Quotes, Aphorisms, Laws, and Thoughts

This collection of quotes started life in the early nineties for an After Dark screen saver module. The quotes had to be short enough to fit on a 9" Macintosh screen and pithy enough to warrant the trouble of typing them in. People requested copies but, at that time, there was no After Dark for Windows and only Macintosh users enjoyed the collection.

To allow a wider distribution, a slow conversion to a text file was started (there was no easy way of exporting the quotes from After Dark) which in 1997 became this website. It was created using plain HTML which made updating a laborious process. It had a quite a bit of success but interested tapered off as there were no new additions. In 2009 it was revamped to use a MySQL database to provide flexibility, a search option, and to slowly include new quotes found over the last twelve years.

Money

Canada Bill Jones' Motto: It's morally wrong to allow suckers to keep their money.
Supplement: A .44 magnum beats four aces.
Anonymous

The Golden Rule: He who has the gold makes the rules.
Anonymous

A man's grasp rarely exceeds his greed.
Anonymous

About the time we make ends meet, somebody moves the ends.
Anonymous

All I ask is a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
Anonymous

Better to be nouveau than never to have been riche at all.
Anonymous

By the time we've made it we've had it.
Malcolm Forbes (1919-1990)

Don't count your cheques before they're cashed.
Anonymous

Don't marry for money; it's cheaper to borrow it.
Anonymous

I'm living so far beyond my income that we may almost be said to be living apart.
e.e. cummings (1894-1962)

If you owe the bank $100, that's your problem. If you owe the bank $100 million, that's the bank's problem.
John Paul Getty (1892-1976)

It is better to have a permanent income than to be fascinating.
Oscar Wilde (1854-1900)

It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle if it is lightly greased.
Anonymous

It is the wretchedness of being rich to have to live with rich people.
Logan Pearsall Smith (1865-1946)

It's true that money talks. It usually says 'Goodbye'.
Anonymous

Money doesn't buy happiness; it rents it.
Anonymous

Money is just the poor man's credit card.
Marshall McLuhan (1911-1980)

Money is like muck, not good except it be spread.
Francis Bacon (1561-1626)

Money is paper blood.
Emerson, Lake and Palmer (1970- )

Money is the root of all good and the fruit of all evil.
Anonymous

Money is truthful. If a man speaks of his honour, make him pay cash.
Anonymous

Money isn't everything. If it were, what would we buy with it?
Anonymous

Money talks, and we are always listening.
Beachcomber

Much will have more.
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)

My problem lies in reconciling my gross habits with my net income.
Errol Flynn (1909-1959)

My riches consist not in the extent of my possessions, but in the fewness of my wants.
J. Brotherton

Never call a man a fool. Borrow from him.
Anonymous

No one appreciates thrift like an heir.
Anonymous

No one can earn a million dollars honestly.
William Jennings Bryan (1860-1925)

Robin Hood only robbed the rich because the poor had no money.
Anonymous

The way to make a small fortune in the commodities market is to start with a large fortune.
Anonymous

There are three dimensions to credit cards: length, width and debt.
Anonymous

Why is there so much month left at the end of the money?
John Barrymore (1882-1942)