Quotes About Wealth

I've had ample contact with lawyers, and I'm convinced that the only fortune they ever leave is their own.

I wanted to be famous and I wanted to make a fortune, and I've done that.

The whole fame and fortune thing is addictive.

More effective than giving away half my fortune before I die is finding a way to help people have a good-paying job.

It has become a certainty now that if you will only advertise sufficiently you may make a fortune by selling anything.

A great mind becomes a great fortune.

If someone builds a fortune, it belongs to him, not the government. An entitled government undermines liberty.

Fame an fortune are nothing if you're not happy and healthy.

I want it all. Fame, fortune and all the commercials there are to do.

Giving only 50% of your fortune is not enough.

The best way to earn a fortune in America is to already have one.

A family business in cinema is not necessarily creative. It is generally about prolonging your family fortune.

Made a fortune, made millions but it's not everything.

Perhaps the biggest lesson that I would say is the one to learn is not to let fame and fortune get inside your head.

The aggregation of large fortunes is not at all a thing to be regretted.

I have been so copied by those people who have made fortunes that people assume I am that rich. But I did things for the excitement, the dare, the fact that it was new, not for the money. And too many times I was the first, not the beneficiary.

The foundation of collectivism is simple: There should be no important economic differences among people. No one should be too rich.

I believe in building your foundation - if your foundation is not rich, then you are far from rich.

The expectation with family foundations is that if your name is on the foundation, unless you're dead, it's your money that's being given away. And even if you are dead, it was your money before.

What's breaking into a bank compared with founding a bank?

I happen to be fortunate: I live in San Francisco, and I can afford a $600 phone. Or two of them!

The only really expensive thing in our family budget, frankly, is private air travel.

I live in a free country. And I have so much more than I need.

I believe in our free market system.