Money Quotes

Wealth, poverty, and everything the ledger can and can't measure.

13074 quotes

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"When the capital of a country increases, it tends to produce a greater effect on wages than on profits."
David Ricardo
D
"The profits of the farmer are diminished by every increase in the real price of labor that is not accompanied by an increase in the price of raw produce."
David Ricardo
D
"The rent of land rises as the price of raw produce increases and falls as it decreases."
David Ricardo
D
"The rate of profit is the compensation for the risk and trouble of employing capital in production."
David Ricardo
R
"Money should enable your vision, not define it."
Ryan Dahl
R
"Money in tech enables risk-taking, but it can also enable mediocrity."
Ryan Dahl
R
"Money is a tool for building what matters, not the goal itself."
Ryan Dahl
V
"Money follows technology that solves real problems - the reverse is rarely true."
Vint Cerf
G
"Money is a tool, not a goal."
Guido van Rossum
"Money follows quality; don't chase money alone."
Yukihiro Matsumoto
D
"The real price of everything that is, what every thing really costs to the man who wants to acquire it, is the toil and trouble of acquiring it."
David Ricardo
D
"There is no way of keeping profits up but by keeping wages down."
David Ricardo
D
"The rate of profit depends on the rate of wages and the productivity of labour."
David Ricardo
D
"Hoarding money reduces its circulation and diminishes its utility."
David Ricardo
B
"Money is a tool, not a measure of worth."
Barbara Liskov
B
"Money magnifies who we already are."
Barbara Liskov
"Money follows from creating genuine value."
Yukihiro Matsumoto
G
"Money should never be the primary motivation for open source work; passion and purpose matter more."
Guido van Rossum
"Money is a tool, not a destination."
Donald Knuth
"Money follows quality work, but quality should never be sacrificed for money."
Yukihiro Matsumoto
"The money in tech should support your mission, not define it."
Yukihiro Matsumoto
R
"Money is a tool; it should never become the master."
Ralph Baer
R
"Money follows meaning; pursue the latter and the former will follow."
Ralph Baer
"Money is a tool for enabling vision, not the vision itself."
Shigeru Miyamoto
G
"Money follows good ideas and hard work, but shouldn't be the primary motivation."
Guido van Rossum
N
"Money is not the most important thing in life."
Nolan Bushnell
J
"Money is a tool, not a measure of worth."
John Carmack
S
"Money is a tool for realizing vision, not the vision itself."
Shunpei Yamazaki
D
"Money is a tool, not the measure of success."
Donna Dubinsky
D
"Money magnifies who you already are."
Donna Dubinsky