--- title: "Meaning & Key Takeaway of: I don't feel like I get germs when I hold…" description: "\"I don't feel like I get germs when I hold money. Money has a certain kind of amnesty. I feel, when I'm holding money, that the dollar bill has no more ..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/436/andy-warhol-746_amnesty_i-don-t-feel-like-i-get-germs-when-i-hol_2938081.jpg" --- # I don't feel like I get germs when I hold money. Money has… ![“I don't feel like I get germs when I hold money. Money has a certain kind of amnesty. I feel, when I'm holding money, that the dollar bill has no more germs on it than my hands do. When I pass my hand over money, it becomes perfectly clean to me. I don't know where it's been - who's touched it and…” quote by Andy Warhol](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/436/andy-warhol-746_amnesty_i-don-t-feel-like-i-get-germs-when-i-hol_2938081.jpg) [Download](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/436/andy-warhol-746_amnesty_i-don-t-feel-like-i-get-germs-when-i-hol_2938081.jpg) [Open image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/436/andy-warhol-746_amnesty_i-don-t-feel-like-i-get-germs-when-i-hol_2938081.jpg) > “I don't feel like I get germs when I hold money. Money has a certain kind of amnesty. I feel, when I'm holding money, that the dollar bill has no more germs on it than my hands do. When I pass my hand over money, it becomes perfectly clean to me. I don't know where it's been - who's touched it and with what - but that's all erased the moment I touch it.” [Andy Warhol](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-warhol/) ## About This Quote This interpretation was drafted with AI assistance. It is one reading of the quote, not the author's own explanation. He perceives money as clean, feeling that touching it erases its history and germs, granting it a sense of amnesty. **In simple terms:** Money feels clean and free of past contamination when held. Key Takeaway Recognize the psychological comfort money can provide. Themes money perception psychology cleanliness Mood neutral observational Type personal philosophical When to use this quote - shopping - financial decisions - gift giving Key Concepts consumer behavior symbolic value Questions to Reflect On - How does money influence your sense of safety? - Do you treat other objects similarly? A Different Perspective This view may ignore real health risks associated with cash. ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet [Amnesty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/amnesty/) [Dollars](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dollars/) [Moments](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/moments/) [Money](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/money/) ## Related quotes > [I hate how everyone acts like they are ballin this time of year posting pictures of them holding money. Everyone gets taxes back player.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/i-hate-how-everyone-acts-like-they-are-ballin-this-time-of-year/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Who would you trust right now? Which bank would you trust? Which investment would you trust? Do you really want to put your money;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-ariely/who-would-you-trust-right-now-which-bank-would-you-trust-which/) [Dan Ariely](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-ariely/) > [The longer you hold a dollar, the longer you hold money, the more valuable it becomes over time. So the younger you are, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hill-harper/the-longer-you-hold-a-dollar-the-longer-you-hold-money-the-more/) [Hill Harper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hill-harper/) > [Do you know how many athletes go broke three years after they stop playing? I want to help them hold on to their money.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jay-z/do-you-know-how-many-athletes-go-broke-three-years-after-they-stop/) [Jay-Z](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jay-z/) > [Policy makers still think that if we just hand out more money the world's problems will be solved.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-weyrich/policy-makers-still-think-that-if-we-just-hand-out-more-money-the/) [Paul Weyrich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-weyrich/) > [“When Uncle W. G. held out his hand to take my money, I dropped the dead mouse in his hand.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/earl-b-russell/when-uncle-w-g-held-out-his-hand-to-take-my-money-i-dropped-the-dead/) Earl B. Russell > [“Your face never looks better than when you’ve got a gun in your hand and money under your ass.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karina-halle/your-face-never-looks-better-than-when-you-ve-got-a-gun-in-your-hand/) [Karina Halle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karina-halle/) > [One can understand a person by the way he removes his wallet and puts his hand to take out money.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/boman-irani/one-can-understand-a-person-by-the-way-he-removes-his-wallet-and-puts/) [Boman Irani](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/boman-irani/) > [Judges in Texas swing the gavel with one hand and take money with the other.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/craig-mcdonald/judges-in-texas-swing-the-gavel-with-one-hand-and-take-money-with-the/) Craig McDonald > [It is better to spread trust all around than to hand out money!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-monroe/it-is-better-to-spread-trust-all-around-than-to-hand-out-money/) [James Monroe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-monroe/) > [The most precious things of life are near at hand, without money and without price. Each of you has the whole wealth of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-burroughs/the-most-precious-things-of-life-are-near-at-hand-without-money-and/) [John Burroughs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-burroughs/) > [“Fortune Without Love (The Sonnet) Fortune without love is sheer curse, For life's true blessing is love alone. Live to love and love to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abhijit-naskar/fortune-without-love-the-sonnet-fortune-without-love-is-sheer-curse/) [Abhijit Naskar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abhijit-naskar/) > [ \[The web\] is going to end up being a tremendous advantage, providing we can work out the financial structure. I think we’ll see newspapers… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harold-evans/the-web-is-going-to-end-up-being-a-tremendous-advantage-providing-we/) [Harold Evans](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harold-evans/) > [Cash rules everything around me cream get the money, dollar dollar bills y'all fuck it!!!