M Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with M. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“Money and donations are an important part of our political system. They are hard power.”
“Money and electricity are much alike. Both are stored energy. Living amidst electricity, using it constantly, you take its presence and its utility for granted. Treated with respect, it is constructive, tireless. Treated with disrespect, it is destructive, vicious. It will light your way, pull a twelve-car train from Washington to New York in a bit more than four hours, kill you or burn your house alike. Electricity is insulated, though, and children are not permitted to play with it.”
Source: Father Struck It Rich
“Money and fame are trashy and don't guarantee happiness, but we all refuse really to know it.”
“Money and fame are very inconvenient and very problematic.”
“Money and fame made me believe I was entitled. I was wrong and foolish.”
“Money and fame that photography can bring you are wonderful, but nothing can compare to the joy of seeing something new.”
Source: Light, Gesture, and Color
“Money and fame? I never had it, don't really know if I want it.”
“Money and good pussy's a fatal attraction for men.”
“Money and goods are certainly the best of references.”
Source: Charles Dickens's works. Charles Dickens ed. [18 vols. of a 21 vol. set. Wanting A child's history of England; Christmas stories; The mystery of Edwin Drood].
“MONEY And JUSTICE Should Be EARNED, Not YIELDED On Your INTEREST”
“Money and looks are Ok to an extent to lure women, but better realise that it’s the luck that enables one to lay them. Why, you can’t even screw a whore if you’re not destined to have her for your visit to the brothel would’ve coincided with her periods, and the next time you’re eager, she could’ve shifted out of the town itself.”
Source: Benign Flame: Saga of Love
“Money and love make a great couple. Money can do amazing things when it’s paired with love. And love can do amazing things when it’s paired with money.”
Source: The Wealth Reference Guide: An American Classic
“Money and muscle, that's what I want; to be able to do any damned thing I want and get away with it. Money won't do that altogether, because if a man is a weakling, all the money in the world won't enable him to soak an enemy himself; on the other hand, unless he has money he may not be able to get away with it.”
“Money and ownership alone aren't enough. Set high goals, encourage competition, and then keep score.”
Source: Sam Walton: Made In America
“MONEY AND POVERTY IS NOT A PROBLEM TO THE ONE, WHO PREFER A RICH LIFE IN THE HEAVEN RATHER THAN A COSTLY LIFE IN THE HELL”
“Money and power are not your true rewards. Your name, your principles, your impeccable standards, your virtuous conduct, and remains an influence with others long after you are gone.”
“Money and power by themselves are a two-legged stool. You can balance on them for a while, but eventually you're going to topple over.”
“Money and power can liberate only if they are used to do so. They can imprison and inhibit more finally than barred windows and iron chains.”
Source: Wouldn't Take Nothing for My Journey Now
“Money and power come as a byproduct of things well done.”
“Money and power either bring out who they were or introduce you to who they weren't.”
“Money and power magnifies our temptations. It allows us to do the things that we already wanted to do mentally. It allows us to be who we already wanted to be. In position, people will show you who they really are. Sometimes a financial burden is saving you from yourself. We seem to only have emotion for the things that have affected us. Some leaders had to be put through a struggle in order to genuinely lead. Some are placed in the mud before they find their purpose. A real leader, leads in the mud too. They can’t help but lead wherever they
are.”
Source: True Blue
“Money and religion are perfect alloy.”
Source: Master of Stupidity
“Money and riches don't mean nothing to me. I don't care nothing about being no rich individual. I'm not living for glory or for fame; all this is doomed for destruction. You got it today, tomorrow it's gone. I got bigger things on my mind than that. I got Islam on my mind.”
“Money and sex are forces too unruly for our reason; they can only be controlled by taboos with which we tamper at our peril.”
“Money and stuff aren't what makes us happy. It's strong connections within families and friends, communities of people that truly care about one another.”
“Money and success don't change people; they merely amplify what is already there.”
