A Quote by Pico Iyer

Though I knew that poverty certainly didn't buy happiness, I wasn't convinced that money did, either.

Pico Iyer

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Pico Iyer
Indian - Novelist
Born: February 11, 1957

I wouldn't say money can buy happiness. Happiness starts with yourself. Money can buy a smile, though.

Mike Will Made It

Money can't buy happiness, but neither can poverty.

Leo Rosten

Money does not buy you happiness, but lack of money certainly buys you misery.

Daniel Kahneman

Money can't buy happiness, but it will certainly get you a better class of memories.

Ronald Reagan

The data says that with the poor, a little money can buy a lot of happiness. If you're rich, a lot of money can buy you a little more happiness. But in both cases, money does it.

Daniel Gilbert

Certainly there are things in life that money can't buy, but it's very funny - Did you ever try buying them without money?

Ogden Nash

While money can't buy happiness, it certainly lets you choose your own form of misery.

Groucho Marx

Money is a token, money buys freedom, it don't necessarily buy happiness and I've still got things I'm overcoming in my own mind, but money will buy you the freedom to not have to work as many hours. Money will buy you the freedom to spend more time with your family.

Bugzy Malone

You always hear the phrase, money doesn't buy you happiness. But I always in the back of my mind figured a lot of money will buy you a little bit of happiness. But it's not really true. I got a new car because the old one's lease expired.

Sergey Brin

It's nonsense to say money doesn't buy happiness, but people exaggerate the extent to which more money can buy more happiness.

Daniel Kahneman

Pope Francis emphatically does not buy the argument that poverty can be alleviated by the 'trickle down' effects of wealth creation. He is deaf to arguments that the global economy has brought a billion people out of poverty. He is convinced, in short, that the best and only way to expel poverty is fairer distribution of the world's goods.