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Making lots of money - it's not that hard, you know. It's overestimated. Making lots of money is a breeze. You watch.

Money
Perhaps there are other bits of my life that would take on content, take on shadow, if only I read more and thought less about money.

Money
Money doesn't mind if we say it's evil, it goes from strength to strength. It's a fiction, an addiction, and a tacit conspiracy.

Money
Money differs from an automobile or mistress in being equally important to those who have it and those who do not.
Pennies don't fall from heaven. They have to be earned on earth.

Observer (London) (1979)
The substitution of monetary values for all other values is pushing society toward a dangerous disequilibrium.

The Cnsis of Global Capitalism (1998)
it's not how much you earn, it's how much you owe.

Speech (1986)
Most men love money and security more, and creation and construction less, as they get older.
The moral problem of our age is concerned with the love of money.

Essays in Persuasion (1925)
I've always had a place for every dollar that came in. I've never seen the day where I could say that I felt rich. Generally you have to worry about paying the bills.

Interview, Evening Standard [London](1974)
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