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On Money

On money: Save it when you need it least. Spend it when you need it most.
Attributed to Franco Modigliani (1918 – 2003)
Italian-born U.S. economist

Money

“If you can count your money, you don’t have a billion dollars.”
- J. Paul Getty (1892-1976)

Money

Money was never a big motivation for me, except as a way to keep score. The real excitement is playing the game.
Donald Trump, “Trump: Art of the Deal”
US real estate construction & development businessman (1946 – )

Accounts Payable

An account of money owed to your vendors. The Accounts Payable account is shown on the Balance Sheet under the sub category Current Liabilities. A sub-ledger summary showing the money owed by each customer is called the Accounts Receivable Aging. Accounting programs also provide a detail listing of the aging which shows [...]

John Lennon – I don’t know how much money I’ve got

I don’t know how much money I’ve got…I did ask the accountant how much it came to. I wrote it down on a bit of paper. But I’ve lost the bit of paper.
John Lennon (1940 – 1980)
British rock musician.

Roberto Goizueta – You borrow money

You borrow money at a certain rate and invest it at a higher rate and pocket the difference. It’s that simple.
Roberto Goizueta (1931 – 1997)
U.S. business executive.The “Goizueta Rule of Investment.”
Fortune

Nigel Dennis – But then one is always excited

But then one is always excited by descriptions of money changing hands. It’s much more fundamental than sex.
Nigel Dennis (1912 – 1989)
British writer and dramatist.
Cards of Identity

Jane Austen – Business, you know, may bring money

Business, you know, may bring money, but friendship hardly ever does.
Jane Austen (1775 – 1817)
British novelist.
Emma

Paul Auster – Money, of course is never just money

Money, of course, is never just money. It’s always something else, and it’s always something more, and it always has the last word.
Paul Auster (1947 – )
U.S. writer.
Hand to Mouth