"Most entrepreneurs would rather have root canal surgery without anesthesia than go through the nightmare that is tax return preparation."
— Nina Kaufman
"A person doesn't know how much he has to be thankful for until he has to pay taxes on it."
- Ann Landers
“People that cheat on their taxes truly disgust me. This is not the world I want to raise my 27 dependents in.”
"The income tax has made more liars out of the American people than golf has."
- Will Rogers
“I love America, but I can’t spend the whole year here. I can’t afford the taxes.”
— Mick Jagger
"An income tax form is like a laundry list - either way you lose your shirt."
- Fred Allen
"A survey says that American workers work the first three hours every day just to pay their taxes. So that's why we can't get anything done in the morning: We're government workers."
— Jay Leno
"The art of taxation consists in so plucking the goose as to obtain the largest amount of feathers with the least amount of hissing."
- Jean-Baptiste Colbert
“I just filled out my income tax forms. Who says you can’t get killed by a blank?”
– Milton Berle
"Accountant after reading a nursery rhyme to his child: “No, son. It wouldn't be tax deductible when Little Bo Peep loses her sheep. But I like your thinking."
"The politicians say 'we' can't afford a tax cut. Maybe we can't afford the politicians."
— Steve Forbes
“The best way to teach your kids about taxes is by eating 30% of their ice cream”
– Bill Murray
"I firmly believe the death tax is good for people from all walks of life all throughout our society."
— George W. Bush
"Our party has been accused of fooling the public by calling tax increases 'revenue enhancement'. Not so. No one was fooled."
— Dan Quayle
"I am proud to be paying taxes in the United States. The only thing is I could be just as proud for half of the money."
- Arthur Godfrey