Alexis de Tocqueville Quotes

It's very American, making a lot of money.

Nobody seemed to be interested in anything except making money.

I think everything is a motive for money. Every thought, every belief, everything we're taught in school.

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

Money. All these guys care about is money. They want money. How much money have we given them?

today everything is commercialized--politics, religion, education, ideology, belief, the armed services. ...Everything has its price.

We must expect for a long time yet to see capitalists still striving to obtain the highest possible profits. But observe, that the passion for wealth is certainly in some senses new. It grew up very rapidly at the beginning of the present century; it was not so strong in the last century, when men were much more content to lead a quiet easy life of leisure. The change has really influenced the relations between men; but in the future it is quite possible that the scramble for wealth may grow less intense, and a change in the opposite direction take place.

It's all about bucks, kid. The rest is conversation.

Accumulate, accumulate! This is Moses and the Prophets!

In no other country in the world is the love of property keener or more alert than in the United States, and nowhere else does the majority display less inclination toward doctrines which in any way threaten the way property is owned.

Life is a game. Money is how we keep score.

There is nothing wrong with making money, but that's not particularly inspiring.

Today, the concept of business is to make money. Making money is the name of the business.

Every time you choose a perfume, you are voting. And, of course, I hope you vote for me. Not only for my ego, but for my pocketbook. The more you buy, the more money I make.

For me it's about the music, and it always has been. Maybe for some other people it's more about money.

It's important to me that I don't get trapped in the whole teen scene, because I feel that you can get lost in those kind of movies, and they aren't really about the actors; they're about the selling of the concept, and how much money it makes.

Sooner or later, we sell out for money.

Photography is more about money now but then so are most things.

A business that makes nothing but money is a poor business.

The music business is motivated by money. Music is motivated by energy and feelings.

Wal-Mart doesn't really care about your faith. Wal-Mart cares if you have money to spend, and it is going to be as generic as possible in exploiting the holiday season for every buck it can make.

Go where the money is... and go there often.

But men are so full of greed today, they'll sell anything for a little piece of money.

The crowd doesn't give a crap as long as you bring the money in.

Make money your god and it will plague you like the devil.