Adam Smith

There is no art which one government sooner learns of another than that of draining money from the pockets of the people.

All money is a matter of belief.

It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own interest.

Little else is requisite to carry a state to the highest degree of opulence from the lowest barbarism but peace, easy taxes, and a tolerable administration of justice: all the rest being brought about by the natural course of things.

What can be added to the happiness of a man who is in health, out of debt, and has a clear conscience?

All systems either of preference or of restraint … completely taken away, the obvious and simple system of natural liberty establishes itself of its own accord. Every man, as long as he does not violate the laws of justice, is left perfectly free to pursue his own interest in his own way, and to bring both his industry and capital into competition with those of any other man.

A fool and her money are soon courted.

Money is better than poverty, if only for financial reasons.

Money, which represents the prose of life, and which is hardly spoken of in parlors without an apology, is, in its effects and laws, as beautiful as roses.

The faster I make a lot of money, the faster I can have these kids I want.

They were a people so primitive they did not know how to get money, except by working for it.

Scientists have odious manners, except when you prop up their theory; then you can borrow money of them.

You can’t tell a millionaire’s son from a billionaire’s.

The only point in making money is, you can tell some big shot where to go.

Getting money is not all a man’s business: to cultivate kindness is a valuable part of the business of life.

The waste of money cures itself, for soon there is no more to waste.

You can be young without money but you can’t be old without it.

Advertising is the art of convincing people to spend money they don’t have for something they don’t need.

Carpe per diem – seize the check.

I don’t wake up for less than $10,000 a day.

We didn’t actually overspend our budget. The allocation simply fell short of our expenditure.