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“Stamps God's own name upon a lie just made, To turn a penny in the way of trade.”

Way Made Lying Turns Names Money Trade Stamps Pennies

Author:William Cowper

“I'm going to get down to a still life on a size 50 canvas of rayfish and dogfish with old fishermen's baskets. Then I'm going to turn out a few pictures to send wherever possible, given that now, first and foremost - unfortunately - I have to earn some money.”

Firsts Stills Turns Given Money Size Canvas Baskets Fisherman Still Life

Book:Monet by Himself: Paintings, Drawings, Pastels, Letters

Source: Monet by Himself: Paintings, Drawings, Pastels, Letters

“I think it's too bad that everybody's decided to turn on drugs, I don't think drugs are the problem. Crime is the problem. Cops are the problem. Money's the problem. But drugs are just drugs.”

Thinking Problem Turns Money Crime Drug Decided Cop Turn-on

Author:Jerry Garcia

“To turn $100 into $110 is work. To turn 100 million into $110 million is inevitable.”

Turns Money Millions Inevitable

Author:Edgar Bronfman, Jr.

“Character is money; and according as the man earns or spends the money, money in turn becomes character. As money is the most evident power in the world's uses, so the use that he makes of money is often all that the world knows about a man.”

Knows Men World Character Use Turns Money He Man Evident

Author:Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton

“The world turns on a dime, the same now as it always has — which is to say, money makes the world go 'round. It's also what makes the world go spinning out of control.”

World Turns Money Rounds Spinning Dimes Spinning Out Of Control

Author:Joe Murray

“Because parents have power over children. They feel they have to do what their parents say. But the love of money is the root of all evil. And this is a sweet child. And to see him turn like this, this isn't him. This is not him.”

Love Feels Children Turns Evil Parent Money Sweet Roots Love Of Money Money Is The Root Of All Evil Sweet Child

Author:Michael Jackson

“In liberal logic, if life is unfair then the answer is to turn more tax money over to politicians, to spend in ways that will increase their chances of getting reelected.”

Ifs Way Life Is Turns Chance Answers Money Politician Taxes Logic Increase Unfair Life Is Unfair

Author:Thomas Sowell

“The essence of capitalism is to turn nature into commodities and commodities into capital. The live green earth is transformed into dead gold bricks, with luxury items for the few and toxic slag heaps for the many. The glittering mansion overlooks a vast sprawl of shanty towns, wherein a desperate, demoralized humanity is kept in line with drugs, television, and armed force.”

“Nobody's going to do your life for you. You have to do it yourself, whether you're rich or poor, out of money or raking it in, the beneficiary of ridiculous fortune or terrible injustice. And you have to do it no matter what is true. No matter what is hard. No matter what unjust, sad, sucky things befall you. Self-pity is a dead-end road. You make the choice to drive down it. It's up to you to decide to stay parked there or to turn around and drive out.”

Source: Brave Enough: A Mini Instruction Manual for the Soul

“If you want your children to turn out well, spend twice as much time with them, and half as much money.”

“Money is like love; it kills slowly and painfully the one who withholds it, and enlivens the other who turns it on his fellow man.”

Source: A Tear And A Smile - Parables, Stories, and Poems of Khalil Gibran

“Ray, people will come Ray. They'll come to Iowa for reasons they can't even fathom. They'll turn up your driveway not knowing for sure why they're doing it. They'll arrive at your door as innocent as children, longing for the past. Of course, we won't mind if you look around, you'll say. It's only $20 per person. They'll pass over the money without even thinking about it: for it is money they have and peace they lack.”

People Ifs Thinking Mind Looks Children Persons Reason Past Turns Courses Money Knowing Doors Longing Innocent Rays Not Knowing Iowa Fathom Driveway Field Of Dreams

Author:James Earl Jones

“Time is money says the proverb, but turn it around and you get a precious truth. Money is time.”

Time Turns Money Time And Money Time Is Money

Author:George Gissing

“Money is the worst currency that ever grew among mankind. This sacks cities, this drives men from their homes, this teaches and corrupts the worthiest minds to turn base deeds.”

Men Mind Home Turns Money Cities Teach Worst Mankind Grew Deeds Currency

Author:Sophocles