Money Quotes

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

13074 quotes

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"The universe runs on Profit."
Spice-induced narrator/Paul's visions
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"Money is information, information is money"
Hiro Protagonist
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"I paid for this with gold"
Tyrion Lannister
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"Wealth is a tool of freedom, but the pursuit of wealth is the way to slavery."
Paul Atreides
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"The spice is the source and sink of all wealth."
Spice-induced narrator/Paul's visions
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"What is money if it cannot buy what you need?"
Stilgar
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"Water is the currency of Arrakis"
Liet-Kynes
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"I'd read that the lottery is a tax on poor people who are bad at math."
Wade Watts (Parzival)
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"Money was the root of all evil in this world."
Wade Watts (Parzival)
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"What is money? It is a clock ticking away your life."
Gaius Helen Mohiam
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"Desire for possession grows in proportion to the ability to possess."
Shevek
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"I have come into a fortune, but I fear it may be cursed."
Sir Henry Baskerville
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"Money is the root of all evil in this family"
Martin Vanger
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"Greed is the root of all the evil in this affair."
Sherlock Holmes
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"Jealousy is a luxury only the wealthy can afford"
Shevek
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"Money is a weapon. The sooner you learn to use it, the better."
Martin Vanger
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"Money creates power, and power corrupts."
Mikael Blomkvist
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"Money can buy comfort but not peace."
Siddhartha
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"Money is a river that flows through the hands of those who understand its nature."
Siddhartha
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"Money is not a substituent for tenderness."
Morrie Schwartz
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"Is not the lust for wealth a deeper thirst than the thirst for water?"
The Prophet (Almustafa)
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"Money is not a substitute for tenderness."
Morrie Schwartz
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"The merchant's gold is as meaningless as the beggar's stones"
Siddhartha
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"So you think you're going to travel around the world? Forget it. You're going to be so strapped for cash."
Morrie Schwartz
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"Money can buy many things, but it cannot buy peace."
Siddhartha
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"I have all the money I need in the heaven and my money in my heart."
Morrie Schwartz
M
"Money is not a substitute for tenderness."
Morrie Schwartz
M
"We put our stuff in safe deposit boxes and think we're going to take it with us."
Morrie Schwartz
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"Money corrupts the soul if the soul allows it."
Siddhartha
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"The greatest wealth is a poverty of desires."
Marcus Aurelius