Quotes About Wealth

We've got our own power - the power of the purse.

It often happens that the man who pursues the dollar too diligently finds it hard to catch, but if he will pursue some other and better goal, dollars come around to see what sort of fellow he is.

The grim truth is that the rich are able to live as they do only because others are poor: there is neither the physical nor ecological space for everyone to pursue private luxury.

We all mouth the fact that material possessions don't make you happy but we still pursue them.

There is no sure-fire way to get rich quickly. In fact, the pursuit of that usually leads to ruin.

I had fame and wealth and things that are supposed to make you happy, but I wasn't happy, because there's no importance on having a fulfilling life. So in my mid-40s, that was my pursuit - making films that interested me, films that I would like to go see.

No one can tell you what to do or push you around. It gives you a secure feeling. That's the best thing about money.

Since the Brown v. Board of Education decision of 1954, Movement Conservatives have tapped into the idea that an activist government redistributed wealth to lazy minorities. But they have also pushed hard on the idea that true Americans are Western individualists.

My anger pushed me. I hated poverty so much that I wanted to become rich.

In many cities, it's become popular to hate 'gentrifiers,' rich people who move in and drive up housing prices - pushing everyone else out.

If you want to go after Putin, go after his money and if you want to go after his money go after the oligarchs.

Money is nothing really worth squabbling about. This is what puts people six feet under. You know, I don't need it.

Money isn't everything, but it is when you start thinking about putting money away for your retirement days.

Mahesh is a big star, but he doesn't like to flash his money.

Well, I like cars. Just because you have two it doesn't make you flash.

What is interesting to me about watching a show about the 1% is the world in which the 1% exists, meaning the flaws within the 99% that allow the 1% to exist.

Every child was taught from his cradle that money was Mammon, the chief agent of the flesh and the devil.

Tithing is a bad ceiling but an excellent floor.

Krishna Raj is being made into 17-18 floors, and all the floors will be with Rishi's family; it's not for sale.

I think it's criminal the way poverty is allowed to flourish.

Floyd has done a lot for me financially and has taught me a lot about business. He did great in making money during his career and he tells me a lot of what he's working on.

If you look at the CEOs of some the most successful companies in the world like IKEA, they never fly first class. They always go economy.

I'm lucky because I do get to fly first-class now.

Every time I fly first class, I'm like, 'Damn dude, this is sick!'