Quotes About Wealth

The saying was that Madam Walker made the money, and her daughter - my great-grandmother - spent it.

I've always been fascinated by Madam Walker's ability to use her money for political causes. I find her story so inspires people that it gives me great joy to share the story.

Imagine you are walking along, and you trip over something and you turn around and find that it is a huge diamond. You would pick it up and do everything in your power to take care of that diamond because it might take care of you for the rest of your life.

In a world where most billionaires are all about talking about taking care of and helping people, Jim Irsay walks it.

I don't need material things like gold and platinum records on my wall, Grammys or Hall Of Fame nods.

Only people who can't draw money need belts.

We work. You don't come here to take life easy. And we all got rich from it, so, you know, there's a benefit from it.

I think when Donald Trump looks at the energy sector, he sees that as a place to really create wealth for this country and for individuals, to put Americans back to work with good-paying jobs that have benefits.

When people talk of the economy being strong, they don't seem to feel that they, too, are better off.

When you make a lot of money, it just means you made a lot of money. It doesn't make you a better person.

Alas, I am dying beyond my means.

Damien Hirst knows how to drive super-fast cars... I love my bicycle.

I love big business!

The money between the first pick and the 10th pick - that's a big difference! That's like a $10-million-dollar difference.

You can have a big hit and not get rich.

I wouldn't know what to do with a big house.

There's more to life than having things: a Rolls-Royce, a big house, bling bling.

I never knew the word 'billion' when I was a kid.

A billion saved is a billion earned.

On a macro level, four billion people on Earth make less than four dollars a day.

It doesn't matter if you have one billion rupees in your bank account or one rupee. This is one life you get, and you'd rather spend it enjoying whatever you have, rather than thinking, 'Oh, I should have scored seven more runs, or I should get more money.'

Why should someone who has $5 billion only give away $2.5 billion? They can't take it with them.

I've never seen a billion dollars. I don't think anybody has.

My personal goal is to be a billionaire.