February 22, 2007: Money and knowledge (some quotes)

Time for something different. The constant chorus of catatonic cacophony needs a respite. These are some of my favorite quotes on the topics of MONEY and KNOWLEDGE.



Money is like an arm or a leg - use it or lose it. --Henry Ford

The use of money is all the advantage there is in having money. -- Ben. Franklin

It requires a great deal of boldness and a great deal of caution to make a great fortune, and when you have it, it requires ten times as much skill to keep it.--Ralph Waldo Emerson

If you know how to spend less than you get, you have the philosopher's stone. --Ben. Franklin

When I was young I used to think that money was the most important thing in life; now that I am old, I know it is. -- Oscar Wilde

Knowledge of what is does not open the door directly to what should be. --Albert Einstein

The greater our knowledge increases, the greater our ignorance unfolds.-- John F. Kennedy

The next best thing to knowing something is knowing where to find it. -- Samuel Johnson

One thing only I know, and that is that I know nothing. -- Socrates

He who knows little quickly tells it. -- Giuseppe Verdi

There are two times in a man's life when he should not speculate, when he can't afford it, and when he can. -- Mark Twain

I don't like money, actually, but it quiets my nerves. -- Joe Louis

Money is like manure. You have to spread it around or it smells. -- J. Paul Getty

A billion here and a billion there and pretty soon you're talking about real money. --Sen. Everett Dirksen

Our favorite holding period is forever. -- Warren Buffet

--------------------And a few from my favorite----------Winston Churchill

Personally I am always ready to learn, although I do not always like being taught.

Any man under 30 who is not a liberal has no heart, and any man over 30 who is not a conservative has no brains.

The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings. The inherent virtue of socialism is the equal sharing of miseries.

Kites rise highest against the wind, not with it

We get to make a living; we give to make a life.

The nation will find it very hard to look up to leaders who keep their ears to the ground.

This report, by its very length, defends itself against the risk of being read.

and one of my favorites:

I may be drunk madam, but in the morning I will be sober, and you will be just as ugly.