Quotes About Wealth

Material things are delightful, but they're not important.

Just as we should never balance the budget on the backs of the poor, so it is an economic delusion to think you can balance it only on the wallets of the rich.

Capitalism unchecked is not a democratic system.

Democrats hate success.

One common denominator of super-affluent alpha men is the conviction, unchallenged every day, that the world revolves around them.

I come from money. I'm not going to deny that.

I made a lot of money, but you can dangerously let it lead you on. It depends what company you keep.

Money can make or break you. It just depends on what you make it to be.

When I was at United, I had money, but I was still so down and depressed.

I am telling you, the world's first trillionaires are going to come from somebody who masters A.I. and all its derivatives and applies it in ways we never thought of.

Power derives from money. I always wanted to make a lot of money on my own, to have power from that.

Nobody deserves this much money - certainly not an actor.

The economy is designed to serve the individual.

I don't own anything designer.

Of course making money and being able to live life the way one desires is important.

My husband and I own half a dozen iPods, a Mac desktop, and four Mac laptops. We're clearly fans of Mr. Jobs' work.

You have to be very poor and desperate, or very rich, or lucky, to live in Islington. We don't have the people in the middle, the people who serve the community.

I can't remember ever being desperate for money, even when I didn't have any.

Only the elites despise earning money.

Money can destroy people. It really can.

You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich.

Even the wealth of the U.S. cannot protect against the levels of environmental destruction that we are unleashing.

Money can be detrimental for kids.

If Scotland was independent, we'd be the 14th richest country in the developed world.