Louis C. K. Quotes

Money is like manure. You have to spread it around or it smells.

Money is like manure: if you don't spread it around, nothing grows.

Money is like muck, not good except it be spread.

Money is like manure, its only good if you spread it around.

A pretty good test of a man's religion is how it affects his pocketbook.

I think that people who make a lot of money - and I do - should certainly give a considerable amount of it away.

Don't accumulate if you do not need. The excess of wealth in your hands is for the society, and you are the trustee for the same.

Money is just something to be circulated.

You cannot spend money in luxury without doing good to the poor. Nay, you do more good to them by spending it in luxury, than by giving it; for by spending it in luxury, you make them exert industry, whereas by giving it, you keep them idle.

It seems the most logical thing in the world to believe that the natural resources of the Earth, upon which the race depends for food, clothing and shelter, should be owned collectively by the race instead of being the private property of a few social parasites.

If one has been blessed or have been fortunate enough to have got much more than normal wealth, it is but natural that one expects a certain fiduciary responsibility in terms of how that wealth is applied, used and leveraged for purposes of society.

I don't believe in sharing my money. If I go out and work my nuts off and make some money, I don't feel that I should have to share it with my community.

Money is like manure, of very little use except it be spread.

My parents survived the Great Depression and brought me up to live within my means, save some for tomorrow, share and don't be greedy, work hard for the necessities in life knowing that money does not make you better or more important than anyone else. So, extravagance has been bred out of my DNA.

Money is like manure. It's most effective when it's spread around widely.

GDP simply measures the circulation of money in the economy, not whether or not the outcome of using that money is positive or negative.

Each piece of money is a mere coin, or means of circulation, only so long as it actually circulates.

My father used to say, 'You can spend a lot of time making money. The tough time comes when you have to give it away properly.' How to give something back, that's the tough part in life.

Our wealth is rewarded directly in proportion to the number of people with whom we are willing to share.

There is enough to go around. Lack of the will to share is the problem, not lack of the stuff to share.

On why he has donated $600 million to selected charities. I simply decided I had enough money.

Money is like manure; it's not worth a thing unless it's spread around encouraging young things to grow.

The liberal posture really requires a willingness to give to others, and that works, as I say, when you have an expanding pie. But if you don't have an expanding pie, everyone starts hunkering down.

It is a shame for a man to be a millionaire in possessions if he is not also a millionaire in beneficence.

I don't know how many millions I'll make, so I have to give some back to charity. God blesses me with the money, but only if I give some away.