"A woman's best protection is a little money of her own" - Clare Boothe Luce

"Civilized countries generally adopt gold or silver or both as money." Alfred Marshall

“It’s a recession when your neighbor loses his job; it’s a depression when you lose your own.”
― Harry S. Truman

"A little thought and a little kindness are often worth more than a great deal of money." - John Ruskin

"Finance is the art of passing money from hand to hand until it finally disappears." - Robert W. Sarnoff

"Too many people spend money they haven't earned, to buy things they don't want, to impress people they don't like." - Will Smith

“I love money. I love everything about it. I bought some pretty good stuff. Got me a $300 pair of socks. Got a fur sink. An electric dog polisher. A gasoline powered turtleneck sweater. And, of course, I bought some dumb stuff, too.”
― Steve Martin

“I have enough money to last me the rest of my life, unless I buy something.” -Jackie Mason

It is not how much we have, but how much we enjoy, that makes happiness.-
Charles Spurgeon

"It's good to have money and the things that money can buy, but it's good, too, to check up once in a while and make sure that you haven't lost the things that money can't buy." -
George Lorimer

"Many folks think they aren't good at earning money, when what they don't know is how to use it." - Frank A. Clark

“Making money isn't hard in itself,what's hard is to earn it doing something worth devoting your life to”
― Carlos Ruiz Zafón, The Shadow of the Wind

"The trick is to stop thinking of it as 'your' money." - IRS Auditor

"There was a time when a fool and his money were soon parted, but now it happens to everybody." - Adlai E. Stevenson

“I love money. I love everything about it. I bought some pretty good stuff. Got me a $300 pair of socks. Got a fur sink. An electric dog polisher. A gasoline powered turtleneck sweater. And, of course, I bought some dumb stuff, too.”
― Steve Martin

Hi Sandra I love these quotes.

Thank you Denise.

“A woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction.”
― Virginia Woolf, A Room of One's Own

LOL. I am loving these great quotes.

Sandra, last night in the editors chat, there was talk about establishing a self-development program for our readership. It would be terrific if you could design a tiered merit program for learning about investing. I definitely would want to be a part of that.

Have you written an eBook yet? I would really love a beginner's guide.

Ilyssa,

Great quote.

Lori,

I really like your idea. I must admit I'm not quite certain what a tiered merit program is. Or a self-development program.

Can you give me more specifics of what you had in mind. I'll also check the chat log since I had left the room by the time self-development was discussed.

I am planning an ebook but have not gotten around to writing it yet. But great minds must think alike, because I was planning it to be a beginner's guide/basics of investing.

It's like setting up little challenges that will help people build their investment knowledge or their financial portfolio. Each challenge will be harder to achieve.

BOL will be setting this up for several of the channels to start. Each editor will be given the opportunity to design the challenges for her own topic.

I am in need of financial education so I look forward to your book. Please make it very simple to understand!

Lori - Thanks for the info. I'm going to start thinking of challenges.

“Money will buy you a fine dog, but only love can make it wag its tail” – Richard Friedman

"Las Vegas is the only place I know where money really talks - it says, 'Goodbye.'" - Frank Sinatra

"The mint makes it first, it is up to you to make it last." - Evan Esar

“Money is not the most important thing in the world. Love is. Fortunately, I love money.” – Jackie Mason

“Every day I get up and look through the Forbes list of the richest people in America. If I’m not there, I go to work.” – Robert Orben

"There is something fundamentally unfair about a government that take's away so much of people's money, power, and personal control while telling them that life will be better as a result."
- Steve Forbes

"Few men have virtue enough to withstand the highest bidder."

GEORGE WASHINGTON

"Budget: a mathematical confirmation of your suspicions." ~A.A. Latimer

"The waste of money cures itself, for soon there is no more to waste." ~M.W. Harrison

"If all the economists were laid end to end, they’d never reach a conclusion." ~George Bernard Shaw

"Rule No. 1: Never lose money.
Rule No. 2: Never forget rule No. 1."-
WARREN BUFFET, The Tao of Warren Buffet

"Don't stay in bed, unless you can make money in bed." -
George Burns

"Anyone who lives within their means suffers from a lack of imagination." - Oscar Wilde

"Money frees you from doing things you dislike. Since I dislike doing nearly everything, money is handy." - Groucho Marx

"Formal education will make you a living; self-education will make you a fortune." - Jim Rohn

"It's good to have money and the things that money can buy, but it's good, too, to check up once in a while and make sure that you haven't lost the things that money can't buy." - George Lorimer

“A bargain is something you can’t use at a price you can’t resist.” - Franklin Jones

"A dollar picked up in the road is more satisfaction to us than the 99 which we had to work for, and the money won at Faro or in the stock market snuggles into our hearts in the same way." ~Mark Twain

“A father is someone who carries pictures in his wallet where his money used to be” — unknown

"A nickel ain't worth a dime anymore."

YOGI BERRA

"The game of life is not so much in holding a good hand as playing a poor hand well." - H.T. Leslie

I like this quote. It is not exactly a money quote but I think it applies considering the economy at the moment.

