“I put all my money into taxes. They’re the only thing that’s sure to go up!”
“I love America, but I can’t spend the whole year here. I can’t afford the taxes.”
— Mick Jagger
"You know, gentlemen, that I do not owe any personal income tax. But nevertheless, I send a small check, now and then, to the Internal Revenue Service out of the kindness of my heart."
— David Rockefeller
"A person doesn't know how much he has to be thankful for until he has to pay taxes on it."
- Ann Landers
"If cigarette taxes are meant to discourage smoking, wouldn’t income taxes discourage working?"
"Congress can raise taxes because it can persuade a sizable fraction of the populace that somebody else will pay."
- Milton Friedman
“The Government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend upon the support of Paul.”
– George Bernard Shaw
"The difference between death and taxes is death doesn't get worse every time Congress meets."
- Will Rogers
"You don't pay taxes ― they take taxes."
― Chris Rock
"Most entrepreneurs would rather have root canal surgery without anesthesia than go through the nightmare that is tax return preparation."
— Nina Kaufman
"Worried about an IRS audit? Avoid what's called a red flag. That's something the IRS always looks for. For example, say you have some money left in your bank account after paying taxes. That's a red flag."
― Jay Leno
“The tax collector must love poor people, he’s creating so many of them.”
– Bill Vaughan
“I figured out why Uncle Sam wears such a tall hat. It comes in handy when he passes it around.”
— Soupy Sales
"A tax is a fine for doing well, a fine is a tax for doing wrong."
— Mark Twain
"Instead of taking the pants off the taxpayer it might be better to take the vest off the vested interests."
— Mark Twain