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“If we could let go of our faith in money, who knows what we might put in its place?”

Ifs Knows Might Money Letting Go

Book:Money and Class in America: Notes and Observations on the Civil Religion

Source: Money and Class in America: Notes and Observations on the Civil Religion

“That I might live alone once with my gold! O, 'tis a sweet companion! kind and true: A man may trust it when his father cheats him, Brother, or friend, or wife. O wondrous pelf! That which makes all men false, is true itself.”

Men Kind May Might Father Money Wife Sweet Brother Gold Companion Cheat Wondrous

Book:Delphi Complete Works of Ben Jonson (Illustrated)

Source: Delphi Complete Works of Ben Jonson (Illustrated)

“Every child was taught from his cradle that money was Mammon, the chief agent of the flesh and the devil. As he grew up it was his duty as a Christian and a gentleman to appear to despise filthy lucre, whatever his secret opinion of it might be.”

Children Might Christian Money Secret Opinion Taught Duty Grew Grew Up Devil Flesh Agents Chiefs Gentleman Despise Cradle Filthy

Book:Rebecca Harding Davis: Writing Cultural Autobiography

Source: Rebecca Harding Davis: Writing Cultural Autobiography

“Being the dependents of the general government, and looking to its treasury as the source of all their emoluments, the state officers, under whatever names they might pass and by whatever forms their duties might be prescribed, would in effect be the mere stipendiaries and instruments of the central power.”

States Government Might Form Names Money Power Effects Duty Source Instruments Mere Officers Treasury

Author:Andrew Jackson

“Here is my best advice on the matter of deductibles: just count off on your fingers all the items that you suspect might be deductible - and then forget them, because they aren't.”

Matter Might Forget Money Advice Fingers Suspects Items Best Advice

Author:W. C. Fields

“Money is like a child—rarely unaccompanied. When it disappears, look to those who were supposed to be keeping an eye on it while you were at the grocery store. You might also look for someone who has a lot of extra children sitting around, with long, suspicious explanations for how they got there.”

Looks Children Long Might Eye Money Sitting Disappear Stores Supposed To Be Explanation Extras Suspicious Groceries Sitting Around Grocery Stores Snicket

Author:Daniel Handler

“When the institutions of money rule the world, it is perhaps inevitable that the interests of money will take precedence over the interests of people. What we are experiencing might best be described as a case of money colonizing life. To accept this absurd distortion of human institutions and purpose should be considered nothing less than an act of collective, suicidal insanity.”

People World Should Humans Might Purpose Interest Money Accepting Cases Acceptance Institutions Absurd Inevitable Insanity Collectives Suicidal Distortion Precedence

Author:David Korten

“We might make a public moan in the newspapers about the decay of conscience, but in private conversation, no matter what crimes a man may have committed or how cynically he may have debased his talent or his friends, variations on the answer Yes, but I did it for the money, satisfy all but the most tiresome objections.”

Men May Matter Might Answers Money Talent Crime Conversation Conscience No Matter What Committed Newspapers Decay Variation Objections Tiresome

Book:Money and Class in America: Notes and Observations on the Civil Religion

Source: Money and Class in America: Notes and Observations on the Civil Religion

“& he ill, he real, he might gotta deal He pop bottles & he got the right kinda bill”

Real Might Money Deals Bills Ill Pops Bottles Flirty

Author:Nicki Minaj

“Every child must be encouraged to get as much education as he has the ability to take. We want this not only for his sake - but for the future of our nation's sake. Nothing matters more to the future of our country: not our military preparedness - for armed might is worthless if we lack the brainpower to build world peace; not our productive economy - for we cannot sustain growth without trained manpower; not our democratic system of government - for freedom is fragile if citizens are ignorant.”

Source: Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Lyndon B. Johnson, 1965

“The way taxes are, you might as well marry for love”

Way Love Wells Might Funny Money Taxes Humorous Witty Funny Money Taxes Funny

Author:Joe Louis

“I like business, and the truth is I save way more than I spend. I invest. I plan for the future. I have a special eye for opportunities and work harder than anyone might expect.”

Way Might Eye Opportunity Money Powerful Plans Special Hard Work Truth Is Harder Work Harder

Author:Sofia Vergara

“We could live like counts. ... If all that money is out there, I might as well hack a little on the side and put the novel off.”

Ifs Wells Littles Might Sides Wealth Money Novel Hacks

Author:William Faulkner