15 Movie Quotes about Money
Money can't buy happiness
Or can it? There’s research to suggest the opposite. Turns out that money after all certainly can have a positive impact on your happiness. But one has to be careful, money is a tool. If used correctly, it can absolutely have an impact on your well being and sense of self worth. Again, your self worth is not your net worth. Money can buy you time and experiences, but it can't change your mindset and it can't buy love and relationships. Here are our top movie quotes about money.
From the movie: Nomadland
“The odd thing is that we not only accept the tyranny of the dollar, the tyranny of the marketplace, we embrace it. We gladly throw the yoke of the tyranny of the dollar on and live by it our whole lives. I think of an analogy as a workhorse. The workhorse that is willing to work itself to death, and then be put out to pasture. And that’s what happens to so many of us.”
Bob Wells - Bob
From the TV Series: Elite
“It must be nice to be rich instead of having to develop a personality.”
Itzan Escamilla - Samuel Garcia
From the movie: Thunder Force
“Clyde-She’s probably hanging out with strippers, sipping smooth champagne, eating nachos filled with goose meat or something like that.
Lydia Berman-Clyde, you have a really weird vision of how rich people live.
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referring to Emily
Brendan Jennings - Clyde
Melissa McCarthy - Lydia Berman
From the TV Series: Game of Thrones
“Money buys a man’s silence for a time. A bolt in the heart buys it forever.”
Aidan Gillen - Petyr 'Littlefinger' Baelish
From the TV Series: Orange Is the New Black
“Bitch, if grateful paid the bills, we’d all be fuckin’ Bill Gates!”
Adrienne C. Moore - Cindy Hayes
From the movie: Nomadland
“It's strange that you encourage people to invest their whole life savings, go into debt, just to buy a house they can't afford.”
Frances McDormand - Fern
From the movie: The Current War
“The value of something isn't what someone's willing to pay, but the value of something is what it contributes.”
Michael Shannon - George Westinghouse
From the TV Series: Cobra Kai
“Man who works for passion always richer than who works for money.”
Ralph Macchio - Daniel LaRusso
From the movie: Death to 2020
“Davos is basically Coachella for billionaires.”
Samuel L. Jackson - Dash Bracket
From the TV Series: Gossip Girl
“Whoever said money doesn’t buy happiness didn’t know where to shop.”
Leighton Meester - Blair Waldorf
From the movie: 21 Bridges
“I tell you what, anybody tells you money can't buy happiness is full of shit.”
J. K. Simmons - Captain McKenna
From the movie: Uncut Gems
“Last year I made 125 million dollars. I don't even know what to do with my money anymore. I have nobody to spend it with, nobody to enjoy my life with anymore. It's horrible!”
Wayne Diamond - High Roller
From the movie: Jailhouse Rock
“It's a lesson to remember: without money, you might as well be dead.”
Mickey Shaughnessy - Hunk Houghton
From the movie: The Big Heat
“The main thing is to have the money. I've been rich and I've been poor. Believe me, rich is better.”
Gloria Grahame - Debby Marsh
From the movie: White Heat
“Money's just paper if you don't spend it.”
Virginia Mayo - Verna Jarrett