"Money isn't the most important thing. Love is.…

“Money isn’t the most important thing. Love is. Fortunately, I love money” is a joke that has been credited to American stand-up comedian Jackie Mason (1928-2021). His “My Favorite Jokes” column in Parade magazine on May 17, 1964, told the joke, but in a slightly longer form.

Wikipedia: Jackie Mason
Jackie Mason (born Yacov Moshe Hakohen Maza; June 9, 1928 – July 24, 2021) was an American stand-up comedian and film and television actor.

His 1986 one-man show The World According to Me! won a Special Tony Award, an Outer Critics Circle Award, an Ace Award, an Emmy Award, and earned a Grammy nomination.

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17 May 1964, Oakland (CA) Tribune, “My Favorite Jokes” by Jackie Mason, Parade magazine, pg. 12, cols. 2-3:
A psychiatrist was reassuring a patient with the fact that, while money is important, it is not the most important thing in life. “Actually,” he advised, “the most important thing in life is love.”

“In that case,” sighed the patient with relief, “I’m lucky—because I love money!”

Google Books
Datamation
Volume 24
1978
Pg. 97:
“Some people think that the most important thing in life is money. Love is the most important thing in life. Personally, I’m very fortunate because I love money.”
(Jackie Mason.—ed.)

Google Books
Money Magnet Mindset:
Tools to Keep You and Your Money on Track
By Marie-Claire Carlyle
London: Hay House UK Ltd.
2012
Pg. 53:
‘Money is not the most important thing in the world. Love is. Fortunately, I love money.’ –Jackie Mason

Google Books
Burn, Baby, Burn!:
Money & Markets Most Outrageous, Funny and Witty Quotes, Sayings and Stories
By José Manuel Moreira Batista
Morbat (Morbat.com)
2014
Pg. ?:
Money is not the most important thing in the world. Love is. Fortunately, I love money.
JACKIE MASON.

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4:23 AM - 10 Jan 2016