There is a very easy way to return from a casino with a small fortune: go there with a large one. ~Jack Yelton

"Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure nineteen six, result happiness. Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure twenty pound ought and six, result misery." - Charles Dickens

“In my younger and more vulnerable years my father gave me some advice that I've been turning over in my mind ever since.
"Whenever you feel like criticizing any one," he told me, "just remember that all the people in this world haven't had the advantages that you've had.”
― F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby

"Finance is the art of passing money from hand to hand until it finally disappears." - Robert W. Sarnoff

"The art is not in making money, but in keeping it." - Proverb

"A bank is a place where they lend you an umbrella in fair weather and ask for it back when it rains."
- Robert Frost

"If you would know the value of money, go and try to borrow some; for he that goes a borrowing goes a sorrowing."

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, Poor Richard's Almanac

"If only God would give me some clear sign! Like making a deposit in my name in a Swiss bank account."
--Woody Allen

"A wise man should have money in his head, but not in his heart." - Jonathan Swift

"Lack of money is no obstacle. Lack of an idea is an obstacle." - Ken Hakuta

"Money is a guarantee that we may have what we want in the future. Though we need nothing at the moment it insures the possibility of satisfying a new desire when it arises."
-- Aristotle

Nice! A timeless thought from the ancient world. :)

"Increased borrowing must be matched by increased ability to repay. Otherwise we aren’t expanding the economy, we’re merely puffing it up."
-- Henry C. Alexander

"Try to save something while your salary is small; it’s impossible to save after you begin to earn more."
-- Jack Benny

"Money never starts an idea; it is the idea that starts the money."
-- W.J. Cameron

"Money is the best deodorant." - Elizabeth Taylor

I do not understand this one.

I, too, had trouble with this one.

My interpretation is that she is saying - even if you are not well- liked, if you have money, people will like/tolerate you to be near someone with money.

What is your interpretation?

Ha. That was my first thought, too. Money covers up your less attractive or stinky characteristics.

Sad but true in some circles.

"Money is only a tool. It will take you wherever you wish, but it will not replace you as the driver." - Ayn Rand

"If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys." - James Goldsmith

"Few men have virtue enough to withstand the highest bidder."

- George Washington

"His money is twice tainted: ’taint yours and ’taint mine."
-- Mark Twain

Love this thread Sandra. I like them all but the Steve Martin quote really tickled my funny bone (of course). I think I may even borrow it and adapt it to luck quotes for the C/S forum.

I think that's a great idea Trish. I loved his quote, too.

"Anyone who lives within their means suffers from a lack of imagination." - Oscar Wilde

"With money in your pocket, you are wise and you are handsome and you sing well too."
-- Yiddish Proverb

"The only reason to invest in the market is because you think you know something others don’t."
-- R. Foster Winans

"There are more important things in life than a little money, and one of them is a lot of money."
-- Anonymous

"Persistence and patience are important tools when investing." - Sandra Baublitz

"It’s easy to meet expenses – everywhere we go, there they are.” — Anonymous

"Subdue your appetites, my dears, and you've conquered human nature."
Charles Dickens

“The way to stop financial joyriding is to arrest the chauffeur, not the automobile.” Woodrow Wilson

“Someone stole all my credit cards, but I won’t be reporting it. The thief spends less than my wife did.” — Henny Youngman

"Most people work just hard enough not to get fired and get paid just enough money not to quit" — George Carlin

"With the amount of money I have, it's difficult raising children the way I was raised." - Adam Sandler

I'll bet it is, Adam. I wonder what you're doing about it.

That is a very good point!

I shared this quote because of a radio report I heard a week or two ago. A man, who was either a millionaire or billionaire, was talking about how he started with nothing and through hard work he attained his money. Now, he said, he had the problem of how to teach his children about money. He wanted them to have a good life with better circumstances than when he grew up. And yet the fact that he had to work for his success is what made him so wealthy. He isn't seeing that in his children.

I've always liked him. I can't know personally but he seems level headed. Hopefully, his kids will learn by comparison to other celebs. On a side note, I just recently watched Punch-Drunk Love for the first time (it's 11 years old). I loved it. He has a wider range than some people give him credit for.

Luckily, I never had that problem with my children. Luckily--I think. On the other hand, not sure I would have minded. It does seem that instilling values should be finance-free. I think of the Romney children, who seem to have inherited decent values despite growing up affluent.

"Money and success don't change people; they merely amplify what is already there." - Will Smith

I think Will is right on the money with that thought!

I agree, Linda Sue. Probably why so many lottery winners end up unhappy after they win.

“Got no checkbooks, got no banks. Still I'd like to express my thanks - I've got the sun in the mornin' and the moon at night.”
― Irving Berlin

"Wealth flows from energy and ideas." -
William Feather

"When I was young I thought that money was the most
important thing in life; now that I am old I know that it is."

Oscar Wilde

Love the quote, Lestie. Thanks for sharing. Glad you are back.