Money Never Goes to Jail

Image via WikipediaTwo men were walking along a crowded sidewalk in a down-town business area. Suddenly one exclaimed, “Listen to the lovely sound of that cricket.” But the other could not hear. He asked his companion how he could detect the sound of a cricket amid the din of people and traffic. The first man, who was a zoologist, had traineed himself to listen to the voice of nature. But he didn’t explain. He simply took a coin out of his pocket and dropped it to the sidewalk, whereupon a dozen people began to look about them. “We hear,” he said, “what we listen for.” – Kermit L. Long




If American men are obsessed with money, American women are obsessed with weight. The men talk of gain, the women talk of loss, and I do not know which talk is more boring. – Marya Mannes



Money never goes to jail. – Arab proverb



I like Paris. They don’t talk so much of money, but more of sex. – Vera Stravinsky



It is extraordinary to what an expense of time and money people will go to get something for nothing. – Robert Lynd



A man’s treatment of money is the most decisive test of his character – how he makes it and how he spends it. – James Moffatt

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