Quotes About Wealth

We partied with the royal rich people, and we felt like rock stars. We drank all the whiskey in the place.

The brutal history of colonialism is one in which white people literally stole land and people for their own gain and material wealth.

You know, I always say white is not a colour, white is an attitude, and if you haven't got trillions of dollars in the bank that you don't need, you can't be white.

Everybody wants to talk about black and white, when the situation is really about rich people against poor people.

You can be poor, middle class, or rich - it doesn't matter. The black card will still confer upon you an entire history of oppression, even if you've never been oppressed. Flash the black card, and most white people will cower.

I'm not one of those acts where it's, like, this mainstream person, where the average white kid at Harvard University is like, 'It's educational tonight. Let's all go out there and spend Dad's money.'

With the Supremes I made so much money so fast all I wanted to do was buy clothes and pretty things. Now I'm comfortable with money and it's comfortable with me.

One of my favorite films is 'Pretty Woman.'

Honour sinks where commerce long prevails.

The most interesting thing about the idea of money is that it makes it possible to measure something in previous ages we couldn't be sure about, and that something is power.

What is the price of justice? What is the price of justice? When bail is set unreasonably high, people are behind bars only because they are poor. Not because they're a danger or a flight risk - only because they are poor. They don't have money to get out of jail and they certainly don't have money to flee anywhere.

How long most people would look at the best book before they would give the price of a large turbot for it?

Seafaring can be lucrative - the elite, such as gas-tanker captains, can earn $100,000 for six months' work - but the isolation is a heavy price to pay.

Higher asset prices increase wealth and, with a lag, induce higher spending.

Historically marginalized populations have already had less access to wealth and credit building opportunities, and the continued use of credit histories to set auto insurance pricing compounds racial discrimination and exacerbates wealth inequality.

Humility and knowledge in poor clothes excel pride and ignorance in costly attire.

My pride fell with my fortunes.

All money means to me is a pride in accomplishment.

Riches are not forbidden, but the pride of them is.

The people with money to build today are corporations - they are our popes and Medicis. The sense of pride is why they build.

Racism is an issue in America but is primarily an issue for the poor. It's not LeBron James' issue.

We don't want to think about money in an ideal life; in a well-lived life, money wouldn't be one of our primary concerns, and we prefer to adopt the ostrich position.

It became clear I wanted to be a development economist. I mean, I said I wanted to work on the economics of poor countries. And I'd actually say that I don't think that was so much about narrowing the gap as about increasing their incomes, which means economic growth, which is really my prime interest.

Money has never been of prime importance to me.