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“In my opinion, money is everything. Anyone with that notion that money is not everything is deceiving his or herself.”
Bobrisky (born 1991) first seen 2021 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Why I am yet to reveal my real gender – Bobrisky 21 September 2021, DAILY POST (Nigeria)
“Tariffs can’t be inflationary because if the price of one thing goes up, unless you give people more money, then they have less money to spend on the other thing, so there is no inflation.”
Scott Bessent (born 1962) first seen 2024 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: ‘Huge relief.’ CEOs exhale after Trump taps Scott Bessent to lead Treasury" CNN Business (November 25, 2024)
“The most painful aspect of it is for Obasanjo to be coming out and be claiming he is a very honest man. Where did he get the money that was given to the National Assembly that time? Where did he get the money? Each senator and member of the House of Representatives collected N50 million each.”
Ayo Fayose (born 1960) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“There’s a huge question for entrepreneurs when they’re raising funds as to whether they take ‘strategic money’ – that is money from a corporate that has an interest in your business, either because of what your business does or doesn’t do, or whether it takes them into a new area. But I had that decision very much baked into the growth journey.”
Debbie Wosskow (born 1974) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Anyone who says they don’t want money is talking bollocks. We all want to earn money for our family.”
Avril Palmer-Baunack (born 1964) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Trump had a unique résumé for... a presidential track. ...[T]ies to Russian money stretched... two decades... laundering money, s and real estate were the vehicles of choice...”
Craig Unger (born 1949) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The investors are typically investing someone else’s money, at least for the institutional guys, so they can’t just put the money anywhere.”
Tayo Oviosu (born 1978) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“To get good advisors I need money, and money is a challenge.”
Josephine Wapakabulo (born 1976) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“You actually produce I need money for the extraction projects, money for supporting infrastructure like roads.”
Josephine Wapakabulo (born 1976) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I went back to my central bank and the Ministry of Finance and said, “We do need to raise money, and money for advisors is one thing, but we need up to USD 1 billion for the projects.”
Josephine Wapakabulo (born 1976) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The good thing is we have now engaged the ministry and the central bank and we have regular meetings on how we are going to raise that money so I am less worried about the money for the projects.”
Josephine Wapakabulo (born 1976) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Before you can go and serve other people, before you can go make somebody else money or even make yourself money,” she says, “you have to serve you.”
Morgan DeBaun (born 1990) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Women’s relationship with money will have to be fixed. Someone could be a high performer but opportunities pass by because of money - be it their own compensation or fixing a budget”
Vani Kola (born 1964) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I asked the government to do affirmative action for the women because they don’t have money and no bank is willing to give them money so you can give them a grant for them to grow the cane so they can sell to the factory and that is what was actually done.”
Amina Moghe Hersi (born 1963) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“This campaign is something where we applaud all the partners who have come together. As a country, the whole world is going global and digital. We cannot say, as Uganda, we are going to remain in our ways of hiding the money under the mattress or digging a hole to place the money because we live in a global world.”
Irene Sewankambo wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Instead of using money to serve ourselves, we use ourselves to serve money.”
Philip Slater (1927–2013) first seen 1980 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Wealth Addiction (1980). New York: Dutton. p. 11.
“No one is put in prison to make them talk; they are put out if they talk, which is a different thing. But who would ever give money to someone who, once arrested, lists all those who gave it to them? Or who would ever take money from someone who, when arrested, lists all those they paid? They become unsuitable for committing those crimes: they are no longer dangerous.”
Piercamillo Davigo (born 1950) first seen 2016 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: From an interview of Giovanni Floris, La7, 19 April 2016; quoted in Le idee di Piercamillo Davigo sugli arresti, il Post.it, 20 April 2016
“[“And now?”] They haven’t stopped stealing; they’ve stopped being ashamed. They brazenly claim what they used to do in secret. They say things like, “We do what we want with our money.” But it’s not their money; it’s the taxpayers’.”
Piercamillo Davigo (born 1950) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“There is an outcry that ministry officials dominate these events and actually gobble a good portion of the money for these events, money which should pay young people involved in the sector.”
