You know people talk about federal money as if it falls from heaven. You know we thank heaven for it, but it came out of people’s pockets – and I’ve driven all over Washington, D.C., I cannot find the money tree.

‚Credit‘ is another word for trustworthiness.

Rule No.1: Never lose money. Rule No.2: Never forget rule No.1.

I just think that – when a country needs more income and we do, we’re only taking in 15 percent of GDP, I mean, that – that – when a country needs more income, they should get it from the people that have it.

Money is the seed of money, and the first guinea is sometimes more difficult to acquire than the second million.

Even if the government spends itself into bankruptcy and the economy still does not recover, Keynesians can always say that it would have worked if only the government had spent more.

In general, the art of government consists of taking as much money as possible from one class of citizens to give to another.

It is a way to take people’s wealth from them without having to openly raise taxes. Inflation is the most universal tax of all.

There are only three ways to meet the unpaid bills of a nation. The first is taxation. The second is repudiation. The third is inflation.

Taxpayers have long memories, especially when it comes to how their hard-earned money is spent.

I made lots of mistakes – the number one mistake being trusting other people with my money.

With regard to donations always expect the most from prudent people, who keep their own accounts.

I cap myself when I shop; I don’t like to spend extravagant amounts on clothes. But, I do get lent clothes for events, it’s scary to wear something so expensive, but I feel really pampered.

In liberal logic, if life is unfair then the answer is to turn more tax money over to politicians, to spend in ways that will increase their chances of getting reelected.

Me and my dad are the biggest promoters of an estate tax in the US. It’s not a popular position.

Money has to serve, not to rule.

With the amount of money I have, it’s difficult raising children the way I was raised.

The time to save is now. When a dog gets a bone, he doesn’t go out and make a down payment on a bigger bone. He buries the one he’s got.

When I was a kid, there were no credit cards. Instead, retailers offered layaway plans. My mom would go to a store, such as a furniture outlet, choose the sofa she wanted, and put it on layaway. That meant she put a little money down to hold the sofa, and every payday she’d pay a little toward the purchase.

Clearly this is a tough economic time, and a lot of families are hurting. So when we talk to parents, we talk about small changes for kids and things that don’t cost extra money. Like adding water and eliminating sugary drinks and sodas. That’s going to save money right there. Or adding a few more vegetables.

My philosophy is that if I have any money I invest it in new ventures and not have it sitting around.

I spend my money on my props and my creations. I’m an inventor.

When you look at how much we spend on social programs in our country, it separates us from a lot of countries. In our country, if you’re hungry, we’ll feed you. If you’re homeless, we’ll house you. If you’re too poor to be sick, we’ll pay for your doctor. But all of that comes at a cost.

The people are hungry: It is because those in authority eat up too much in taxes.

We’ve all heard stories of lottery winners, rock stars, heirs and heiresses, and professional athletes becoming millionaire morons who wake up rich but are broke by nightfall.

When a new source of taxation is found it never means, in practice, that the old source is abandoned. It merely means that the politicians have two ways of milking the taxpayer where they had one before.

Washington isn’t a city, it’s an abstraction.

Balanced budget requirements seem more likely to produce accounting ingenuity than genuinely balanced budgets.

Thrift is of great revenue.

The hardest thing to understand in the world is the income tax.

On ‚Mystic River,‘ I had to cut my salary and everyone else’s to get it made.

Watch your finances like a hawk.

Bottom line is, I didn’t return to Apple to make a fortune. I’ve been very lucky in my life and already have one. When I was 25, my net worth was $100 million or so. I decided then that I wasn’t going to let it ruin my life. There’s no way you could ever spend it all, and I don’t view wealth as something that validates my intelligence.

A man is usually more careful of his money than he is of his principles.

Those 62 million girls who are not being educated around the world impact my life in Washington, D.C., in the United States of America. Because if we aren’t empowering and providing the skills and the resources to half of our population, then we’re not realizing our full potential as a society, as mankind.

Car designers are just going to have to come up with an automobile that outlasts the payments.

If anything, taxes for the lower and middle class and maybe even the upper middle class should even probably be cut further. But I think that people at the high end – people like myself – should be paying a lot more in taxes. We have it better than we’ve ever had it.

For every benefit you receive a tax is levied.

The rich continue to get rich the same way they always have – by understanding how money works and making their money work for them.

Money can’t buy life.

I mean, I do think at a certain point you’ve made enough money.

We need earmark reform, and when I’m President, I will go line by line to make sure that we are not spending money unwisely.

Money has always been in politics. And I’m not sure you’d want money to be completely out of politics.

Give me five minutes with a person’s checkbook, and I will tell you where their heart is.

The most important thing for a young man is to establish a credit… a reputation, character.

We don’t seem to be able to check crime, so why not legalize it and then tax it out of business?

We are not spending the Federal Government’s money, we are spending the taxpayer’s money, and it must be spent n a way which guarantees his money’s worth and yields the fullest possible benefit to the people being helped.

Working hard to earn more money and then giving it away in higher taxes isn’t financially intelligent, even if you do put some of it into a retirement account.

If I was a billionaire, I’d be smart with my money.

It is incumbent on every generation to pay its own debts as it goes. A principle which if acted on would save one-half the wars of the world.

A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul.

It’s time to start thinking differently about money and debt and start the healing process – and the process toward wealth and freedom. ‚Freedom from Bad Debt‘ can get you started.

Look at our society. Everyone wants to be thin, but nobody wants to diet. Everyone wants to live long, but few will exercise. Everybody wants money, yet seldom will anyone budget or control their spending.

To tax the community for the advantage of a class is not protection: it is plunder.

Here is my principle: Taxes shall be levied according to ability to pay. That is the only American principle.

Getting rich is about fun. It’s a game, and you have to treat it that way.

At age nine, I got a paper route. Sixty-six papers had to be delivered to sixty-six families every day. I also had to collect thirty cents a week from each customer. I owed the paper twenty cents per customer per week, and got to keep the rest. When I didn’t collect, the balance came out of my profit. My average income was six dollars a week.

Every dollar I made from DJing, I put into my videos, promotion – everything.

If you believe that tax policy has nothing to do with the economy, then you’re pretty much like a rock, only dumber.

I have plenty of money, unlike other Hollywood celebrities or athletes that have not invested well.

Government’s view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.