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“There’s no sense of heritage. Mao destroyed the culture and produced a generation of philistines who do not appreciate culture. Now, people are money-mad and property is the thing that makes money. The regime made a positive decision to channel people’s energy into money-making so they won’t be interested in politics.”
Jung Chang (born 1952) first seen 2012 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On how the destruction of monuments has contributed to a cultural shift in China in “The NS Interview: Jung Chang, author” in The New Statesman America (2012 May 2)
“…We had a great life together, we really did, good and bad, the ups and the downs, there were a lot of downs. But at one point I told him, “I’m not here to play your music to get paid because it’s money, money has nothing to do with it, I’m here because I love you. I don’t care about your money.”…”
Sheila E. (born 1957) first seen 2017 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On her relationship with Prince in “Sheila E. Remembers Private Life With Prince, Wild ‘Purple Rain’ Parties” in Rolling Stone (2017 Jun 7)
“We allocate a great portion of our physical, emotional, and mental energy to getting, keeping, and spending money - but how many of us really know what money is or where it comes from? Money is created when banks lend it into existence.”
Bernard Lietaer (1942–2019) said by 2019 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I am here to change that dirty Nigerian politics. If you are waiting for me to give you money, I will not give you, I don’t have and even if I have, I will not give anybody money. You should ask your self a question: why will a person give you money to go and serve you? How does that make sense? The only explanation is that the person is not going to serve you.”
Oby Ezekwesili (born 1963) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“My fingers liked the feel of money. My eye liked to see the piles of money swell. I worshipped money.”
Lola Shoneyin (born 1974) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“His motto had become money, money, money. This was the way people of the city realized themselves.”
Cyprian Ekwensi (1921–2007) said by 2007 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I shall protect the public purse by insisting on value for money in all public transactions. Public service is just that — service and not an avenue for making money. Money is to be made in the private sector, not the public. Measures will be put in place to ensure this”
Nana Akufo-Addo (born 1944) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“My mother used to say a man’s money goes where his heart is, so if that’s the case, the amount of money going to CEQ to support environmental justice [EJ] does not show where their heart is. I believe the heart is there, but the money has to follow.”
Beverly Wright wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Most people who started theartre started it with passion and not money. But the new practitioners are more interested in money. They don’t show passion. What they don’t know is that money comes when the passion is there.”
Helen Paul (born 1983) first seen 2017 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: WHY I PRODUCED 2 YORUBA MOVIES AT ONCE– HELEN PAUL TELLS CITY PEOPLE (February 2017)
“You cannot eat money, oh, no You cannot eat money, oh, no When the last tree has fallen And the rivers are poisoned You cannot eat money, oh, no”
Aurora (singer) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“[Russian Defense Ministry [[w:Sergei Shoigu|Sergei] Shoigu]]'s son-in-law walks around, shaking his ass, while his daughter is opening the Kronstadt forts. Did you make money from these forts? Are you spending your money on these forts? Spend your fucking money on ammunition.”
Yevgeny Prigozhin (1961–2023) said by 2023 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Now there is — we're not taping this, are we? [laughter] — there is a political party that begins with an R that offered me a lot of money to join them. I say a lot of money, I mean a lot of money. ... And I wouldn't join them, OK, because we've a got by-election in Mid-Beds next week. Reform have got a candidate.”
Lee Anderson (born 1967) first seen 2023 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: In an event at Cambridge Rugby Club organised by the South Cambridgeshire Conservative Association (October 2023), as cited in "Lee Anderson: I was offered ‘a lot of money’ to join Reform UK", The Sunday Times (26 Novem…
“The FA didn’t want to pick up the tab, the government I think released the money, but the FA or whoever the money got into his hands refused to release the money.”
Mikel John Obi (born 1987) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“If we train our people and take this seriously, it will save South Sudan money because you will not spend money again to train people because you will use the money paid as membership fees.”
Ann Itto Leonardo (born 1964) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“[T]his was CPSU money safeguarded by the , but when Yeltsin outlawed the CPSU, who did the money belong to? ...[T]o whoever knew what the bank account number was, and this started the scramble for offshore accounts. Kroll International was hired... by Gaidar and Yeltsin. They couldn't find the money.”
