“Make a living, not a killing”
"Make a living, not a killing" has been cited in print since at least 1959 and has appeared on signs in the 2011 "Occupy Wall Street" protests. The saying plays upon the slang…
"Make a living, not a killing" has been cited in print since at least 1959 and has appeared on signs in the 2011 "Occupy Wall Street" protests. The saying plays upon the slang…
"Man is the only animal that can he skinned more than once" is a joke that dates to at least 1920. The joke centers on the slang sense of "being skinned" (being financially…
"Manny Hanny" was the popular nickname of Manufacturers Hanover Trust, an old New York City bank. It merged with Chemical Bank, and then Chemical Bank merged with Chase (the name used…
"Too many people spend money they haven't earned for things they don't need to impress people they don't like" is a classic statement of how some people spend money in…
The U.S. stock market experienced many all-time highs in 2014. "QOTD: 'Markets do not crash from all-time highs'" was posted on Twitter on May 12, 2014. "Markets don't…
"Markets make managers" means that, for some money managers, it pays to be lucky as well as good. If the stock market goes up (or down) as the money manager had predicted, the market has…
Entry in progress -- B.P. Google BooksMoney of the Mind: Borrowing and lending in America from the Civil War to Michael MilkenBy James Grant New York, NY: Noonday Press1994Pg. 424:Markets make…
"Marriage is about love and divorce is about money" is a popular saying among family lawyers and divorce planners. "If marriage is about love, then divorce is about money" was…
Entry in progress -- B.P. TwitterHawkward2.0@0Hawkward2Replying to @FuctupMikeMay you live as long as you want & never want as long as you live!10:36 PM · Feb 28, 2020·Twitter Web App
"May your heart be light and happy, may your smile be big and wide, and may your pockets always have a coin or two inside" is an Irish blessing (or proverb) that has been printed on many…
An Irish blessing has been printed on several images: "May your pockets be heavy and your heart be light. May good luck pursue you each morning and night." The origin of the saying is…
"Me: I want to travel. Bank account: Where? To work?" is a joke that has been printed on several images. The speaker is too poor to travel. "Me: I want to travel. Bank account:…
"Men are like bank accounts -- without a lot of money, they don't generate much interest" is a humorous one-line saying that has been printed on many gift items, such as posters,…
"Men make counterfeit money; in many more cases, money makes counterfeit men" is a quotation that has been printed on many images. American journalist Sydney J. Harris (1917-1986) wrote…
Paul H. Gilbert's syndicated newspaper column of "Daffynitions" (humorous or "daffy" definitions) included the following in January 1947: "MISER: A man who lets the…
"Modern slaves are not in chains. They are in debt" is a saying that has been printed on many images. Authorship is unknown. "Driving around yesterday, I saw the most accurate window…
"Modern slaves are not in chains. They are in debt" is a saying that has been printed on many images. Authorship is unknown. "Driving around yesterday, I saw the most accurate window…
"MOM stands for Mother, not Made Of Money" is a jocular line that has been printed on many gift items, such as T-shirts, bumper stickers and posters. "MOM stands for Mother, not Made…
"Money can buy a lot of things, but it doesn’t wiggle its butt every time you come in the door" -- that is, money can't buy a dog's love -- is a saying that has been printed…
"Money can't buy friends, but it can get a better class of enemy" is a jocular saying that has been reprinted many times. "Money can't get you friends, but it can get you a…