Quotes about money and Power

Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys. Votes: 3

The secret point of money and power in America is neither the things that money can buy nor power for power's sake... but absolute personal freedom, mobility, privacy. It is the instinct which drove America to the Pacific, all through the nineteenth century, the desire to be able to find a restaurant open in case you want a sandwich, to be a free agent, live by one's own rules. Votes: 3

Money and power come as a byproduct of things well done. Votes: 2

The ultimate source of happiness is not money and power, but warm-heartedness Votes: 2

It is expressions of affection rather than money and power that attract real friends. Votes: 2

Internet fame is like regular fame only without all the annoying 'money' and 'power.' Votes: 2

Enthusiasm is the greatest asset in the world. It beats money and power and influence. Votes: 2

Roxanne Quimby wanted money and power, and I was just a pillar on the way to that success. Votes: 2

If you are going into show business for money and power, forget it! It won't happen. You don't go for that first. Votes: 2

When we do not adore God, we adore something else. Money and power are false idols which often take the place of God. Votes: 2

Money and power can liberate only if they are used to do so. They can imprison and inhibit more finally than barred windows and iron chains. Votes: 2

Money and power are not your true rewards. Your name, your principles, your impeccable standards, your virtuous conduct, and remains an influence with others long after you are gone. Votes: 2

Well, I think indigenous peoples have ways of living on the Earth that they've had forever. And they've been overrun by organized religion, which has had a lot of money and power. Votes: 2

If we define an American fascist as one who in case of conflict puts money and power ahead of human beings, then there are undoubtedly several million fascists in the United States. Votes: 2

Success is not about money and power. Real success is about relationships. There's no point in making $50 million a year if your teenager thinks you're a jerk and you spend no time with your wife. Votes: 2

The covenant between Jews and God was conditional on their respect for human rights. The reason they were expelled from the land was that they were more interested in money and power and treated the poor and aliens with contempt. Votes: 2

At the moment, our society's notion of success is largely composed of two parts: money and power. But it's time for a third metric, beyond money and power - one founded on well-being, wisdom, our ability to wonder, and to give back. Votes: 2

Why is the Keystone Pipeline the very first, #1 item on the Republicans' agenda? We know that this pipeline runs terrible environmental risks and it just won't do much for the American people. So why is this bill so urgent? Money and power. Votes: 2

We need to strengthen such inner values as contentment, patience and tolerance, as well as compassion for others. Keeping in mind that it is expressions of affection rather than money and power that attract real friends, compassion is the key to ensuring our own well-being. Votes: 2

...in place of the Old Bottom Line of money and power, a New Bottom Line of Love and Generosity is possible. People of all faiths need to shape a political and social movement that reaffirms the most generous, peace-oriented, social justice-committed, and loving truths of the spiritual heritage of the human race. Votes: 2

Money comes and goes. I'm thankful I have money. I'm trying to save up more. I would like more money. But it's not happiness. If you're a millionaire and hate your family, hate your friends and your life, then what is the point? You're just a person with a lot of money and power who is not happy. Votes: 2

I think money, power, fame changes people a lot. Votes: 1

I'm free of an abusive cult, based on money and power that worships a fictional deity and safely back with the Catholic Church. Votes: 1

