You know John Hurt, Mds308! Glad to know you. I learned his songs back in the early 70s. Was there ever a sweeter man. Thanks for the reply. I'm glad to know you.
Oh...remember "Payday"? Another great song. I wouldn't have remembered its connection to this post if you hadn't replied. You mentioned "Coffee Blues." Nice, and I think of John Hurt everytime I open a new can of Maxwell House. I'm thrilled that you love his music, too. I'll bet we could talk.
Here's an neat website with quotes about money--http://www.wisebread.com/64-funny-inspiring-and-stupid-money-quotes-from-famous-people. "Money often costs too much." --Ralph Waldo Emerson. He must have said that in a coin shop.
I went to that Web Site and many of those quotes were already used here. Some funny stuff. Woody Allen always has some great zingers too. The one attributed to Robin Williams:
"Cocaine is Gods way of telling you that you make too much money."
I posted that one here and attributed it to Richard Pryor. I Googled it and I found it to be stated by both Pryor and Williams. Not sure who 'COINED' it first but I would lean towards Pryor.
Maybe I should get back to work before I fire myself.
And while we're on the subject, here's another for y'all from a musical:
Opening lines
Sold! Your number, sir? Thank you. Lot 665, ladies and gentlemen, a papier-mache musical box in the shape of a barrel organ. Attached, the figure of a monkey in Persian robes, playing the symbols. This item discovered in the vaults of the theatre, still in working order. May I start at 20 francs? 15, then? 15.9 bid, thank you, 20, 25, thank you, Mme. Giry, 30, selling at 30 then, 30 once, twice, sold, for 30 francs, to the Vicomte de Chagny, thank you, sir.
--Prologue, Andrew Lloyd Webber's Phantom of the Opera
(we will not talk about how I just did that from memory)
Also:
Eponine, who is that girl?
Some bourgeois two-a-penny thing.
Eponine, find her for me!
What will you give me?
Anything!
Gotcha all excited now, but God knows what you see in her. Aren't you all delighted, now--no, I don't want your money, sir.
He let me eat my fill, I had the lion's share. The silver in my hand cost twice what I had earned In all those nineteen years, a lifetime of despair And yet he trusted me. The old fool trusted me! He'd done his bit of good. I played the grateful serf, and thanked him, like I should. But when the house was silent I got up in the night Took the silver, took--my flight!
--"Prologue," Les Miserables
Come here, my dear! What is this trinket you wear? This bagatelle?
Madame, I'll sell it to you!
I'll give ya four!
That wouldn't pay for the chain!
I'll give you five. You're far too eager to sell. It's up to you.
It's all I have.
That's not my fault.
Please, make it ten!
No more than five! My dear, we all must stay alive!
...
What pretty hair! What pretty locks you got there! What luck you've got! It's worth a centime, my dear! I'll take the lot!
Don't touch me! Leave me alone!
Let's make a price--I'll give you all of ten francs. Just think of that, just think of that.
It pays a debt. What can I do? It pays a debt! Ten francs may save my poor Cosette!
...
Come on, dearie, why all the fuss? You're no grander than the rest of us. Life has dropped you at the bottom of the heap. Join your sisters. Make money in your sleep.
--"Lovely Ladies," Les Miserables
I had a little hunch you could use a little flow.
Tutoring again?
Negative.
Back at NYU?
No, no, no. I rewired the ATM at the Food Emporium To provide an honorarium To anyone with the code.
The code? Well?
A-N-G-E-L. Yet Robin Hooding isn't the solution. The powers that be must be undermined where they dwell In a small, exclusive gourmet institution Where we overcharge the wealthy clientele!
--"Finale A," RENT
And finally, one I'm a bit shocked I don't think I've seen anyone mention yet:
Then the man they called Judas Iscariot came to the priests and said "How much will you give me to betray him to you?" They paid him thirty pieces of silver. And from that moment on, he began to look out for an opportunity to betray him. John the Baptist/Judas, "Godspell," adapted from the Gospel of Matthew
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