Society and the World

The general was essentially a man of peace, except in his domestic life.

I'm sorry, my good fellow, but all my money is tied up in currency.

We are here on earth to do good for others; what the others are here for I have no idea.

We are here on earth to do good for others; what the others are here for I have no idea.

Now that he was rich he was not thought ignorant any more, but simply eccentric.

October. This is one of the peculiarly dangerous months to speculate in stocks. Other dangerous months are July, january, September, April, November, May, March, june, December, August and February.

Money is better than poverty, if only for financial reasons.

I was once so poor I didn't know where my next husband was coming from.

I wouldn't trust a bank that would lend money to such a poor risk as me.

I worked myself up from nothing to a state of extreme poverty.

The hardest thing in the world to understand is income tax.

We contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle.

When they fire a rocket at Cape Canaveral, I feel as if I own it.

(a) How much did you make last year? (b) How much have you got left? (c) Send (b).

I've got all the money I'll ever need if I die by four o'clock.

Saving is a fine thing - especially when your parents have done it for you.

I handed one of my creditors an IOU and thought thank heavens that's settled.

It is better to have a permanent income than to be fascinating.

The cost of living has gone up another dollar a quart.

I put a dollar in a change machine. Nothing changed.

A rich man is nothing but a poor man with money.

I had my credit card stolen, but I didn't report it because whoever stole it is spending less than my wife.

Things could be much worse. I could be one of my creditors.

They don't put indicators on your car in Beverly Hills. They figure if you're that rich you don't have to tell no one where you're going.