No, money is power. Votes: 0

Money is economic power. Votes: 0

Money: power at its most liquid. Votes: 0

Money is power. Power is an aphrodisiac. Votes: 0

Knowledge is power is time is money. Votes: 0

Money can buy many things. Even power. Votes: 0

Money is just another word for power. Votes: 0

Givers for God disarm the power of money. Votes: 0

Money is power and power gives you choice. Votes: 0

Prestige is the shadow of money and power. Votes: 0

Money has much more power down the ballot. Votes: 0

What power has law where only money rules. Votes: 0

Money holds terrible power when it is loved Votes: 0

To limit money is to limit political power. Votes: 0

Crime, money, power, drugs - are all linked. Votes: 0

Money, celebrity and power can be very intoxicating. Votes: 0

Power floats like money, like language, like theory. Votes: 0

Money, media, and political power are very closely connected. Votes: 0

The problem with politics isn't the money; it's the power. Votes: 0

The greatest power is not money power, but political power. Votes: 0

When money disappears, we soon understand the power of absence. Votes: 0

Money is power in American politics. It always has been. Votes: 0

The one thing women love more than money is power. Votes: 0

Money equals power; power makes the law; and law makes government. Votes: 0

Money creates a power relationship between the payer and the payee. Votes: 0

You can have your titular recognition. I'll take money and power. Votes: 0

Money often costs too much, and power and pleasure are not cheap. Votes: 0

The smaller the office, the more power individuals with big money have. Votes: 0

The world is ruled by power and power is obtained by money. Votes: 0

The real power of money is the power to give it away. Votes: 0

God does not give money. He gives the power to get wealth. Votes: 0

I believe the power to make money is a gift of God. Votes: 0

Many people think that happiness comes from having more power or more money. Votes: 0

Money is power, and you ought to be reasonably ambitious to have it. Votes: 0

A lot of enslaved people actually made money, but they had no power. Votes: 0

Spirit is the most valuable asset, more than money and any other power. Votes: 0

You can have your titular recognition. I'll take the money and the power. Votes: 0

A real dictator usually isn't interested in money or women, just pure power. Votes: 0

It's not about money. The money will flow. It's about power and influence. Votes: 0

Many people think that happiness comes from having more power or more money. Votes: 0

Money equals business which equals power, all of which come from character and trust. Votes: 0

Compromising your integrity for money, power, or fame will come back to haunt you. Votes: 0

Women with money and women in power are two uncomfortable ideas in our society. Votes: 0

Real peace is not in power, money, or weapons, but in deep inner peace. Votes: 0

The game is rigged to work for those who already have money and power. Votes: 0

We kept the old male ideas of success: power and money. We need new ones! Votes: 0

We have turned away from the natural world. Instead, it's all about money and power. Votes: 0

When once enthusiasm has been turned into ridicule, everything is undone except money and power. Votes: 0

Politics isn't about big money or power games; it's about the improvement of people's lives. Votes: 0

Loving money at the expense of others is an abuse of power to get wealth. Votes: 0

Money and donations are an important part of our political system. They are hard power. Votes: 0

Money is not a substitute for tenderness, and power is not a substitute for tenderness. Votes: 0

Everyone has the brain power to make money in stocks. Not everyone has the stomach. Votes: 0

Money is power, freedom, a cushion, the root of all evil, the sum of blessings. Votes: 0

Money is power, and rare are the heads that can withstand the possession of great power. Votes: 0

When the President signs this act, the invisible government by the money power will be legalized. Votes: 0

When one lives attached to money, pride or power, it is impossible to be truly happy Votes: 0

Good health is the most important thing. More than success. More than money. More than power. Votes: 0

He offered her power, money, status...a giant prison, all in exchange for only...her soul. Votes: 0

Simply put, the direct power over the money supply is the indirect power over the people. Votes: 0

Until we realize that our money power is our sovereign power we cannot act as sovereigns Votes: 0

There are jobs, money and survival in renewable energy. Our only safe future is sun power Votes: 0

Power is like money. Some know how to get it; few know how to use it. Votes: 0

The only wealth in this world is children, more than all the money, power on earth. Votes: 0

Power and machinery, money and goods, are useful only as they set us free to live. Votes: 0

Power goes to two poles-to those who've got the money and those who've got the people. Votes: 0

"Freedom" in capitalist countries exists only for those who possess money and who consequently hold power. Votes: 0

By using power, money, fraud, the enemy is interested in gaining control over the world of Islam. Votes: 0

The rich are different than you and me: they have more money and they have more power. Votes: 0

Politics isn't about big money or power games, it's about the improvement of people's lives. Paul Wellstone Votes: 0

Whenever people with money have power over people with less money, you have the potential for exploitation. Votes: 0

The man is meant to be the alpha in the relationship on the money and power front. Votes: 0

Don't waste the time. Time is the final currency, man. Not money, not power - it's time. Votes: 0

