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Money Quotes
On earning, spending and money's honest reality.
These quotes take a candid look at money: the shifting economics behind building a winning team, the blunt math of a manager's career, and the mixed blessing of money attracting the wrong kind of attention. For more, see our Status quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Company
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- Nov 07, 2020
In the Machine Age, the company itself became a machine - a machine for making money.
- Out
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- Nov 07, 2020
I actually ended up in fashion as opposed to sport because I needed the money. And it turned out that it tapped all my skills.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
As to whether the people who were supposedly to put up the money and did put it up or whether it was Arthur's own money is something which I shall never know.
- Funny Thing
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- Nov 07, 2020
The funny thing in France is that writers are not allowed to retire, because the French government say you are still earning money from books you wrote 20 years ago.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was very young in London, I had a bank account, which didn't have a great deal in it. I should think at least every three months the bank manager would call me up and threaten to strangle me because I had no money, and I was writing checks.
- Parents
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- Nov 07, 2020
My parents spent a lot of money so I wouldn't sound like I came from Queens. I went to speech class.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
People in Shanghai make a lot more money than the farmers in the rice paddies. The rice-paddy farmers are not buying Louis Vuitton bags, but the upwardly mobile ones in Shanghai, who are all working in Wall Street-type firms, are infinitely better-dressed than people in the West. Their women take this fashion thing seriously.
- Humanitarian
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- Nov 07, 2020
You can't expect humanitarian and development agencies to rebuild Syria. There is not enough money. There is not enough capacity. There are not enough skills.
- Character
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- Nov 07, 2020
Business is about making money but it is also about having fun, so get your character across.
- Business
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- Nov 07, 2020
Business is about more than just money. It's about being creative and innovative.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I really don't want to encourage young people to think that life is about money only. Life is about being able to give yourself choice.
- Important
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you want to make your own decisions about where you work, what you do, what you earn and what you buy, then being able to make money is an important factor.
- Nov 07, 2020