James Baldwin

To be a Negro in this country and to be relatively conscious is to be in a rage almost all the time.

Never spend your money before you have it.

Money is better than poverty, if only for financial reasons.

Money frees you from things you dislike. Since I dislike doing nearly everything, money comes in handy.

Money often costs too much.

A man has one hundred dollars and you leave him with two dollars, that’s subtraction!

People say that money is not the key to happiness, but I always figured if you have enough money, you can have a key made.

I’m living so far beyond my income that we may almost be said to be living apart.

I have enough money to last me the rest of my life, unless I buy something.

I put a dollar in one of those change machines. Nothing changed!

Don’t depend on anyone but yourself for providing financial security.

I have never been in a situation where having money made it worse.

If you’re given a choice between money and sex appeal, take the money. As you get older, the money will become your sex appeal.

I’m so naive about finances. Once when my mother mentioned an amount and I realized I didn’t understand, she had to explain: ‘That’s like three Mercedes.’ Then I understood.

No one would remember the Good Samaritan if he’d only had good intentions – he had money, too.

They were a people so primitive they did not know how to get money, except by working for it.