By Shannon Christman
“Money is the root of all evil.” How many times have you heard that? I’ve heard it more times than I can count, and I’ve even spotted it hanging on the wall of the Monkees’ apartment on TV. It’s a popular thing to say, but it’s not true.
Without getting […]

A friend brought by some old silver certificate bills and asked me how he could exchange them for silver. When I explained that he couldn’t, he said the thought that money was backed by the gold and silver in Fort Knox. While it is true that at one time it was, the US government stopped […]

One of the things that I miss most about Japan is their efficient public transportation system. There is absolutely no need to own a car in Japan. The same can’t be said in the US. When I do go to San Francisco, I try to take the Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) system as much […]

“Every morning I get up and look through the Forbes list of the richest people in America. If I’m not there, I go to work.” - Robert Orben
The Latest List
(and why I posted this )
And for those that are curious if you’ll be on that list someday…
Do you have what it takes to be […]

“Money can’t buy love, but it improves your bargaining position.” - Christopher Marlowe

“To make a million, start with $900,000.” - Morton Shulman

“I’m living so far beyond my income that we may almost be said to be living apart.” - E.E. Cummings

“Don’t go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.” - Mark Twain

“Instead of getting married again, I’m going to find a woman I don’t like and just give her a house.” - Steven Seagal

“Adults are just children who earn money.” - Kenneth Branaugh

“Many wealthy people are little more than janitors of their possessions.” - Frank Lloyd Wright

“You have to think outside of conventional wisdom to break through your debt.” - Dave Hoffman

“Money was invented so we could know exactly how much we owe.” - Cullen Hightower

“He is richest who is content with the least.” - Socrates

“A man has one hundred dollars and you leave him with two dollars, that’s subtraction.” - Mae West

“He who is not contented with what he has, would not be contented with what he would like to have.” - Socrates

“That some should be rich shows that others may become rich, and hence is just encouragement to industry and enterprise.” - Abraham Lincoln

“The only way not to think about money is to have a great deal of it.” - Edith Wharton

“It is generally agreed that casinos should, in the public interest, be inaccessible and expensive. And perhaps the same is true of Stock Exchanges.” - John Maynard Keynes

“Only sick music makes money today.” - Friedrich Nietzsche