“Money and time are the heaviest burdens of life . . . the unhappiest of all mortals are those who have more of either than they know how to use.”
“Money and time are the heaviest burdens of life, and... the unhappiest of all mortals are those who have more of either than they know how to use.”
Source: The Works of Samuel Johnson: LL.D. A New Edition in Twelve Volumes. With an Essay on His Life and Genius, by Arthur Murphy, Esq
“Money and titles may be hereditary," she would say, "but brains are not,".”
Source: The Scarlet Pimpernel
“Money and women are the most sought after and the least known about of any two things we have.”
Source: Will Rogers' Weekly Articles: The Hoover Years, 1929-1931
“Money and women. They're two of the strongest things in the world. The things you do for a woman you wouldn't do for anything else. Same with money.”
“Money and writing appear to be mutually exclusive.”
Source: Starting from Scratch: A Different Kind of Writers' Manual
“Money appears as measure (in Homer, e.g. oxen) earlier than as medium of exchange, because in barter each commodity is still its own medium of exchange. But it cannot be its own or its own standard of comparison.”
Source: Grundrisse: Foundations of the critique of political economy
“money appears to motivate only our interest in ourselves, making us selfish and self-centered...Money makes people feel self-sufficient, which also means they don't need or care about others; it's each man for himself”
“Money are very difficult to think about. So, we think about money as the opportunity cost of money. So, we at some point went to a Toyota dealership and we asked people, what will you not be able to do in the future if you bought this Toyota?”
“Money as a medium of exchange actually represents somebody's portion of his or her life; to obtain it they exchanged goods, services, time, effort, skill, or talent. To acquire it means they are willing to exchange some portion of their life, so it has to be worth the exchange.”
“Money as such is, as Oscar Wilde said, perfectly useless. You can't eat it, drink it, shelter yourself from the cold with it, wear it, or make love with it unless deeply disturbed. In and of itself, it has no emotions, no mind, and no conscience. It doesn't put out flowers or have children, and it makes a lousy pet. It has meaning only when it circulates, and is exchanged for other things; and money doesn't do that for itself. People do that, using money as a symbolic token.”
“Money as the sole ambition has no value.”
“Money, assets and things are not acquired for their own sake. We acquire money, assets and things to help us live more fulfilling lives and to provide a better way for our families to live more fulfilling lives.”
Source: The Wealth Reference Guide: An American Classic
“Money at the service of life can be managed in the right way by cooperatives, on condition that it is a real cooperative where capital does not have command over men but men over capital.”
“Money attracts money like a magnet. It doesn’t trickle down. It is sucked up.”
Source: Operation Jihadi Bride: The Covert Mission to Rescue Young Women from ISIS
“Money attracts money, service inspires service.”
Source: With Love From A Blue Rock
“Money basically does grow on trees. Money is that abundant. Money is that available.”
Source: The Wealth Reference Guide: An American Classic
“Money begets money. If you don't have that, you wait around to be hired by somebody at the mercy of others. If you have that money in your hand, you desperately try to make the best use of it and move ahead. And that's generating income for yourself.”
“Money belongs to the new age – the information and Technology age, the Agrarian and Industrial age have long been left behind.”
Source: Wells of inspiration: Sage's Secret
“Money borrowing and money lending are two evil friends that separate two good friends.”
“Money bought freedom; without it one could never be free.”
Source: Valley of the Dolls 50th Anniversary Edition
“Money brings about personal convenience rather than personal satisfaction or fulfilment. It will entertain you but it will never give you true peace. Money will buy you the most expensive house but it will never give you a peaceful sleep.”
“Money brings happiness. Fine. In that case, everyone who earns enough to have a high standard of living would be able to stop working. But then they're more troubled than ever, as if they were afraid of losing everything. Money attracts money, that's true. Poverty might bring unhappiness, but money won't necessarily bring happiness.”
Source: The Witch of Portobello
“Money brings happiness in life if used wisely for your benefit and that of your environment.”