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“The company is like an evil vending machine, you put money in and it does what you want, unless somebody else puts more money in and tells it to stop.”
Martha Wells (born 1964) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“People in professional jobs work for three reasons: money, status and the interest of the work itself. The main reason those in their fifties become sluggish is not that their minds are going, nor that the work itself has become too monotonous. It is that neither money nor status move them as they used to and the interest of the job is not enough to keep them going on its own.”
Lucy Kellaway (born 1959) first seen 2015 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Divorce can galvanise a career as well as ruin it", Financial Times (25 October 2015).
“If it takes money to do that then there should be access to that money without being necessarily identifiable that you are from here or from there.”
Sophia Akuffo (born 1949) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“People who are insecure about their lives run after money. If you are interested and passionate about your job, money will follow.”
Jishnu Raghavan (1979–2016) said by 2016 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It takes money to make money. You have to be with those buyers and make sure your product is retail-ready—the packaging and regulations. You have to have everything set up in a way that when your brand starts getting recognition and visibility, the retailers will come to you... You have to make sure you’re prepared.”
Joy Ekhator (born 1985) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Again, without money you can't do anything but when you have the money you have to be able to put it in the right place.”
Wendie Renard (born 1990) first seen 2020 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: A little respect would be nice," says female football legend Wendie Renard by Africanews. September 04, 2020. Retrieved 13/11/2023.
“I just think for me it’s a respect thing. The men get paid a ridiculous amount of money but it’s also the most interesting and entertaining sport to watch. It’s attractive to sponsor that and be involved in it for many companies so I do think they have all the right to have so much money going into that side of the game.”
Daniëlle van de Donk (born 1991) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“A carbon budget is like a household budget. You only have so much money to spend. How you choose to spend and invest your money will determine the available budget for your retirement and the legacy you provide for future generations.”
Julie Arblaster (born 1965) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“When you raise somebody in a respectable way, money or no money, the person’s true character remains the person’s true character.”
Victoria Inyama (born 1967) first seen 2023 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: https://dailypost.ng/2023/03/26/you-were-not-well-trained-by-your-mother-actress-victoria-inyama-replies-whitemoney/
“Dope will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no dope.”
Gilbert Shelton (born 1940) first seen 1971 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: His character Freewheelin' Franklin says this, in The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers cartoon “The Freaks Pull a Heist!”, and in a popular 1971 blacklight poster visible in the references. The Los Angeles Public Library f…
“Little is essentially a pocket money card. It comes with a personalised debit card with a security pin, for children aged nine and above to use and a mobile app for the parents to send money, monitor and set boundaries.”
Angela Essien wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Secularism with its constant emphasis on the material and the temporal, pleasure and self-indulgence, on money and the things money can buy is aided and abetted by the media. World Youth Day gives all of us occasion to pause and give deeper thought to the great questions of life and death, the Gospel message as well as the teaching of the Church.”
Edward Bede Clancy (1923–2014) first seen 2005 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: World Youth Day in Sydney 2008: a great opportunità for growth and evangelisation for the Church in Australia”, said retired Archbishop of Sydney Cardinal Edward Clancy (31 August 2005) Fides News Agency
“Some of our members have chosen to flirt with people they think have money; wait until you know where that money is coming from.”
Sara Korere first seen 2022 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: https://www.tuko.co.ke/politics/476203-sarah-korere-deflates-male-mps-claiming-forced-join-azimio-what-kind-cowards/, (TUKO, October 5, 2022)
“Money will come but it shouldn’t be the number one reason for going into fashion designing. It should be the passion for fashion designing Money will definitely come. It shouldn’t be the reason you are in it. This shouldn’t be a motivating factor.”
Tolu Bally (born 1990) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The success of devolution hinges not on how much money is sent to the counties, but on how effectively that money is translated into tangible services for the mwananchi (citizen) at the grassroots level. It's about accountability for results, not just accounting for funds.”
Alice Kilonzo–Zulu (born 1969) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The truth in life is that if you are somebody that has not seen money before if you see money you’ll start shaking.”
“The money can never be enough. It cannot get you everywhere. You cannot get the money to do everything you want to do in a particular place or job. You have to keep doing more things.”
