In modern society, where most people live in cities, and where both needs and wishes are absolved through the same remote agency – money – the distinction between wishes and needs has altogether vanished. – James Buchan
I take a very unselfish approach to my job and what I do because people spend their hard-earned money to enjoy what we do. And our goal is to deliver the best show possible. If I can contribute to that, great. – John Cena
I’d say the main way people get into terrible financial trouble is just to spend too much money relative to their income, and that is an endemic problem in the United States of America, and that’s the kind of thing that should be taught about in schools. – Ben Stein
Doing 40-minute track sessions is easy money compared to what we were doing on the Tour. What you used to think was hard now feels like a walk in the park. – Bradley Wiggins
We think nothing of protecting consumers from faulty toasters or unsafe cars. Is it unreasonable to suggest that investors are entitled to information they can trust before investing their hard-earned money? I don’t think it’s unreasonable at all. – Jackie Speier
This is a wonderful planet, and it is being completely destroyed by people who have too much money and power and no empathy. – Alice Walker
The film is not a success until it makes money. It’s only good when there’s a dollar figure attached to the box office. – John Cusack
It’s not how much you spend, it’s how you spend it. We have been putting a lot of money into education in the state of Nevada, and it’s gotten us to 50th in the country in graduation rates. We needed more accountability in our system. – Brian Sandoval
When I became the chair of the British Film Institute, I didn’t understand how much of my time would be taken up with trying to make a case for the British Film Institute: what it’s for, why it exists, why it needs its money. – Anthony Minghella
I grew up in an era when money was not readily available. We were into the post-Depression years and World War II. – Charles Schwab
I didn’t get a phone call from Bill Clinton before I jumped in the race … maybe it’s because I hadn’t given money to the foundation or donated to his wife’s senate race. – Carly Fiorina
You have to ask what is going to happen to a lot of companies when there is not a lot more money to be gotten. That changes everybody’s perspective, I think. – Jerry Yang
For the producers, there was no reason to produce. You get money, but you couldn’t use this money. For consumers, you could have money, but you have no way to use it because you go to the shop and see nothing. – Anatoly Chubais
I’d rather have happiness than money. People ask for it. Sometimes when I don’t have it. I make other people’s problems my problem because they want me to; they ask me to. – Brenda Fassie
A lot of musicians put diamonds on things to show they had money. I on the other had felt that Daytona showed I had style and I didn’t need to be flashy. – Brian McKnight
It’s not worth it, it’s not about money, especially when you’re dealing with a culture. It should be about elevating the idea of what we are and who we are as people in the cinema, and that kind of stuff keeps dragging us back down. – Antoine Fuqua
There is still an element of the BBC that feels it is somehow wrong, or it will be open to criticism, if it makes more money. – Armando Iannucci
Congress has the constitutional authority to investigate the other agencies of government. We are the watchdogs of the taxpayer’s money, and we have the right to know how that money is being spent and to conduct oversight over the government. – Blake Farenthold
I think we’re returning to more of the original vibration of music and creativity through the removal of this distortion called the music industry. That’s where we’re heading. And it’ll cut out a lot of music if people ever expected to make money. – Jane Siberry
It is logical for a U.S. person to give their money away while they are alive, as the government will take it from you when you die in taxes. – Chuck Feeney
You think in a different way when you don’t have any money. The joy of poverty is that you use your imagination to come up with stuff. – Amy Sedaris
It’s appalling how much money raised at some charity events gets wasted on paying personnel and admin staff. – Jasmine Guinness
Why are people unemployed? Because there is no work. Why is there no work? Because people are not buying products and services. Why are people not buying products and services? Because they have no money. Why do people have no money? Because they are unemployed. – Craig Bruce
There are two things that you need to save for. First, you need an emergency cushion of no fewer than six months of living expenses. This needs to be cash in a liquid account where you can get at it in – yes – an emergency if you need it. In other words, money markets, not CDs. You also need to save for your future: that means retirement. – Jean Chatzky
People who put money in the church basket and people who go to church and pay the pastor: that isn’t real philanthropy; that’s just like you belong to a country club. You pay your dues to belong to that church, so you pay your tithing or whatever it is. – Jon Huntsman, Sr.
Jazz musicians don’t make any money, so I might as well make some on the market. I pick my own stocks – Microsoft, Dell – the tech stocks, the breadwinners. – Jason Moran