Nowadays nothing but money counts: a fortune brings honors friendships the poor man everywhere lies low.

I know of nothing more despicable and pathetic than a man who devotes all the hours of the waking day to the making of money for money's sake.

The trouble with our people is as soon as they got out of slavery they didn't want to give the white man nothing else. But the fact is you got to give em something. Either your money your land your woman or your ass.

Nothing induces me to read a novel except when I have to make money by writing about it. I detest them.

One must beware of ministers who can do nothing without money and those who want to do everything with money.

You loan your friend money. You see them again they don't say nothin' 'bout the money. 'Hi how ya doin'? How's ya mama doing?' Man how's my money doin'?

Money it turned out was exactly like sex you thought of nothing else if you didn't have it and thought of other things if you did.

Nothing is so strongly fortified that it cannot be taken by money.

The man who has no money is poor but one who has nothing but money is poorer. He only is rich who can enjoy without owning he is poor who though he has millions is covetous.

I have ways of making money that you know nothing of.