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-- G.B. Shaw

"Ask two economists a question and you'll always get two
different answers, unless one of them is Keynes in which
case you'll get three."

-- Winston Churchill

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....they still wouldn't reach a conclusion.

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"Arthur L. Rubin" <ronnirubin[at]sprintmail.com> wrote:
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Ah, I see someone else didn't appreciate their required
economics classes in college either. Wouldn't be so bad,
but in my experience, economics professors do not appreciate
a spirited exchange of ideas, and have no sense of humor.

Jo

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QUOTES ABOUT MONEY

What this country needs is a good five-cent nickel. --Frank
Adams

A study of economics usually reveals that the best time to
buy anything is last year. --Marty Allen

Credit cards are VERY dangerous. Every time I try to use one
somebody starts chasing me with scissors. --J. Bothne

Many speak the truth when they say that they despise riches,
but they mean the riches possessed by other men. --Charles
Caleb Colton

Happiness can't buy money. --Bob Hope

If the nation's economists were laid end to end, they would
point in all directions. --Arthur H. Motley

Certainly there are things in life that money can't buy, but
it's very funny -- Did you ever try buying then without
money? --Ogden Nash

The wages of sin are death, but after taxes are taken out,
it's just a tired feeling. --Paula Poundstone

Next to being shot at and missed, nothing is really quite as
satisfying as an income tax refund. --F. J. Raymond

Money can't buy happiness but it will get you a better class
of memories. --Ronald Reagan

Nuclear physics is much easier than tax law. It's rational
and always works the same way. --Jerold Rochwald

A criminal is a person with predatory instincts who has not
sufficient capital to form a corporation. --Howard Scott

My mistake was buying stock in the company. Now I'm worried
about the lousy work I'm turning out. --Marvin Townsend

A banker is a fellow who lends you his umbrella when the sun
is shining and wants it back the minute it begins to rain.
--Mark Twain

I'm opposed to millionaires, but it would be dangerous to
offer me the same opportunity. --Mark Twain

If you think nobody cares if you're alive, try missing a
couple of car payments. --Earl Wilson

I've got all the money I'll ever need if I die by four
o'clock. --Henny Youngman

If poverty is a blessing in disguise, the disguise is
perfect. --Henny Youngman

Lottery: a tax on people who are bad at math. --Unknown

Recession is when your neighbor loses his job. Depression is
when you lose your job. These economic downturns are very
difficult to predict, but sophisticated econometric modeling
houses like Data Resources and Chase Econometrics have
successfully predicted 14 of the last 3 recessions.
--Unknown

Advertising may be described as the science of arresting the
human intelligence long enough to get money from it.
--Unknown

In spite of the cost of living, it's still popular. --Kathy
Norris

--
Jo Firey

"Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but
by the moments that take our breath away."

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My mother gave me a list of the things in this world money
can not buy: misery, poverty, hunger, and thirst.

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