Dithapelo Keorapetse (born 1982) first seen 2023 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Leave event planning to promoters, events companies - Keorapetse Mmegi (9 November 2023)
“Don’t wait around for someone to give you money before you put the words on paper or on screen as the case may be. Every great screenwriter had the script first and then the money came after. Too many writers want to be paid up front. Sadly that’s not how this business works. You create a beautiful script and then you sell it.”
Nkuli Sibeko (born 1980) first seen 2018 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Nkuli Sibeko on writing Table Manners and the art of cooking bizcommunity (27 September 2018)
“It takes guts, patience and a lot of hard work. I think anyone who is passionate about writing and wants to own and be in control of their creativity can do it. I used my own money to publish, which was risky because I wasn’t sure how well my book was going to do. It took a while before the money I made from book sales was actual profit. But I’m at a great place now”
Dudu Busani-Dube (born 1981) first seen 2020 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: What does it take to succeed as a self-published book author in South Africa? 6 February, 2020
“Money changes lives; I know what it can do. I work hard because I want it. Don’t let money threaten you or it will control you.”
Terry Pheto (born 1981) first seen 2018 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Celeb profile: Terry Pheto Jet Club (14 March 2018)
“When you are a star in America you can feel that you are a star. To be a star you must have money. In the States they pay actors a lot of money to portray certain characters. They (understand) that the character has to live inside of you (spiritually) and it changes your life forever. So they give you millions. In SA, you are just an actor trying to sustain a living.”
Dumisani Dlamini (born 1963) first seen 2017 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Dumisani Dlamini: Sarafina! doesn’t get the respect it deserves in SA, TimesLIVE,Abigail Javier(October 24,2017).
“They say when the government or the sports ministry owes you, they will pay you, but as to when you never know. So I usually will borrow money to cater for myself and my ailing grandmother. Before the money comes, you are already in huge debt.”
Memunatu Sulemana (born 1977) first seen 2023 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Former Black Queens goalkeeper Memunata Sulemana opens up on struggles, lives in wooden structure GH Lense (24 August 2023)
“Let me correct the misplaced idea and belief carried by the honourable member. My Ministry has more money than anybody to generate adequate power and water. Therefore the question to reserve the ESP money particularly for the current power and water shortages does not arise.”
Kitso Mokaila wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I'll do it for love. I have done a lot of gigs for free. But I need to survive, I have dependents and I have a family. We don’t do it for money. If money doesn’t come, you will suffer. But if you do it for love and make someone smile,”
Mmatema Moremi (born 1992) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We asked ourselves that these people must have been paying money and they were reassured that you can build a factory here and nothing is going to happen to you. That factory was probably built for close to R15 million and nobody would spend that much money if there is uncertainty”
Popo Molefe (born 1952) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Blood money is what that is. Some people might not think that there is anything wrong about making money by making up stories, but they cannot be more wrong.”
Leila de Lima (born 1959) first seen 2017 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2017/01/24/1665150/full-text-de-limas-privilege-speech-rise-fake-news
“Buy a company to sell it. We call it leveraged buying-in. You buy a company because it is very profitable and then, you borrow all the money, leveraged buyout. You borrow all the money and the company will pay you. They pay for it.”
Loida Nicolas Lewis (born 1942) first seen 2026 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: https://tribune.net.ph/2026/01/26/why-buy-a-company-instead-of-starting-one-fil-am-business-leader-explains
“Even if I had paid that much, even if we did have that much money, it is our choice, and our freedom to do what we want with money that we earned.”
Emman Atienza (2006–2025) said by 2025 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I really like state universities. I really don't want to spend too much money studying, especially in college because I really don't have the money to pay,”
Eugene Domingo (born 1971) first seen 2025 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Eugene Domingo recalls spending 8 years in college, By: Anne PasajolINQUIRER.net, 28 January 2025.
“The problem is this: in order to make money – lots of money – we don’t need flawless literary masterpieces. What we need is mediocre rubbish, trash suitable for mass consumption. More and more, bigger and bigger blockbusters of less and less significance. What counts is the paper we sell, not the words that are printed on it.”