Money is only unused power. The real purpose of wealth, after food, clothing and shelter, is philanthropy. Votes: 0

Money, or even power, can never yield happiness unless it be accompanied by the goodwill of others. Votes: 0

At the point the money hits your hands, you have the power to determine your financial future. Votes: 0

Believing that power is much more important than money and that money is much more important than happiness. Votes: 0

The money power denounces, as public enemies, all who question its methods or throw light upon its crimes. Votes: 0

I deny the power of the general government to making paper money, or anything else a legal tender. Votes: 0

You`ve got to just follow the money [in Washington]. You see it. There`s no countervailing power. Votes: 0

Today, idols are not made of wood, stone, or brass. They are made of money, sex, and power. Votes: 0

How can a world be good in which Money is the moving power, and Self-interest the guiding star? Votes: 0

Your identity depends on your heart's ability to excuse not on the power or the money you own. Votes: 0

The people of this country, not special interest big money, should be the source of all political power. Votes: 0

You could get the money, you can get the power, but keep your eyes on the final hour. Votes: 0

I love the fame and the money and the power. You have to keep working to have that. Votes: 0

New York City is a great monument to the power of money and greed... a race for rent. Votes: 0

Enthusiasm is the greatest asset you can possess, for it can take you further than money, power or influence. Votes: 0

Never make fun of people who are different...unless they have more money, power and influence. Then you must. Votes: 0

Success isn't measured by money or power or social rank. Success is measured by your discipline and inner peace. Votes: 0

Money, amazingly, is losing its power... Our economy is rapidly changing from a money economy to a satisfaction economy. Votes: 0

Through money or power you cannot solve all problems. The problem in the human heart must be solved first. Votes: 0

Money has power. And so withholding money has power too, especially when a bunch of people do it together. Votes: 0

Neither a state nor a bank ever have had unrestricted power of issuing paper money without abusing that power. Votes: 0

Sex, drugs, money, power etc. Just because you get to choose your master doesn't mean you aren't a slave. Votes: 0

True friendship develops not as a result of money or power but on the basis of genuine human affection. Votes: 0

People kill for money or for power. But the most ruthless murderers are those who kill for their ideas. Votes: 0

Dick Cheney and Bush's rise to power were built on tons of money from corporations and a dulled press. Votes: 0

The world tells us to seek success, power and money; God tells us to seek humility, service and love. Votes: 0

Friends, genuine friends, have much more to do with whether we have a warm heart, not money or power. Votes: 0

Never work just for money or for power. They won't save your soul or help you sleep at night. Votes: 0

Two passions have powerful influence on the affairs of men: the love of power and the love of money. Votes: 0

They used to say that knowledge is power. I used to think so, but I know now they mean money. Votes: 0

Actually, I have no regard for money. Aside from its purchasing power, it's completely useless as far as I'm concerned. Votes: 0

Money will cease to be master and become the servant of humanity. Democracy will rise superior to the money power. Votes: 0

That is where the power, opportunity, and choice come from-when you have money. Money equals opportunity. There is no question. Votes: 0

If you increase the quantity of money, you bring about the lowering of the purchasing power of the monetary unit. Votes: 0

Increased wages, higher pensions, more unemployment insurance, all are of no avail if the purchasing power of money falls faster. Votes: 0

What I know is that taxation, as far as liberal Democrats are concerned, is not about money. It's about power. Votes: 0

What I know is that taxation, as far as liberal Democrats are concerned, is not about money. It's about power. Votes: 0

Actually, power is like money; neither good nor bad. Its negative or positive spin depends upon how we use it. Votes: 0

When men have money and power they get turned on, sexually. They get horny as hell. Can't imagine why, though. Votes: 0

Men such as they are, very naturally seek money or power; and power because it is as good as money. Votes: 0

The central element in the economic problem of money is the objective exchange-value of money, popularly called its purchasing power. Votes: 0

... there are many to whom money has no personal appeal, but who can be tempted by the power it confers. Votes: 0

The more money you take away from families is the less power that family has. And that's a basic power. Votes: 0

The government doesn't have any money. The only power it has is to take from some and give to others. Votes: 0