Karen Dawisha (1949–2018) said by 2018 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Money has been a difficult issue in our marriage in the past. There have been times when we were both out of work, or when one of us didn't have money. It is the nature of our industry. We had to learn to be gentle with each other, and to keep reminding ourselves that we didn't get married because of money, but to make a life together”
Salamina Mosese (born 1983) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Social decomposition is due to a lack of integral health of communities. When there is no work, when there is injustice, when there is impunity, when there is an excessive ambition for money, when people's lives have a price, what is put at the center is money, then everything has a price and whoever has the money is the one who commands.”
Jaime Calderón Calderón (born 1966) first seen 2019 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Shooting in Church, catechist killed; the Bishops reaffirm their commitment to building peace (18 June 2019) Fides News Agency
“During that time in school, what went through my mind sometimes was fulfillment in the sense that, nobody gave me money; I made it myself even though my mum gave me the land. I felt it was a training on how to be independent, make your own money, manage your life yourself. At a young age, I became independent and I was proud of myself when I made money from it.”
Adeola Olubamiji (born 1985) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“During the '80s and '90s, we... repeatedly saw... criminals... use condos and high-rises to launder money," says Jonathan Winer... "it was a way of turning dirty money into clean money... and it explained why there are so many high-rises... sold but no one... living in them.”
Craig Unger (born 1949) first seen 2017 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Background Ref: 1) Trump’s deep links to organized crime: Federal investigators know and the public is catching on As Trump built his empire, he attracted a criminal element whose ties still bind, by (Apr 18, 2017) 2) J…
“Even before I made money, I was an artist. As an artist, I've always done art, and I do as much as I can. But when my daughter was born, I had to make money. Then I started being a commercial artist, someone who would make money from the art.”
Samthing Soweto (born 1989) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“As it is when one dies before they get their dues, their families don’t get a cent out of that money, and this is very unfortunate. The very pension money is invested in other countries and creates jobs there and not Basotho who should be benefitting. This is money that should benefit Basotho and this country’s economy.”
Nqosa Mahao (born 1957) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“To carry on war, three things are necessary: money, money, and yet more money.”
Gian Giacomo Trivulzio (1440–1518) first seen 1262 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Maxim attributed to Marshal Trivulzio in the context of the 1499 French campaign in Milan. H. L. Mencken, A New Dictionary of Quotations on Historical Principles (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, [1942] 1960) p. 1262. See als…
“I lost my son in 1998 because of a brain tumor. I couldn't go home then, I was in Abu Dhabi. I couldn't go home, I didn't have any money and the hotel owner where I was working was very strict. He said if I didn't finish the contract, I would pay for the money to go home. Well, I didn't have any money, I had to ask for medical treatment for the child. What I asked for only went to the funeral,”
Pokwang (born 1960) first seen 2025 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Pokwang shares painful but powerful lessons from her life as an OFW, ABS-CBN News 29 August 2025.
“Another lesson we learned was avoiding the temptation to throw money at problems. If you’re in a position where you can afford to throw money at problems, you have a quality problem, because most people don’t have the money to solve their problems, but it’s still not always the best solution.”
Kennedy Ekezie (born 1998) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“[...] the geological map of our country has not been drawn up; it does not exist, unlike in many European countries. Out of 636 sheets, 300 are missing because there is no money. Money is found for so many things, but there is no money to make our country safe; we would need geologists.”
Angelo Bonelli (born 1962) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I'm borrowing money. That's how little money I have. Technically, everyone watching this video has more money than me in their bank account if you subtract the equity value of my company, which doesn't buy me McDonald's in the morning.”
MrBeast (born 1998) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I came here to drop somе money, droppin' all my money Drop some money, all this bread so yummy, yeah Twerkin', twerkin' when I buy the things I like Dolla', dollas droppin' on my ass tonight”
Lisa (rapper) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Money is the creature of law and creation of the original issue of money should be maintained as an exclusive monopoly of national government.… Democracy will rise superior to Money Power.”
Abraham Lincoln (misattributed) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Intelligence solves problems and produces money. Money without financial intelligence is money soon gone.”
Robert Kiyosaki (born 1947) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Honestly face your inner poverty as a means of discovering your inner wealth.”
Vernon Howard (1918–1992) said by 1992 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We have laws, jails, courts, armies, guns and armories enough to make saints of us all, if they were the true preventives of crime; but we know they do not prevent crime; that wickedness and depravity exist in spite of them, nay, increase as the struggle between classes grows fiercer, wealth greater and more powerful and poverty more gaunt and desperate.”