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swizz-beatz/cash-rules-everything-around-me-cream-get-the-money-dollar-dollar/) [Swizz Beatz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swizz-beatz/) > [The man in the coon skin cap in the pig pen wants eleven dollar bills, you've only got ten.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-dylan/the-man-in-the-coon-skin-cap-in-the-pig-pen-wants-eleven-dollar-bills/) [Bob Dylan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-dylan/) ## More by Andy Warhol > [In some circles where very heavy people think they have very heavy brains, words like "charming" and "clever" and "pretty" are all put-downs; all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-warhol/in-some-circles-where-very-heavy-people-think-they-have-very-heavy/) [Andy Warhol](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-warhol/) > [I wonder if it's possible to have a love affair that lasts forever.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-warhol/i-wonder-if-it-s-possible-to-have-a-love-affair-that-lasts-forever/) [Andy Warhol](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-warhol/) > [Kiss me with your eyes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-warhol/kiss-me-with-your-eyes/) [Andy Warhol](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-warhol/) > [I used to cut out paper dolls.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-warhol/i-used-to-cut-out-paper-dolls/) [Andy Warhol](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-warhol/) > [Years later, I figured out why he (Ivan Karp) was such a successful art dealer-this may sound strange, but I believe it was because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-warhol/years-later-i-figured-out-why-he-ivan-karp-was-such-a-successful-art/) [Andy Warhol](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-warhol/) > [I always thought I'd like my own tombstone to be blank. No epitaph, and no name. Well, actually, I'd like it to say 'figment.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-warhol/i-always-thought-i-d-like-my-own-tombstone-to-be-blank-no-epitaph-and/) [Andy Warhol](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-warhol/) > [“I think everybody should be nice to everybody.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-warhol/i-think-everybody-should-be-nice-to-everybody/) [Andy Warhol](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-warhol/) > [I don't believe people die. They just go uptown. To Bloomingdales. They just take longer to get back.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-warhol/i-don-t-believe-people-die-they-just-go-uptown-to-bloomingdales-they/) [Andy Warhol](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-warhol/) > [So today if you see a person who looks like your teenage fantasy walking down the street, it's probably not your fantasy, but someone…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-warhol/so-today-if-you-see-a-person-who-looks-like-your-teenage-fantasy/) [Andy Warhol](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-warhol/) > [I can't give parties. It's so hard. When I want to call somebody up for dinner they think I'm using them or something. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-warhol/i-can-t-give-parties-it-s-so-hard-when-i-want-to-call-somebody-up-for/) [Andy Warhol](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-warhol/) > [Sometimes the little times you don't think are anything while they're happening turn out to be what marks a whole period of your life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-warhol/sometimes-the-little-times-you-don-t-think-are-anything-while-they-re/) [Andy Warhol](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-warhol/) > [I never fall apart, because I never fall together.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-warhol/i-never-fall-apart-because-i-never-fall-together/) [Andy Warhol](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-warhol/) > [I believe in low lights and trick mirrors.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-warhol/i-believe-in-low-lights-and-trick-mirrors/) [Andy Warhol](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-warhol/) > [Human beings are born solitary, but everywhere they are in chains - daisy chains - of interactivity. Social actions are makeshift forms, often courageous,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-warhol/human-beings-are-born-solitary-but-everywhere-they-are-in-chains/) [Andy Warhol](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-warhol/) > [So many people seem to prefer my silver-screenings of movie stars to the rest of my work. It must be the subject matter that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-warhol/so-many-people-seem-to-prefer-my-silver-screenings-of-movie-stars-to/) [Andy Warhol](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-warhol/) [Explore all 380 Andy Warhol quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-warhol/) ## More Amnesty quotes > [I am strongly opposed to any form of amnesty, including, especially, executive amnesty.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-scalise/i-am-strongly-opposed-to-any-form-of-amnesty-including-especially/) [Steve Scalise](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-scalise/) > [How arrogant - how very far from humility - would be the self-satisfied, smug assurance that God, a tidy-up-after-us God will come and clean…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sheldon-whitehouse/how-arrogant-how-very-far-from-humility-would-be-the-self-satisfied/) [Sheldon Whitehouse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sheldon-whitehouse/) > [Hillary Clinton has pledged to keep both of these illegal amnesty programs, including the 2014 amnesty which has been blocked by the United States…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-trump/hillary-clinton-has-pledged-to-keep-both-of-these-illegal-amnesty/) [Donald Trump](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donald-trump/) > [3 "amnesty" didn't mean rewarding illegal behavior.