step forward in monetary reform."

"Credit is the life-blood of modern economic organization."

"Deflation is often worse than inflation for those carrying debt."

"Money is the most liquid of all assets and should be managed accordingly."

"The intellectual attacks the profit motive, yet profits enable all his comforts."

"The pursuit of money teaches one quickly the inadequacy of money to satisfy."

"Money is a social institution, and its rules can be rewritten by those with the will to do so."

"The conspicuous consumption of valuable goods is a means of reputability to the gentleman of leisure."

"The accumulation of wealth at the upper extreme of the pecuniary scale is a matter of statistical regularity."