Dollar
The dollar (often represented by the dollar sign $) is the name of the official currency or a banknote of many countries, territories and dependencies, including Australia, Belize, Canada, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, Taiwan, and the United States. Generically, one dollar is equal to 100 cents.
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Famous quotes containing the word dollar:
“Commercial to the core, Elvis was the kind of singer dear to the heart of the music business. For him to sing a song was to sell a song. His G clef was a dollar sign.”
—Albert Goldman (b. 1927)
“Your Dollar is your only Word,
The wrath of it your only fear.
You build it altars tall enough
To make you see, but your are blind;
You cannot leave it long enough
To look before you or behind.”
—Edwin Arlington Robinson (18691935)
“Johnny Clay: You like money. You got a great big dollar sign there where most women have a heart. So play it smart. Stay in character and youll have money. Plenty of it. Georgell have it and hell blow it on you. Probably buy himself a five-cent cigar.
Sherry Peatty: You dont know me very well, Johnny. I wouldnt think of letting George throw his money away on cigars.”
—Stanley Kubrick (b. 1928)