Quotes of Cent - somelinesforyou

“ There shall be in England seven halfpenny loaves sold for a penny; the three-hooped pot shall have ten hoops; and I will make it felony to drink small beer. ”

- William Shakespeare

“ Hollywood's a place where they'll pay you a thousand dollars for a kiss, and fifty cents for your soul. I know, because I turned down the first offer often enough and held out for the fifty cents. ”

- Marilyn Monroe

“ Go out and buy yourself a five-cent pencil and a ten-cent notebook and begin to write down some million-dollar ideas for yourself. ”

- Bob Grinde

“ There are plenty of good five-cent cigars in the country. The trouble is they cost a quarter. What this country really needs is a good five-cent nickel. ”

- Franklin P. Adams

“ A woman's two cents worth is worth two cents in the music business. ”

- Loretta Lynn

“ Show business is really 90 per cent luck and 10 per cent being able to handle it when it gets offered to you. ”

- Tommy Steele

“ Genius is one per cent inspiration and ninety-nine per cent perspiration. ”

- Thomas Alva Edison

“ Then, during the last six months, my body took a turn for the better. I feel 100 per cent better than I did five years ago. ”

- Barry Gibb

“ Stock prices have been quoted in fractions for two centuries, based on a system descended from Spanish pieces of eight. Each dollar was cut into eight bits worth 12.5 cents each. ”

- Charles A. Jaffe

“ What this country needs is a good five-cent nickel. ”

- Frank Adams

“ I make a lot of money, but I don't want to talk about that. I work very hard and I'm worth every cent. ”

- Naomi Campbell

“ The poorest man in the world is not a man without a cent to his name, but it's the man who does not have a dream. ”

- Unknown

“ Beauty isn't worth thinking about; what's important is your mind. You don't want a fifty-dollar haircut on a fifty-cent head. ”

- Garrison Keillor

“ That guy in a twenty-five cent bleacher seat is as much entitled to know a call as the guy in the boxes. He can see my arm signal even if he can't hear my voice. ”

- Bill Klem

“ I went to a record store and asked for 50 cent. They kicked me out for pan-handling. ”

- Jay London

“ What this country needs is a really good five cent cigar. ”

- Thomas R. Marshall

“ I think I coulda landed on a dime. I really do. ”

- Evel Knievel

“ Don't spend $2 to dry clean a shirt. Instead, donate it to the Salvation Army. They'll clean it and put it on a hanger. The next morning buy it back for seventy- five cents. ”

- William Coronel

“ Why does a small tax increase cost you two hundred dollars and s substantial tax cut save you thirty cents? ”

- Peg Bracken

“ I never write Metropolis for seven cents because I can get the same price for city. I never write policeman because I can get the same money for cop. ”

- Mark Twain

“ Hollywood is a place where they'll pay you a thousand dollars for a kiss and fifty cents for your soul. ”

- Marilyn Monroe

“ When someone asks you, A penny for your thoughts, and you put your two cents in, what happens to the other penny? ”

- George Carlin

“ What I give form to in daylight is only one per cent of what I have seen in darkness. ”

- M. C. Escher

“ Real freedom is having nothing. I was freer when I didn't have a cent. ”

- Mike Tyson

“ Why does a slight tax increase cost you two hundred dollars and a substantial tax cut save you thirty cents. ”

- Peg Bracken

“ I never was much for saving money, as money. I devoted every cent, regardless of future needs, to scientific books and materials for experiments. ”

- Thomas A. Edison

“ It takes a good deal of physical courage to ride a horse. This, however, I have. I get it at about forty cents a flask, and take it as required. ”

- Stephen B. Leacock

“ The poor man is not he who is without a cent, but he who without a dream. ”

- Harry Kemp

“ My dog is worried about the economy because Alpo is up to 99 cents a can. That's almost $7.00 in dog money. ”

- Joe Weinstein

“ What this country needs is a good five cent cigar. ”

- Franklin P. Adams
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