Quotes About Wealth

Happiness was useless to me. It was heartache that filled my purse. What happy man has need of Shakespeare?

Sir, no amount of money, no matter how vast, could induce me to stroll, perambulate, promenade, or engage in any form of locomotion with you whatsoever. Good evening.

A powerful king has taken my heart, she thought. But a penniless boy has stolen it.

They gave their hearts to their businesses, not their wives; that's why they were all so damned rich.

The best possible outcome of marriage was a wealthy, childless widowhood.

The girls looked aghast. I watched them cast baleful looks their mother's way, and saw, in their silky, seamless faces, the thick patina so many years of privilege had left behind. Suddenly I was enraged—enraged at both of them for not knowing what these privileges had cost.

money making money making money into a giant fucking tower of bullshit.

The Clubhouse is both spartan and lavish—the tricky balance required by the hardy rich. My distrust of the wealthy and the famous is prejudice, I'm well aware. But my patients have so little—they'd inherit the earth today if there were any justice

Rich people like to hostess, so they can show off their nice stuff. Tonight

Rich children are always blond, Jocelyn goes. It has to do with vitamins.

If the kingdom of God belongs to the poor, the bottom dwellers, then rich American Christians are going to have the hardest time finding it.

He left you the fortune, Avery, and all he left us is you.

As awful as it sounds, money is power, and power is magnetic.

It's not just clothing. It's a message. You're not deciding what to wear. You're deciding what story you want your image to tell. Are you the ingenue, young and sweet? Do you dress to this world of wealth and wonders like you were born to it, or do you want to walk the line: the same but different, young but full of steel?

I wasn't delusional. I wasn't dreaming. I was an heiress.

You're a billionaire now. You have an entire team of people to protect you. The world is your motherfaxing oyster. It's okay to want things." Max turned off the shower. "It's okay to go after what you want.

Someone told me once that fortunes like this one–at a certain point, it's not about the money, because you couldn't spend billions if you tried It's about the power." I looked down. "And I just don't think anyone should have power like that, certainly not me.

If I had a nickel for every time I almost died, I would have been driving to school in a Ferrari and flying off to Bora-Bora on the weekends.

They'd been sculpted by Tobias Hawthorne, formed and forged by the billionaire's hands. They were extraordinary, and for the first time in their lives, they weren't living under the weight of his expectations.

there was one thing I'd learned about deceased billionaire Tobias Hawthorne, it was that he was capable of orchestrating nearly anything, manipulating nearly anyone. He'd loved puzzles and riddles and games.

Before I liked cars, yachts, having a door to lock, and you. :)

I told you that I was considering a mission trip. I am here to bring the love of God to these poor, backward billionaires. It's an ugly job, but someone's got to do it.

Do you know what philanthropist means?" Libby asked me seriously. "It means rich.

How many ways did rich people have of not saying the word rich?