Olaide Olaogun (born 1986) first seen 2009 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Olaide on money in 2009
“I’ve done more than 100 movies, but I have to ask myself how many of those did I really like and how many did I do for the money? I don’t need to do it for the money any more so now I want to do the kinds of films that make me happy and that can help the industry as well.”
Andy Lau (born 1961) first seen 2023 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Andy Lau, Hong Kong actor and singer, on his ‘good enough’ career, being a ‘very lucky guy’, and why Hollywood didn’t tempt him" in SCMP (5 February 2023)
“When I started working, my mother was making four times what I was earning so I was like ‘I have been reading a lot and this woman hasn’t been in school, not even one day and she is making a lot of money, is this how I am going to continue in this corporate world while my mother is out there, being her own boss, making a lot of money?’ Basically that’s how I entered into farming”
Beauty Manake wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Myriam had performed a miracle for him, the miracle of money. The appearance of money in some lives can be a miracle like that of love: it stirs the imagination and the senses powerfully, at least in the first moment.”
Pierre Drieu La Rochelle (1893–1945) said by 1945 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Whoever has deposited a huge sum of money in my money wallet without my knowledge should reverse it before I report to the Police. Nobody should use me as a scapegoat”
Comfort Doyoe Cudjoe-Ghansah (born 1967) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“where the entrepreneurs sit either in their homes or under shades created at some corners of the street, and send children onto the streets to beg for money from car owners and passengers, using the natural sympathy that flows for vulnerable children as a weapon for money-making.”
Abena Durowaa Mensah (born 1977) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I think it was money. I lost my father and husband prior to the election and I had spent all my money on medical bills. I also couldn’t get the chance to actively campaign because I was observing widowhood rites”
Nana Akua Owusu Afriyie (born 1969) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Money given to priests is not their money, it belongs to the community. Priests must manage it. All of us, all pastors, must have communal sense to help one another.”
Claudio Cipolla (born 1955) first seen 2021 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Bishop launches training to protect priests from financial scams (24 May 2021) Crux
“Religion is the first of the powers that can oppose the plutocracies, and especially a religion that is as strongly organised as Catholicism; instituted as a function of the state it loses a large part of its independence and, if money is the master of the state, it loses its outspokenness against money. Material power triumphs without the control of its principal spiritual antagonist.”
Charles Maurras (1868–1952) said by 1952 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I'm fascinated by the movies simply because it is an enormous machine for making money and no matter how badly they run it, it still makes money. It's the perfect industry to put your nephew in and your idiot cousin, because they'll be geniuses.”
Mario Puzo (1920–1999) first seen 1978 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quoted in Ivor Davis, 'Hollywood: still a money spinner', The Times (September 26, 1978), p. 21
“A social body which lives essentially upon the gifts which it shouldn't collect itself - here, the priestly body - loses the sense of reality: money is no longer the fruit of work, it becomes an abstract value. When there is no more money, one believes that there still is more. To live like this upon gifts does not favor the maturity of comportments.”
Charles Louis Joseph Vandame (born 1928) first seen 1994 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Archbishop Charles Vandame Archbishop of N'Djamena, Chad (1994) The African Synod
“The idea of money is so dominant in this country that anyone not part of money is made to feel ashamed.”
Mike Gold (1893–1967) first seen 1928 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: 3 Schools of U.S. Writing" in New Masses (September, 1928)
“I had killed a man, for money and a woman. I didn’t have the money and I didn’t have the woman.”
James M. Cain (1892–1977) said by 1977 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“You think being in Parliament is an opportunity to make money, and you took money to approve him. Today, he is the one paying you back as you deserve. I told you that God would punish you”
Anita De Sosoo wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“And the area local leaders kept on collecting this money from us until it got finished. I even injected in my personal money for the health facility to get its current outlook,” said Brandon Monday morning.”
Loy Katali (born 1975) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Now i had learnt that honor required large sums of money to protect it, but that large sums of money could not be obtained without losing one's honor. An infernal circle whirling round and round, draggng me up and down with it.”
Nawal El Tatawy (born 1942) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Another one is lack of resources. Most of our politics today is the issue of funding and most women are interested in politics but don’t have the money, they may be competent and intelligent but the money are not there.”
Laadi Ayii Ayamba (born 1961) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“There is more to life than money. It is about purpose, which does not always equal money.”