The power which money gives is that of brute force; it is the power of the bludgeon and the bayonet. Votes: 0

Power is a drug on which the politicians are hooked. They buy it from the voters, using the voters' own money. Votes: 0

Money is a bad god. People are a bad god. They don't have the power to do what God can do. Votes: 0

Bach and Beethoven, all of them, they had to write something to please the upper structure, those with money and power. Votes: 0

When you give government the power to control the money supply, it grows like a tumor until it extinguishes society itself. Votes: 0

The issuing power [of money] should be taken from the banks and restored to the people, to whom it properly belongs. Votes: 0

It's an issue that Democrats and Republicans seem to come together on, the over-influence of money in politics and in power. Votes: 0

If happiness was in money or power, then America should be the happiest country in the world, but it is not. Votes: 0

The new source of power is not money in the hands of a few, but information in the hands of many. Votes: 0

That dreams have power only over your own mind. But with money you can have power over the minds of others Votes: 0

[T]he public library is where those without money, power, access, university affiliation, or advanced degrees can get information for free.. Votes: 0

Records, radio, television, movies, magazines-all are monopolized by the money managers who are guided by one ethic, the words wealth and power. Votes: 0

A man should not be judged by his fame, power, or money, but rather by how much love he gives to others. Votes: 0

Celebrity is no different from any other energy. It's a force for good or evil. It's no different from money. It's power. Votes: 0

Naive inflationism demands an increase in the quantity of money without suspecting that this will diminish the purchasing power of the money. Votes: 0

Big corporations have money and power to make sure every rule breaks their way; people have voices and votes to push back. Votes: 0

Men who accomplish great things in the industrial world are the ones who have faith in the money producing power of ideas. Votes: 0

The diet book is one of those fool-and-money separation devices that seems, like roulette or slot machines, never to lose its power. Votes: 0

As the old saying goes, 'money is power' and the more money the government takes, the more power it has over individuals. Votes: 0

It doesn't matter if you have a lot or a little money. It's what you do with it that determines its power. Votes: 0

As a Londoner I was able to see how the world of power and money cast its shadow on those who failed. Votes: 0

To an imagination of any scope the most far reaching form of power is not money, it is the command of ideas Votes: 0

Success is not important to me, nor are power or money. If the script feels good, then I'm in. It's that simple. Votes: 0

It's the people without the money and the power, who desperately want to live, for those people small things aren't small at all. Votes: 0

Printing money is merely taxation in another form. Rather than robbing citizens of their money, government robs their money of its purchasing power. Votes: 0

Some men worship rank, some worship heroes, some worship power, some worship God, and over these ideals they dispute-but they all worship money. Votes: 0

[It is a basic principle of a tyrant] to unarm his people of weapons, money and all means whereby they resist his power. Votes: 0

It's wherever business rules, business is going to get the politicians they want because they control the money and money controls the power. Votes: 0

How much fame, money and power does a woman have to achieve on her own before you can punch her in the face? Votes: 0

Money power means budget power and it is folly to imagine that the citizen can control government unless he can control its budget. Votes: 0

Money is power, and in that government which pays all the public officers of the states will all political power be substantially concentrated. Votes: 0

Make Money a CENTRAL priority. This has nothing to do with greed and consumption and everything to do with life force and power. Votes: 0

Teach girls to read and to work at something where they can bring home money - and the entire balance of power shifts. Votes: 0

This is a wonderful planet, and it is being completely destroyed by people who have too much money and power and no empathy. Votes: 0

The Constitution grants only Congress - not the president - the power 'to borrow money on the credit of the United States.' Votes: 0

You who are in power have only the means that money produces — we who are in expectation, have those which devotion prompts. Votes: 0

The key to growth is quite simple: creative men with money. The cause of stagnation is similarly clear: depriving creative individuals of financial power. Votes: 0

If you work for money, you give the power to your employer. If your money works for you, you keep and control the power. Votes: 0

The man of power is ruined by power, the man of money by money, the submissive man by subservience, the pleasure seeker by pleasure. Votes: 0

