Money Quotes

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

13074 quotes

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"Poverty is not merely lack of money but absence of opportunity."
Arendt, Hannah
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"Money is a tool; the question is whether you master it or it masters you."
Wisdom, John
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"Money amplifies character; it reveals who we are when no one is watching."
Wisdom, John
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"Money is a tool, not a measure of worth."
Moore, George Edward
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"Money measures value poorly."
Moore, George Edward
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"Money is a tool whose value depends entirely on how it is used."
Austin, John Langshaw
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"Money is the form of power most remote from its source."
Weil, Simone
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"Money is a means, never an end."
Rosenzweig, Franz
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"Money is crystallized time and effort."
Rosenzweig, Franz
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"The use of money is not merely economic; it expresses and reinforces fundamental social relationships."
Strawson, Peter Frederick
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"Money is a tool, not a master; know the difference."
Moore, George Edward
M
"Money follows purpose; it does not create it."
Moore, George Edward
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"Money magnifies character; it does not create it."
Moore, George Edward
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"Money is crystallized human effort, not its ultimate measure."
Rosenzweig, Franz
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"Money has become our primary measure of value, replacing all other forms of worth."
Arendt, Hannah
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"Money is frozen time objectified."
Blanchot, Maurice
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"The modern world has mistaken accumulation for abundance."
Weil, Simone
M
"Money is a tool for freedom, not the measure of success."
Moore, George Edward
M
"Money is a means to an end, not the end itself."
Moore, George Edward
R
"Money is congealed time and energy; how we spend it reveals our deepest values."
Rosenzweig, Franz
B
"Money is congealed solitude made transferable."
Blanchot, Maurice
R
"It is preoccupation with possessions, more than anything else, that prevents us from living freely and nobly."
Russell, Bertrand
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"Money is congealed labor, and labor is congealed time."
Bataille, Georges
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"Money is crystallized desire; therefore the love of money is the love of desire itself."
Weil, Simone
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"Money becomes idolatry when it replaces relational value."
Rosenzweig, Franz
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"Money is frozen time, crystallized labor."
Blanchot, Maurice
B
"Money is congealed time stolen from authentic experience."
Bataille, Georges
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"Money is crystallized labor and human potential."
Gramsci, Antonio
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"Money becomes a measure of all value only in a corrupted society."
Lukács, György
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"It is preoccupation with possessions, more than anything else, that prevents us from living freely and nobly."
Russell, Bertrand