Quotes About Wealth

Amassing of wealth is an opportunity for good deeds, not hubris

The two are not mutually exclusive, but we think we can have wealth without good ideas and without values and without a clear vision. Wealth without vision is insanity.

Economic growth may one day turn out to be a curse rather than a good, and under no conditions can it either lead into freedom or constitute a proof for its existence.

The good news is that, according to the Obama administration, the rich will pay for everything. The bad news is that, according to the Obama administration, you're rich.

There are different ways to organise capitalism. Free-market capitalism is only one of them-and not a very good one at that.

Although there are good and bad companies, there is no such thing as a good stock; there are only good stock prices, which come and go.

I don't like indecent, unearned wealth. But it is legitimate for an entrepreneur who has created something to make a good living.

A kiss on the hand might feel very good, but a diamond tiara is forever.

It is the mind that maketh good or ill, That maketh wretch or happy, rich or poor.

There can be something cruel about people who have had good fortune. They equate it with personal goodness.

Many folks think they aren't good at earning money, when what they don't know is how to use it.

I really don't like talking about money. All I can say is that the Good Lord must have wanted me to have it.

Fame is like caviar, you know - it's good to have caviar but not when you have it at every meal.

Greed is good to most economists. It's greed that makes people work harder, be more productive and helps the economy grow.

Marrying into money was not a good thing for me.

The market economy is very good at wealth creation but not perfect at all about wealth distribution.

If I have enough money to eat I'm good.

The greatest luxury of riches is that they enable you to escape so much good advice.

I like a man who can be a real friend, has a good sense of humor, a good pair of shoes and a healthy gold card.

He who fills His pockets with the Rocks of Misdeeds shall surely sink in the River of Good Fortune.

Every dollar that is printed should not represent a debt to private bankers. It should represent an investment potential in the common good, in the common needs of our country.

Many good qualities are not sufficient to balance a single want - the want of money.

Someone reminded me I once said, 'Greed is good.' Now it seems it's legal.

When none but the wealthy had watches, they were almost all very good ones; few are now made which are worth much, but everybody has one in his pocket.