Shilling Quotes

22 quotes by 21 authors

I thought I was funny as a kid. I used to play tricks on my brothers - I'd tie a two-shilling piece to a bit… — Jo Brand
There is no intrinsic worth in money but what is alterable with the times, and whether a guinea goes for twenty pounds or for a… — Bernard de Mandeville
If Parliament may take from me one shilling in the pound, what security have I for the other nineteen? — Richard Henry Lee
Go into the street, and give one man a lecture on morality, and another a shilling, and see which will respect you most. — Samuel Johnson
[The original development of the Spinning Mule was a] continual endeavour to realise a more perfect principle of spinning; and though often baffled, I as… — Samuel Crompton
The apportionment of taxes on the various descriptions of property is an act which seems to require the most exact impartiality; yet there is, perhaps,… — James Madison
The Rothschilds, and that class of money-lenders of whom they are the representatives and agents - men who never think of lending a shilling to… — Lysander Spooner
Don't be constantly selling and shilling. Figure out how you can help others, tell them stories, and share openly everything you know so that people… — C.C. Chapman
In London, before I set out, I had paid one shilling; another was now demanded, so that upon the whole, from London to Richmond, the… — Karl Philipp Moritz
What better proof of love can there be than money? A ten-shilling note shows incontrovertibly just how mad about you a man is. — Quentin Crisp
To cash paid for saddlery, a letter case, maps, glasses, etc etc etc. for the use of my Command: 29 pounds 13 shillings and sixpence...… — George Washington
It is not the shilling I give you that counts, but the warmth that it carries with it from my hand. — Miguel de Unamuno
If you've ever really been poor you remain poor at heart all your life. I've often walked when I could very well afford to take… — Arnold Bennett
Paint me as I am. If you leave out the scars and wrinkles, I will not pay you a shilling. — Oliver Cromwell
The man was running away with the rest, and selling his papers for a shilling each as he ranâ€”a grotesque mingling of profit and panic. — H.G. Wells
Of the seven days God gave to us in a week, He said to take six, and use them for our business. Yet we think… — Charles Spurgeon
He shivered. His coat was thin, and it was obvious he would not get his kiss, which he found puzzling. The manly heroes of the… — Neil Gaiman
The exquisite code of politeness of the Woosters prevented me clipping her one on the ear-hole, but I would have given a shilling to be… — P.G. Wodehouse
No, the last thing she cared about was whether people were staring at the boy and girl kissing by the river, as London, it's cities… — Cassandra Clare
She had fallen asleep with her head on his arm, the clockwork angel, still around her throat, resting against his shoulder just to the left… — Cassandra Clare

Who Wrote These Shilling Quotes

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