Lucy Parsons (1851–1942) said by 1942 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Clearly our first task is to use the material wealth of space to solve the urgent problems we now face on Earth: to bring the poverty-stricken segments of the world up to a decent living standard, without recourse to war or punitive action against those already in material comfort; to provide for a maturing civilization the basic energy vital to its survival.”
Gerard K. O'Neill (1927–1992) first seen 1976 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The High Frontier (1976)
“The noblest people are those despising wealth, learning, pleasure and life; esteeming above them poverty, ignorance, hardship and death.”
Diogenes of Sinope (400–323 BC) said by 323 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Charity should be self-sustainable. That is, it should create more wealth rather than perpetuating the cycle of poverty and dependence. In this sense, the best form of charity would be providing quality education for children and more importantly, building a good character in them.”
Ravi Shankar (spiritual leader) first seen 2009 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Interview with Forbes Magazine (2009)
“Wealth is no mark of God's favour. Poverty is no mark of God's displeasure.”
J. C. Ryle (1816–1900) said by 1900 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The haggardness of poverty is everywhere seen contrasted with the sleekness of wealth, the exhorted labour of some compensating for the idleness of others, wretched hovels by the side of stately colonnades, the rags of indigence blended with the ensigns of opulence; in a word, the most useless profusion in the midst of the most urgent wants.”
Jean-Baptiste Say (1767–1832) said by 1832 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Wealth and poverty do not lie in a person's estate, but in their souls.”
Antisthenes (445–365 BC) said by 365 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“...in order to change poverty into wealth, one must start by displaying it.”
Jean-Paul Sartre (1905–1980) said by 1980 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“You may try to destroy wealth, and find that all you have done is to increase poverty.”
Winston Churchill (1874–1965) first seen 1947 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Churchill By Himself: The Definitive Collections of Quotations, ed. Richard Langworth, 2008, p. 29 (1947, 12 March)
“Wealth is a great sin in the eyes of God. Poverty is a great sin in the eyes of man.”
Leo Tolstoy (1828–1910) said by 1910 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Wealth brings a heavy purse; poverty, a light spirit.”
Leo Tolstoy (1828–1910) said by 1910 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“All this [wealth] excludes but one evil,—poverty.”
Samuel Johnson (1709–1784) first seen 1777 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: (1777)
“The good citizen is the man who, whatever his wealth or his poverty, strives manfully to do his duty to himself, to his family, to his neighbor, to the States; who is incapable of the baseness which manifests itself either in arrogance or in envy, but who while demanding justice for himself is no less scrupulous to do justice to others.”
Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919) said by 1919 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“You will hear people say that poverty is the best spur to the artist. They have never felt the iron of it in their flesh. They do not know how mean it makes you. It exposes you to endless humiliation, it cuts your wings, it eats into your soul like a cancer. It is not wealth one asks for, but just enough to preserve one's dignity, to work unhampered, to be generous, frank, and independent.”
W. Somerset Maugham (1874–1965) said by 1965 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It is the glory of the heritage Thy life has left, that makes thy outcast age: Thy limbs shall lie dark, tombless on this sod, Because thou shinest in man's soul, a god, Who found and gave new passion and new joy That nought but Earth's destruction can destroy. Thy gifts to give was thine of men alone: 'Twas but in giving that thou couldst atone For too much wealth amid their poverty.”
George Eliot (1819–1880) said by 1880 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Abu Hurayra reported the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "Race to good actions as fast as you can. What are you waiting for except delayed poverty, oppressive wealth, debilitating illness, dottering senility, a swift death or the Dajjal? Or are you waiting for an unseen evil, or the Last Hour? The Last Hour will be most bitter and terrible.”
Muhammad (571–632) said by 632 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The hopes of the Republic cannot forever tolerate either undeserved poverty or self-serving wealth.”
Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882–1945) said by 1945 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Many will there be who will give up work and labour and poverty of life and goods, and will go to live among wealth in splendid buildings, declaring that this is the way to make themselves acceptable to God.”
Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519) said by 1519 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Poverty, ignorance, illness and other problems of that kind are not metaphysical emergencies. By the metaphysical nature of man and of existence, man has to maintain his life by his own effort; the values he needs—such as wealth or knowledge—are not given to him automatically, as a gift of nature, but have to be discovered and achieved by his own thinking and work.”
Ayn Rand (1905–1982) said by 1982 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“There is no greater wealth than wisdom, no greater poverty than ignorance; no greater heritage than culture and no greater support than consultation.”
Ali (599–661) said by 661 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source