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Money Quotes

‘Cause we are Shmooping in a material world.

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Money Quotes

Looks like Jessie J got it wrong. For some people, it really is about the pricetag. Click on any money quote below to see it in context and find out where it falls on Shmoop's pretentious scale. We'll give you details on who said it, when they said it, and in some cases, why on earth they thought it was okay to say it.

"An Oxford man!"

Source: The Great Gatsby | Author: F. Scott Fitzgerald

"And it'd be our own, an' nobody could can us."

Source: Of Mice and Men | Author: John Steinbeck

"Are you gonna bark all day, little doggie, or are you gonna bite?"

Source: Reservoir Dogs | Speaker: Mr. Blonde

"Call me Ishmael."

Source: Moby-Dick | Author: Herman Melville

"Can you pay my bills?"

Source: "Bills Bills Bills" | Speaker: Destiny's Child

"Chivalry is not only dead, it's decomposed."

Source: The Palm Beach Story | Speaker: John D. Hackensacker III

"Christmas won't be Christmas without any presents"

Source: Little Women | Author: Louisa May Alcott

"Come on down!"

Source: The Price is Right | Speaker: Johnny Olson

"Come up and see me sometime."

Source: She Done Him Wrong | Speaker: Lady Lou

"Dyin' ain't much of a living, boy."

Source: The Outlaw Josey Wales | Speaker: Josey Wales

"Eddie, you're a born loser."

Source: The Hustler | Speaker: Bert Gordon

"Follow the money."

Source: All the President's Men | Speaker: Deep Throat

"Gatsby, who represented everything for which I have an unaffected scorn"

Source: The Great Gatsby | Author: F. Scott Fitzgerald

"God sees everything"

Source: The Great Gatsby | Speaker: F. Scott Fitzgerald

"Greed is good."

Source: Wall Street | Speaker: Gordon Gekko

"Greed, for lack of a better word, is good."

Source: Wall Street | Speaker: Gordon Gekko

"He was balancing himself on the dashboard of his car with that resourcefulness of movement that is so peculiarly American"

Source: The Great Gatsby | Speaker: F. Scott Fitzgerald

"Her voice is full of money"

Source: The Great Gatsby | Author: F. Scott Fitzgerald

"Hurry up and bring your jukebox money!"

Source: "Love Shack" | Speaker: The B-52's

"I always say a kiss on the hand might feel very good, but a diamond tiara lasts forever."

Source: Gentlemen Prefer Blondes | Speaker: Lorelei Lee

"I am a material girl."

Source: Material Girl | Speaker: Madonna

"I call people rich when they're able to meet the requirements of their imagination."

Source: The Portrait of a Lady | Author: Henry James

"I drink your milkshake."

Source: There Will Be Blood | Speaker: Daniel Plainview

"I'd like to buy a vowel."

Source: Wheel of Fortune | Speaker: Contestants

"I'll be taking these Huggies and whatever cash you got."

Source: Raising Arizona | Speaker: H.I. McDunnough

"I'm the Dude, man."

Source: The Big Lebowski | Speaker: The Dude

"If I was alone I could live so easy. I could go get a job an' work, an' no trouble."

Source: Of Mice and Men | Author: John Steinbeck

"If it weren't for graft, you'd get a very low type of people in politics."

Source: The Great McGinty | Speaker: Skeeters

"In vain have I struggled. It will not do. My feelings will not be repressed. You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you."

Source: Pride and Prejudice | Author: Jane Austen

"Is it safe?"

Source: Marathon Man | Speaker: Dr. Christian Szell

"Is that your final answer?"

Source: Who Wants to Be a Millionaire | Speaker: Regis Philbin

"It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife."

Source: Pride and Prejudice | Author: Jane Austen

"It's not about the money, money, money."

Source: Price Tag | Speaker: Jessie J

"Like a rolling stone."

Source: Like a Rolling Stone | Speaker: Bob Dylan

"Look for the bare necessities, the simple bare necessities."

Source: Bare Necessities | Speaker: Baloo

"Match me, Sidney."

Source: Sweet Smell of Success | Speaker: J.J. Hunsecker

"Money is the barometer of a society's virtue."

Source: Atlas Shrugged | Author: Ayn Rand

"My own house was an eyesore, but it was a small eyesore"

Source: The Great Gatsby | Author: F. Scott Fitzgerald

"My precious."

Source: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers | Author: J.R.R. Tolkien

"Old Sport"

Source: The Great Gatsby | Author: F. Scott Fitzgerald

"Real diamonds! They must be worth their weight in gold!"

Source: Some Like it Hot | Speaker: Sugar Kane Kowalczyk

"Show me the money!"

Source: Jerry Maguire | Speaker: Rod Tidwell

"The face that launched a thousand ships"

Source: Doctor Faustus | Author: Christopher Marlowe

"The love of money is the root of all evil."

Source: 1 Timothy 6:10 | Author: Paul

"The only two certainties in life are death and taxes."

Source: None | Speaker: Mark Twain

"Vegas, baby, Vegas!"

Source: Swingers | Speaker: Trent Walker

"We are the world."

Source: We Are the World | Speaker: Every Famous Singer Ever

"We could live offa the fatta the lan'."

Source: Of Mice and Men | Author: John Steinbeck

"We rob banks."

Source: Bonnie and Clyde | Speaker: Clyde Barrow

"When your man wanna get buckwild…"

Source: "Hit 'Em Up Style" | Speaker: Blu Cantrell

"Whenever you feel like criticizing any one," he told me, "just remember that all the people in this world haven't had the advantages that you've had."

Source: The Great Gatsby | Author: F. Scott Fitzgerald

"Who are you wearing?"

Source: Joan Rivers, on the red carpet | Speaker: Joan Rivers

"You know what the weirdest part about having a job is?"

Source: Girls | Speaker: Jessa Johansson

"You know, Billy. We blew it."

Source: Easy Rider | Speaker: Wyatt

"You must never lend any money to anybody unless they don't need it."

Source: Bankers Are Just Like Anybody Else, Except Richer | Author: Ogden Nash

"You're the sanest man that ever walked into this courtroom."

Source: Mr. Deeds Goes to Town | Speaker: Judge May

"You're worth the whole damn bunch put together."

Source: The Great Gatsby | Author: F. Scott Fitzgerald