Walter Moers (born 1957) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Small businesses want to make more money, and they want to keep as much of that money in their pockets for as long as possible. This means that whatever solutions you’re building for them have to very directly address one of the pain points that affect their ability to do that.”
Kennedy Ekezie (born 1998) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Have humanity at heart.when Covid-19 came,I did not think of making money but serving the people.That is why we sold Covidex at Shs5000 only.We put service before money.”
Patrick Ogwang (born 1973) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“What to do? Give me money. I will find you a defender, who has no money, but who has arms.”
Michael VIII Palaiologos (1224–1282) said by 1282 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Source: Ferretus Vincentinus, in Muratori, Rerum Italicarum Scriptores, vol. ix, p. 952. Reported in: Jules Michelet, History of France, translated by G. H. Smith, vol. 1 (New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1882), p. 338
“Everyone who goes into this business has to be sure of the reason they are doing it in the first place. It is important to make money but I don’t think that money is everything.”
O. C. Ukeje (born 1981) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I've met some of the Hollywood entertainment crowd, and they have a popular saying, one that is crude but tells it all in a single sentence. The saying is, 'You've got it made when you've got "fuck-you" money.' That's it in a nutshell. When you've got enough money to say, 'Fuck you, buster,' to any bastard on earth, then and only then are you your own man.”
Irving Wallace (1916–1990) first seen 1969 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Seven Minutes (New York: Simon and Schuster, 1969), ch. 1, p. 54
“The building budget... was 35,000 Euros (it's probably double by now) and this is a lot of money for that region.., especially because this money is working within the community, and rotating fast, and not on the stock market.”
Anna Heringer (born 1977) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It is bad money. Bad money never brings good to anyone.”
Gabriel Okara (1921–2019) said by 2019 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“He says the money paid them by Izongo is bad money and that he, too, like Okolo will speak. Only he says the time is not correct yet.”
Gabriel Okara (1921–2019) said by 2019 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Without money I can't find him. Money is everything in Sologa.”
Gabriel Okara (1921–2019) said by 2019 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I ventured into music out of childish exuberance; I didn't inherit it from my parents. I took a long time singing without collecting a penny and even if I was given money, it was other praise singers who would collect it. I only started collecting money when I made music a career.”
Mamman Shata (1923–1999) said by 1999 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Is this the part where I say, it is God? I’ll say the desire to keep getting better at my craft and deep respect for the audience. Anyone that pays their money to watch a film I wrote in the cinema, or uses their data to stream online (legitimately), is giving me something incredibly valuable – money, time, and a portion of their life. The least I can do is give them the very best of myself.”
Lani Aisida (born 1984) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The mask is probably a source of power for him. Probably money. It draws a bit from Yoruba movies, because there’s always the Yoruba husband doing something he shouldn’t be doing, sacrificing his children or people to gain power and money. But I didn’t explain what the mask was about, it was just about her, like, what was going on in her mind—that was where the horror story came from.”
Dare Segun Falowo wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“For the Government of Ayade, we have done really well. We are working with a very lean resources, that is why I feel the man is a magician and when he talks about the intellectual money, I can confirm we are really using intellectual money to do a lot of projects in every Local Government. Every Local Government has something to show.”
Eteng Jonah Williams (born 1969) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“whenever i got some money ,i would go to owino market and buy one or two metredfrom which i could make two to three tops. The money i made from selling tops would be used to buy more material.”
Fatumah Asha wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It was a business from which I got money for studio sessions and even my first phone was from the money I got from writing a song for Nandy.”
Jay Melody first seen 2023 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Jay Melody speaks on writing songs for Willy Paul and other top artists;By Amos Robi,Retrieved on 05 February 2023
“You see, before you are able to reach a lot of people with the word of God with your music, you need money to push it. When you write a song about salvation and you don’t get money to push it, no one will hear it.”
Joyce Blessing wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“People put money in many ventures, in franchises, and they were cheated out of their money,” the former goal stopper says, looking back. “Sports teaches you it is OK to fail,”
Brian Baloyi (born 1974) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We are now in a money-driven world and you often hear athletes saying “if I run, I will make money,” but success doesn’t come that way. The thinking instead should be: if this is what I want, what does it take?”
Wilson Kipketer (born 1972) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source