We’re often told that speaking about money in mixed company can be perceived as impolite. But money, and currency in general, has been an inevitability of human existence for centuries: how much you have, how much you want, how much things cost, etc.
Long before the adage “cash rules everything around me” was popularized by the Wu-Tang Clan, cash ruled everything around us. For many of us, money can be a source of stress — and sometimes the best way to confront that stress is to laugh.
Society has necessitated the saving, making, owing, and charging of money for centuries. The only thing that’s seemed to change over time is the value of our currency — just think about how much a gallon of gas, buying a house, or attending college cost when you were a kid compared to today.
Thinking about money isn't always fun, but that’s also why it can feel so liberating to throw our heads back and laugh at the oversized role it plays in our lives. Here, we’re throwing in our two cents with a list of funny quotes about money spanning hundreds of years, from the Founding Fathers to contemporary musicians and comedians.
Money is not the most important thing in life, but it’s reasonably close to oxygen.Zig Ziglar
That man is richest whose pleasures are the cheapest.Henry David Thoreau
Money, so they say / Is the root of all evil today / But if you ask for a rise, it’s no surprise / That they’re giving none away.Pink Floyd
There are three faithful friends, an old wife, an old dog, and ready money.Benjamin Franklin
Money often costs too much.Ralph Waldo Emerson
I was never in this for the money. But it turns out that the money was an absolute necessity for me.Michael Scott (Steve Carell) in “The Office”
October. This is one of the peculiarly dangerous months to speculate in stocks in. The others are July, January, September, April, November, May, March, June, December, August, and February.Mark Twain
Oh Lord, won’t you buy me a Mercedes Benz? / My friends all drive Porsches, I must make amends.Janis Joplin
Would the people in the cheaper seats clap your hands? And the rest of you, if you’ll just rattle your jewelry.John Lennon
That money talks / I’ll not deny / I heard it once: / It said, “Goodbye.”Richard Armour
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