Lynn Ngugi wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We had budgeted for Shs 3.4 billion but we got less than that. The money was not released at once .Some money was released and I think it was less than Shs 1 billion to resettle some of the children on the streets.”
Sarah Mateke Nyirabashitsi (1974–2024) said by 2024 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Applauding politicians for building a hospital, a school or a road with citizens' money is the same as applauding an ATM because it paid you your money.”
Svetlana Bojković (born 1947) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“They should work hard and consistently. I believe strongly in putting a lot of time in what you do. They should not choose a career based on money, they should base their choice on passion. Yes, we need money to survive, but choose a career which will make you happy, fulfilled and challenged. That will make you want to wake up and go to work.”
Tebello Nyokong (born 1951) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“This is really the future of medicine, to repair the genetic code. So it is not crazy to think that one day we could treat them. The difficulty is that there is a lot of money to make the diagnosis and to kill them, and if we could put only 10% of that money into research, we would have already found the cure.”
Clara Gaymard (born 1960) first seen 2011 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Restoring Humanity to Downs Children (Part 2) (27 May 2011) Zenit
“The civilisation and social structure of our country, rightly or wrongly, take for granted that a few people shall have a lot of money and a lot of power, and great many people very little money and very little power. But the individuals, and particularly the labouring individuals, who create and compose our civilisation and society, are beginning to cease to take this state of things for granted.”
Gerald Gould (1885–1936) said by 1936 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I don't put money above happiness but it is important because it provides security, and part of the reason I am working so hard right now is to make money. I'm proud to be a 20-year-old who is financially secure”
Malaika Firth (born 1994) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Alternative dispute resolution is a win-win situation for both URA and the taxpayer because cases are resolved Faster. We spend a lot of time and money in court, but if taxpayers opted for alternative dispute resolution, time and money will be saved.”
Patience Tumusiime Rubagumya (born 1978) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Polygamy needs people who have money. In fact to keep a single woman, you need money or stay the hell away from women”
Sthandwa Nzuza (born 1984) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It was a lot of hard work, And I knew I wasn’t going to win. There are two kinds of power: money power and people power. If you don’t have the money, you can still win with people.”
Lucille Berrien (1928–2026) said by 2026 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Acting was not about money back then. Now people just go to acting schools without the love but the eagerness to be famous and have a lot of money”
Lydia Mokgokoloshi (born 1939) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Nobody had a lot of money but we hustled every step of the way to raise money to feed people.”
Isabelle Kamariza first seen 2024 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: She explained their growth, Cartier Women's Initiative (March 2024).
“The absolute lack of trust we have in the words and power of school to solve problems is condemning this country to decline. We have now shifted our focus from what can be given in terms of skills to what can be spent in terms of money: this is causing infinite damage to society, which is becoming permeated with the certainty that money can solve everything.”
Giovanni Floris (born 1967) first seen 2020 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: At the event in Amatrice for World Communications Day.. As quoted in Giovanni Floris incontra gli operatori della comunicazione: «Siate tenaci, studiate sempre e non cercate scorciatoie», chiesadirieti.it (February 6, 2…
“Theologians, both Christian and Muslim, especially in the Middle Ages, have always been struck by the power of money and the devastation it can wreak on the human soul. More secularly, orthodox Marxists have condemned it as a “means of appropriating other people's money”. Psychoanalysts liken it to excrement, because of the pleasure derived from both expelling it and retaining it.”
Massimo Fini (born 1943) first seen 1998 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Il denaro sterco del demonio, Marsilio, 1998
“I was a Chancellor and Pro-Chancellor before and I never had a kobo because I saw it as service. People go now to make money from public money given to them.”
Afe Babalola (born 1929) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The government stands on the tripod, the executive, the legislature, and the judiciary, and you have made the functioning of government impossible. It is not enough for the executive, to say, we are spending money, even the money you want to spend must have been appropriated for by the House of Assembly.”
Lateef Fagbemi (born 1969) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“A lot of artists are not making money. You say artists are making money — you can’t count ten.”
Illbliss first seen 2025 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Learn skills, have side jobs – Rapper Illbliss tells up-and-coming artists. 22 June 2025, Daily post Newspaper.