Quotes About Wealth

Capital punishment: Them without the capital get the punishment.

It was really about insurance costs and the ability of wealth to make working America dance like organ-grinder monkeys. We may not have a drug-free country yet, but we're well on the way to a dignity-free country.

But—damn it all—why does money have to be the marker of a man? That was the thing about America he most despised, measuring existence by the size of one's pile.

It is the soulless American who has no heart, who has no thought beyond putting a mighty dollar out at mighty interest, who has no zest for any other book than his soulless ledger.

Our possessions possess us. We were not born with possessions, but acquired them later.

There is no question that we, as a country, need to deal with economic inequality across the country, and we need to make sure we have good-paying jobs for everyone.

There is no reason, in the capital city of the richest country in the world, for anybody to be hungry.

This is the richest country in the world. There's no reason kids should be going to school hungry. Food is something that everyone should have. It just is.

There is no reason that billionaires should crowd us out from our democracy.

There is no reason for a person to have thousands of millions of dollars.

Especially in a rich nation, there is absolutely no reason why everyone couldn't and shouldn't have a life of dignity.

I didn't want my epitaph to read 'Here lies John Caudwell, billionaire.' I knew that wasn't enough. I've had a charitable instinct all my life, but working gave me no time for it.

In both Russia and the U.S., there are a very small number of very, very rich people, and then there are a lot of people who don't have anything. The less inequality you have in a society, the more social peace you have. It's kind of a no-brainer.

A court is an assembly of noble and distinguished beggars.

Nobody believes in completely unadulterated capitalism.

For the well-heeled elites, the 90s and 00s were a non-stop party with no hangover: even after the financial crash, the fortunes of Britain's 1,000 richest families more than doubled.

Fame is addictive. Money is addictive. Attention is addictive. But golf is second to none.

Some of the happiest people I know have none of the things the world insists are necessary for satisfaction and joy.

Of all the artists on Death Row, none of them went bankrupt.

There are some parents who have really done it right and told their kid, 'You know, we have this dough, none of this is for you. You have to get your own.'

I did the thing with bonds, which was about 30 million dollars, and didn't get none of the money on them.

I didn't have Cartier. I didn't have Gucci, Louis, none of that.

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

It's a common misconception that money is every entrepreneur's metric for success. It's not, and nor should it be.