Quotes About Wealth

rich old gentleman who lived at Scoatney Hall, five miles away, always sent us a ham at Christmas whether we paid the rent or not. He died last November and we have sadly missed the ham.

A thousand pounds for clothes — when one thinks how long poor people could live on it! When one thinks how long we could live on it, for that matter! Oddly, I have never thought of us as poor people — I mean, I have never been terribly sorry for us, as for the unemployed or beggars; though really we have been rather worse off, being unemployable and with no one to beg from.

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Money has lost its narrative quality the way painting did once upon a time. Money is talking to itself.

Half the world is redoing its kitchens, the other half is starving.

They've grown comfortable with their money,' I said. 'They genuinely believe they're entitled to it. This conviction gives them a kind of rude health. They glow a little.

But that's why you built the towers, isn't it? Weren't the towers built as fantasies of wealth and power that would one day become fantasies of destruction? You build a thing like that so you can see it come down. The provocation is clear. What other reason would there be to go so high and then to double it, do it twice? It's a fantasy, so why not do it twice? You are saying, Here it is, bring it down.

Tuition at the College-on-the-Hill is fourteen thousand dollars, Sunday brunch included.

Have you ever seen so many people, she whispered, gathered in one place in order to be rich, powerful and disgusting together?

Sex is what you can get. For some people, for most people it's the most important thing they can get without being born rich or famous or stealing.

Honesty is a good thing, but it is not profitable to its possessor unless it is kept under control.

We have growing wealth creation and growing social inequality. Powerful

It is true that I am part of the laughing-aristocrat structure, Charles said. I don't mean I am one of them. I mean I am their creature. They hold me in thrall. Laughing aristocrats who invented the cost-plus contract . . . Laughing aristocrats who invented the real estate broker . . . Laughing aristocrats who invented Formica . . . Laughing aristocrats wiping their surfaces clean with a damp cloth . . . Charles poured himself another brilliant green Heineken. -To the struggle!

America is one of the few places in the world where a "poor" person can still be obese.6

Part of the beauty of me is that I am very rich.

I've never gambled in my life. To me, a gambler is someone who plays slot machines. I prefer to own slot machines. It's a very good business being the house.

The situation at 100 Central Park South is a perfect illustration. Soon after I purchased the building, I did some research into the financial status of the tenants. What I discovered was fascinating but not surprising. There are three distinct groups. The first, who live in the largest apartments, overlooking the park, on the higher floors, are generally successful, wealthy, and in some cases quite prominent.

I have a billion dollars

To me, the long-term tax advantages and appreciation make real estate the best investment.

Real estate is all about wasting time. The more time you waste, the more money you make.

6. Buy something of equal or greater value. To avoid paying any tax at the time of the exchange, you have to buy property of equal or greater value and reinvest all of the cash.

you want to build wealth and create financial freedom, you can't just sell real estate; you need to invest in it personally.

The first was How I Turned $1,000 into a Million in Real Estate—in My Spare Time by William Nickerson, a paperback book I bought in a Sydney, Australia, hotel gift shop in 1963.

Buying and holding real estate can create bigger long-term gains.