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-mccain/3-amnesty-didn-t-mean-rewarding-illegal-behavior/) [John McCain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-mccain/) > [Why don't Republicans spend all their airtime attacking the media for lying about what Obama's amnesty does and what the Democrats are doing? It's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-coulter/why-don-t-republicans-spend-all-their-airtime-attacking-the-media-for/) [Ann Coulter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-coulter/) > [...we will not grant amnesty to illegal aliens in this Congress or, hopefully ever again. We did that once. Everybody said it was a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phil-gramm/we-will-not-grant-amnesty-to-illegal-aliens-in-this-congress-or/) [Phil Gramm](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phil-gramm/) > [ I take the Constitution very seriously. The biggest problems that we're facing right now have to do with \[the president\] trying to bring more… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/i-take-the-constitution-very-seriously-the-biggest-problems-that-we/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) > [I worked 30 years to try to restore respect for the rule of law because of Ronald Reagan's amnesty in 1986. And I don't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-king/i-worked-30-years-to-try-to-restore-respect-for-the-rule-of-law/) [Steve King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-king/) > [You are going to hear many things from Mr. Trump today in his speech on immigration. One, no amnesty. He is absolutely going to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kellyanne-conway/you-are-going-to-hear-many-things-from-mr-trump-today-in-his-speech/) [Kellyanne Conway](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kellyanne-conway/) > [I supported this bill. I believe in the idea of amnesty for those who have put down roots and who have lived here even…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ronald-reagan/i-supported-this-bill-i-believe-in-the-idea-of-amnesty-for-those-who/) [Ronald Reagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ronald-reagan/) > [Amnesty is a disaster, we need strong borders. We have no country if we have no border. In New Hampshire, the biggest complaint is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-trump/amnesty-is-a-disaster-we-need-strong-borders-we-have-no-country-if-we/) [Donald Trump](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donald-trump/) > [no study has brought out any solid evidence that the death penalty deters crime. In fact, Amnesty reports that 'the murder rate in states…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/antoinette-bosco/no-study-has-brought-out-any-solid-evidence-that-the-death-penalty/) [Antoinette Bosco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/antoinette-bosco/) > [We try it practically every time it comes up, be it amnesty, be it any other issue they want. We try and it gets…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rush-limbaugh/we-try-it-practically-every-time-it-comes-up-be-it-amnesty-be-it-any/) [Rush Limbaugh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rush-limbaugh/) > [ This bill \[Immigration Reform and Control act of 1986\] is a gamble, a riverboat gamble. There is no guarantee that employer sanctions will work… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-schumer/this-bill-immigration-reform-and-control-act-of-1986-is-a-gamble-a/) [Charles Schumer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-schumer/) > [ No one believed \[the 1986 amnesty for illegal aliens\] was tough enough on illegal immigration, and it didn't give enough flexibility on future legal immigration. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-schumer/no-one-believed-the-1986-amnesty-for-illegal-aliens-was-tough-enough/) [Charles Schumer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-schumer/) [Browse all 195 Amnesty quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/amnesty/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I don't feel like I get germs when I hold money. Money has a certain kind of amnesty. I feel, when I'm holding money, that the dollar bill has no more germs on it than my hands do. When I pass my hand over money, it becomes perfectly clean to me. I don't know where it's been - who's touched it and with what - but that's all erased the moment I touch it.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Andy Warhol" }, "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-warhol/i-don-t-feel-like-i-get-germs-when-i-hold-money-money-has-a-certain/", "about": { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Amnesty" }, "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-warhol/i-don-t-feel-like-i-get-germs-when-i-hold-money-money-has-a-certain/#quotation", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/436/andy-warhol-746_amnesty_i-don-t-feel-like-i-get-germs-when-i-hol_2938081.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/436/andy-warhol-746_amnesty_i-don-t-feel-like-i-get-germs-when-i-hol_2938081.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/436/andy-warhol-746_amnesty_i-don-t-feel-like-i-get-germs-when-i-hol_2938081.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I don't feel like I get germs when I hold money. Money has a certain kind of amnesty. I feel, when I'm…” — Andy Warhol", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } }, { "@type": "BreadcrumbList", "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "name": "Home", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "name": "Quotes", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "name": "Andy Warhol", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-warhol/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "name": "I don't feel like I get...", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-warhol/i-don-t-feel-like-i-get-germs-when-i-hold-money-money-has-a-certain/" } ], "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-warhol/i-don-t-feel-like-i-get-germs-when-i-hold-money-money-has-a-certain/#breadcrumb" }, { "@type": "WebSite", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "publisher": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } }, { "@type": "Organization", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "logo": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/themes/sq/assets/icons/icon-512.png", "width": 512, "height": 512 } } ] } ```