Quotes About Wealth

The lawyer with the briefcase can steal more money than the man with the gun.

Behind every successful fortune there is a crime.

Lawyers can steal more money with a briefcase than a thousand men with guns and masks.

Even an E-type Jaguar looks merely flash beside a really smart pony and trap.

The Regency was an age of hard gambling, and therefore it was more important than ever to keep the family finances afloat by marrying well.

very poor men are seldom bad. And that very bad men are seldom poor.

The Ritz is a place where two hundred poor devils work themselves to death in order that two hundred lucky devils can live in luxury.

Power is transient. Power can flow from one person to another. The most powerful person in a room isn't the wealthiest or the one with the most connections. It's the person who believes the strongest, the one who has the most confidence. And, sometimes, it's the person who can make everyone else feel like less of themselves.

Julius's successor, Leo X (1513–21), was more pious than his predecessors but no less convinced that the measure of papal greatness was an increase in papal lands and a sponsorship of the arts.

Leo X (1513–21), was more pious than his predecessors but no less convinced that the measure of papal greatness was an increase in papal lands and a sponsorship of the arts. Leo,

Don't accumulate possessions, accumulate experiences or vice versa–

How we spend our money, however little we have, still reveals what we value.

God, how long is a million years to you?" God said, "A million years is like a second." Then the man asked, "How much is a million dollars to you?" God said, "A million dollars is like a penny." The man smiled and said, "Could you spare a penny?" God smiled back and said, "Sure, just wait a second.

If you woke up this morning with more health than illness—you are more blessed than the million who will not survive this week ... If you have food in the refrigerator, clothes on your back, a roof overhead and a place to sleep—you are richer than 75 percent of this world ... So count your blessings and remind everyone else how blessed we all are!

When God blesses you financially, don't raise your standard of living. Raise your standard of giving.

raising the average income tax for the top income percentile to 43.5 percent from 22.4 percent, the level of 2007, would raise revenue by 3 percent of GDP, which is enough to close the US structural deficit while still leaving very high earners with more after-tax income than they would have had under Nixon.

a new study by James Henry of the Tax Justice Network estimates that there is as much as 32 trillion dollars, which is over twice the entire US national debt, hidden away offshore not paying taxes, which makes for a very tempting target indeed.

Judge not, by the extent of one's wealth, but by the means used to obtain it.

Being rich is a good thing. Not just in the obvious sense of benefitting you and your family, but in the broader sense. Profits are not a zero sum game. The more you make, the more of a financial impact you can have.

Rich men have big libraries. Poor men have big TVs.

Peníze ti nutn? nezaru?í moc, ale moc ti vždycky p?inese peníze.

Are we rich?" "We're comfortable." He sometimes said things like that instead of yes or no. That's how lawyers answer questions.

two cool kids, a Range Rover, a big home, a drop-dead gorgeous wife who consented to sex twice a month (an unheard-of frequency during his premarital existence—computer geeks at MIT don't get much sex, as another general rule), fame, fortune, respect, manhood, and maybe even love.

Thirty bucks a share makes me a billionaire—and that's the ticket to happiness! A billion dollars buys me everything I ever wanted! … Maybe even love … Yeah, Lou, geeks need love, too.