It's all mirror, mirror on the wall because beauty is power the same way money is power the same way a gun is power. Votes: 0

'Winning' in Hollywood means not just power, money, and complimentary smoked-salmon pizza, but also that everyone around you fails just as you are peaking. Votes: 0

In a society dominated by the fact of commercial competition, money is necessarily the test of prowess, and wastefulness the sole criterion of power. Votes: 0

Money gives you the power to do whatever you want to do. I like the idea of being in complete control of my life. Votes: 0

Money and power by themselves are a two-legged stool. You can balance on them for a while, but eventually you're going to topple over. Votes: 0

Winning' in Hollywood means not just power, money, and complimentary smoked-salmon pizza, but also that everyone around you fails just as you are peaking. Votes: 0

The system shaves the dice on the side of those with money and power, and anyone who believes otherwise deserves anything that happens to him. Votes: 0

The first thing I learned was that even if you have a lot of money and power and fame, you can still suffer very deeply. Votes: 0

In large commercial cities, the money power is, I fear irresistible. It is not by open corruption that it always, or even most generally, operates. Votes: 0

I felt guilty throughout the whole time, but I was seduced. The power of these drugs, sex, power, and money, was extremely strong for me. Votes: 0

In a democracy there are only two types of power: there's organized people and organized money, and organized money only wins when people aren't organized. Votes: 0

Psychopaths are social predators, and like all predators, they are looking for feeding grounds. Wherever you get power, prestige and money, you will find them. Votes: 0

Not just personal unhappiness but all strife in life, including war, is the result of an over-emphasis on temporary things; money, power and material possession Votes: 0

I think sometimes you just lose your focus, and I think that's easy to do when you start getting more fame, more money, more power. Votes: 0

There is a lure in power. It can get into a man's blood just as gambling and lust for money have been known to do Votes: 0

We who are gathered here may represent a particular delete, not of money and power, but of concern for the earth for the earth's sake. Votes: 0

money usually represents so much more than dollars and cents. It is tied up with our deepest emotional needs: for love, power, security, independence, control, self-worth. Votes: 0

Money is power. Every good man and woman ought to strive for power, to do good with it when obtained. I say, get rich, get rich! Votes: 0

Property may be destroyed and money may lose its purchasing power; but, character, health, knowledge and good judgement will always be in demand under all conditions. Votes: 0

power can be thought of as the never-ending, self-feeding motor of all political action that corresponds to the legendary unending accumulation of money that begets money. Votes: 0

The power to regulate the value of money does not involve a power to dilute the value of money by inflation, an absurd and self-serving rendering. Votes: 0

Don't underestimate the cosmetic power of sunglasses. It's worth spending a bit of money on a quality pair. I usually go for Dior or Louis Vuitton. Votes: 0

When men in relationships have more money, we say they have the power. When women in relationships have more money, we say they are being used. Votes: 0

It is unfortunately none too well understood that, just as the State has no money of its own, so it has no power of its own. Votes: 0

I don't blame the players today for the money. I blame the owners. They started it. They wanna give it to 'em? More power to 'em. Votes: 0

I can all have all the money in the world, hold all the power, or be worshiped like a god but all are meaningless without love. Votes: 0

Money confers the power to command the labor of others. Love of money is love of power. And love of power is the root of evil. Votes: 0

Citigroup has a lot of money, it spends a lot of money, and it uses that money to grow and consolidate power. And it pays off. Votes: 0

It is shameful and inhuman to treat men like chattels to make money by, or to regard them merely as so much muscle or physical power. Votes: 0

The reality is that politicians, in terms of the amount of power they wield and the amount that they work, don't actually make that much money. Votes: 0

Young film makers should learn how to deal with the money and learn how to deal with the power structure. Because it is like a battle. Votes: 0

Money does not buy you love, the heart does. Power does not buy you favor, 'WILL" does. Ignorance doesn't buy you"GOOD", the love of knowledge does. Votes: 0

There are probably several hundred thousand if we narrow the definition to include only those who in their search for money and power are ruthless and deceitful. Votes: 0

