John Kenneth Galbraith Quotes

The only people who claim that money is not important are people who have enough money so that they are relieved of the ugly burden of thinking about it.

The only people who really worry about money are the very poor and the very rich.

Money is a strange thing. It ranks with love as our greatest source of joy, and with death as our greatest source of anxiety.

Fame does lead to money, which I don't have a close relationship with. I'm the kind of guy who never sees the money - it all goes somewhere else. I don't understand it, I don't like to deal with it. I have a fear of not having it, because I grew up without it.

The only way not to think about money is to have a great deal of it.

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

I always felt very insecure financially as a child. I was desperate to understand money as a child. I was desperate to be secure. Because I always felt like the rug could be pulled from under me.

Money is one of the most important subjects of your entire life. Some of life's greatest enjoyments and most of life's greatest disappointments stem from your decisions about money. Whether you experience great peace of mind or constant anxiety will depend on getting your finances under control.

Yes, there is a burden of financial insecurity. I don't think you find it in mood. Income is correlated with life satisfaction, so maybe you do find it in life satisfaction. You don't find it in mood, and I think it is very important.

I don't like money, actually, but it quiets my nerves.

Try paying the bills with love. The idea I am trying to espouse is that you can have both love and money, and be rich and generous.

When I had money, I felt pressure, whether it was to invest it or do good with it, and I couldn't let it fizzle out. It was like I needed to prove to myself that I could look after it, only I did the opposite, but you have to take a chance in life.

The financial reward is great and I love the life I have, but all money makes possible is for you to stop worrying about money. Then you have freedom to live your life.

I'm always worried about my money for some reason.

You know, there are people making a lot of money in this country who can actually afford their own health care. We are in a situation where we got a safety net in place in this country for people who frankly don't need one. We got to focus on making sure we got a safety net for those who actually need it.

I have always been afraid of banks.

I don't know if the money I've earned is going to need to last me for the next few weeks or the rest of my life.

I'm not a very good financing person. I don't even know how much money I have in my bank account. I never have opened one single envelope from the bank - they freak me out.

People think money is life and your life is over if you lose it.

I am hard-core middle class.

I think that people need to become more educated about money. We need to stop creating systems that benefit only the most-cutthroat sharks.

It doesn't matter whether you are rich or poor - as long as you've got money.

Opposites may attract, but I wouldn't put my money on a relationship of financial opposites.

I don't know of a Democrat - whether they're a conservative, a centrist or a liberal Democrat - that doesn't think that it's important to have quality jobs that pay decent wages so that families can support themselves, so that they can have the dignity of being able to afford health care, put money aside for pension, buy a home.

My own experience in the third world was that even if people started to make more money, the cost of living and housing increased often faster than the wages.