Freshly-Minted Wednesday One-Liners

Annoying Jersey girl on cell: I'm not frugal. I'm, like, not frugal with a vengeance. I, like, refuse to consider money.

--19th & 8th

Overheard by: Hobo

Columbia University administrator: It gets difficult to manage finances as your endowment reaches the size of the GDP of a small country.

--Columbia University

Overheard by: Senatore

Bike messenger (yelling): Could anybody spare $50,000?

--6th Ave & 20th St

Overheard by: thiess

Man: I mean, what does does she *really* get out of riding a five thousand dollar scooter?

--Outside Think Coffee

Overheard by: nemily

Suit on cell: You see, the thing with money counters is they jam...and when you are in a roomful of illiterate afghans, there's 8 million on the table and they mistrust you.

--Mercer & Grand

Professor: I bet none of you wrote that in your admissions essay. "I want money." Actually, that might be successful. They might think, "hey, that's pretty cool, they're telling the truth."

--NYU Law