There is only one thing in this world, and that is to keep acquiring money and more money, power and more power. All the rest is meaningless. Votes: 0

The Pentagon talks about our power to 'overkill' Russia ten times, twenty times, perhaps forty-eight times. For my tax money, it is sufficient to overkill them once. Votes: 0

When women breached the power structure in the 1980s?two economies finally merged. Beauty was no longer just a symbolic form of currency: it literally became money. Votes: 0

In all important respects, the man who has nothing but his physical power to sell has nothing to sell which it is worth anyone's money to buy Votes: 0

Unless we love natural goods - sex, alcohol, food, money, success, power - in the way God intended, we become their slaves, as any addict can attest. Votes: 0

Politics is not about power. Politics is not about money. Politics is not about winning for the sake of winning. Politics is about the improvement of people's lives. Votes: 0

I believe - though I may be wrong, because I'm no expert - that this war is about what most wars are about: hegemony, money, power and oil. Votes: 0

If you print money like in Zimbabwe... the purchasing power of money goes down, and the standards of living go down, and eventually, you have a civil war. Votes: 0

The secret point of money and power in America is neither the things that money can buy nor power for power's sake but absolute personal freedom, mobility, privacy. Votes: 0

True wealth is not measured in money or status or power. It is measured in the legacy we leave behind for those we love and those we inspire. Votes: 0

Greed may not be good, but it's not so bad either. You humans think greed is just for money or power, but everyone wants something they can't have. Votes: 0

Something happens to people around fame and power and money - it can bring out the worst and best in people; it's a monster you have to tame. Votes: 0

I'm not afraid of wanting money at all. Money will give me more power to do things that are truer to my spirit than what I'm already doing. Votes: 0

A lot of celebrities just want money, fame, power, fancy cars, houses all over the world and have people BOW DOWN to them. To me, that's frightful behaviour. Votes: 0

But if inventions have increased man's power over nature very much, then the real value of money is better measured for some purposes in labour than in commodities. Votes: 0

Money is power, money is force, money will do good as harm. In the hands of good men and women it could accomplish, and it has accomplished, good. Votes: 0

I believe the power to make money is a gift from God...to be developed and used to the best of our ability for the good of mankind. Votes: 0

The proper way to create friends is to have a warm heart, not simply money or power. The friend of power and the friend of money are something different. Votes: 0

New York was no mere city. It was instead an infinitely romantic notion, the mysterious nexus of all love and money and power, the shining and perishable dream itself. Votes: 0

We fight for money ,we fight for power but after death nothings will be with youonly thing will be with you is your selfless work for needy and poor Votes: 0

Others loved themselves, money, theories, power: Lenin loved his fellow men.... Lenin was God, as Christ was God, because God is Love and Christ and Lenin were all Love! Votes: 0

I define power as control over ones life. A balanced life is far superior to the male definition of power: earning money someone else spends while he dies sooner. Votes: 0

One does not need buildings, money, power, or status to practice the Art of Peace. Heaven is right where you are standing, and that is the place to train. Votes: 0

The offers were, like, a lot of money - maybe not for other actors, but definitely for me. But I don't want that power. I don't want $20-million power. Votes: 0

The huge capacity to purchase submission that goes with any large sum of money, well, this we have. This is a power of which we should all be aware. Votes: 0

The first requisite of a sound monetary system is that it put the least possible power over the quantity or quality of money in the hands of the politicians. Votes: 0

Power is America's last dirty word. It is easier to talk about money - and much easier to talk about sex - than it is to talk about power. Votes: 0

You cannot reduce the power of story with the tag of money because it's not a share market. So you must know the seriousness of the power of storytelling. Votes: 0

I define power as 'control over one's life.' A balanced life is far superior to the male definition of power: earning money someone else spends while he dies sooner. Votes: 0

There is something fundamentally unfair about a government that takes away so much of people's money, power, and personal control while telling them that life will be better as a result. Votes: 0

If you want to make an ordinary man happy, or think that he is happy, give him money, power, flattery, gifts, honours. If you want to make a wise man happy - improve yourself! Votes: 0