In countries around the world, people spend more money on food because they know how precious it is. – Alice Waters
There’s a major underlying idea as you grow up that you need to just save your money and get that affordable housing at the edge of town where you’re away from the city where all the crime happens or whatever. – Conor Oberst
I didn’t come from any money, but even when I was on ‘Big Love’ – people think you’re on a series and you’re making bank. – Aaron Paul
I’m interested in full disclosure for people who give money to politicians. But I’m not a politician. I’m an advocate. – Campbell Brown
But when others suggested that the poor should not simply be the objects of these programs but also the subjects – that they should be actively involved in shaping the programs, making decisions about how to spend the money etc. – some of the previous supporters reconsidered. – Barney Frank
People are scared to make something that doesn’t look like another film that made a lot of money. It means we get ‘Four Weddings And A Funeral’ made again and again. – Billy Boyd
Even in junior high, I always knew I had a talent for music and I knew I could make money that way. – Bob Seger
My mother insisted that I pursue music. I rented out my father’s musical equipment and earned some money. As a child, I wasn’t sure about a career goal, but I was always fascinated by electronic gadgets, specially musical equipment. – A. R. Rahman
I never planned to be rich, frankly speaking. I was more interested in being free, and doing things. And money helps. But otherwise I was never that interested in it. – Alexander Lebedev
Obviously no one wants to give members of Congress a lot of money, because they barely do anything, and many of them are terrible, but a Congress that is made up of rich-but-not-super-rich people is going to be more corruptible than a Congress of really rich people. – Alex Pareene
In my view, a corporation is not a person. A corporation does not have First Amendment rights to spend as much money as it wants, without disclosure, on a political campaign. – Bernie Sanders
I’ve had people ask me in interviews what it’s like to have money, but that’s not how it is. I have a middle-class life. I have a room in London but not a house, nor a BMW. – Beth Ditto
The situation in the United States is becoming more dire for average ordinary Americans and the last thing we need to do is to spend money on death, destruction and war. – Cynthia McKinney
For those trying to protect the past, it is a way of retaining power, status, money, a way a life, predictability, comfort, control, and a bunch of other things like that. It is a struggle against the inevitability of change. – Brad Feld
I went to grad school in San Francisco, and then left for New York City with my eye on Broadway. I had saved $5000, which seemed like a lot of money in my mind… until I realized it was going to take $2500 to get to New York and then the first and last month’s rent. – Anika Noni Rose
It was an honor and privilege to arrive to this country 16 years ago with almost no money in my pocket. A lot has happened since then. – Antonio Banderas
Every day we are paying more for energy than we should due to poor insulation, inefficient lights, appliances, and heating and cooling equipment – money we could save by investing in energy efficiency. – Bernie Sanders
But if you don’t enjoy doing something, you’ll be miserable no matter how much money you make. – Bob Schieffer
Maturity: Be able to stick with a job until it is finished. Be able to bear an injustice without having to get even. Be able to carry money without spending it. Do your duty without being supervised. – Ann Landers
But if inventions have increased man’s power over nature very much, then the real value of money is better measured for some purposes in labour than in commodities. – Alfred Marshall
I call on the international community to be fair to the Iraqi people. My position is that we respect international resolutions but in return demand justice and accountability for those who stole Iraq’s money. – Ahmed Chalabi
Hedge funds are not especially liquid. Many are ‘gated’ – meaning there are only small windows when you can withdraw your money. They typically have a high minimum investment and often require investors keep their money in the fund for at least one year. – Barry Ritholtz
Perhaps I will stay in Chicago and operate on human beings instead of on dogs. From a business standpoint, it would be excellent. But, as I hate medical practice, I would like better to make little money in doing scientific work than a great deal in doing surgical operations. – Alexis Carrel
What is important for kids to learn is that no matter how much money they have, earn, win, or inherit, they need to know how to spend it, how to save it, and how to give it to others in need. This is what handling money is about, and this is why we give kids an allowance. – Barbara Coloroso