Quotes About Wealth

The problem with the economy isn't that people aren't paying their fair share of taxes.

The problem with rich lists is... it is impossible to know what someone is worth until they have died and you have sold it.

The problem with being an employee or self-employed is you pay the highest taxes.

You look at all the athletes who come out of high school and college into professional sports. And they hit it big, they make money, and instead of saving their money, instead of doing the right thing, they go out and buy the biggest house, and the finest car, and then they get hurt, and it's gone.

'The Simpsons' money got bigger and bigger. When I left 'The Simpsons', no one thought that this thing was going to still be around. It's the cumulative effect. It's like, 'Oh my God, 25 years later, and it's still coming in.'

You make more money in dinner theaters than on Broadway.

I've never chased fame. I came into this business to be a theatre actress. I was nine when I first appeared on stage. But I can't say I would turn my back on fortune. I'm someone who enjoys the benefits of money.

What's cooler than pretending you hate money and giving away someone else's stuff under the guise of 'fairness?' You know what's cooler than that? Having the ability to make your own money, your own damn choices and not being subjected to mob theft that steals opportunity right out from under you.

In a democracy the poor will have more power than the rich, because there are more of them, and the will of the majority is supreme.

I came literally to the table with a wealth of knowledge by simply understanding how food should taste.

we should start thinking seriously about why we have become the richest and most free society ever to exist, yet our wealth and personal liberty have bought us so little happiness.

Sex and commerce are fine things, but man cannot live by Viagra and the Dow Jones alone. A life led collecting things and experiences in pursuit of happiness is not necessarily a bad life, but it's not a good life either. Too often, the Democrats act like the Party of Lust, and the Republicans the Party of Greed. Both are deadly sins that eat at the soul.

Instead of getting married again, I'm going to find a woman I don't like and just give her a house.

I was very fortunate that I saved my money and I still do.

a new centre of power and wealth has been making its mark farther north, and closer to the Aegean

Constantinople was now the largest and richest city in Europe

The Greek inhabitants are very rich in gold and precious stones

There is all the difference in the world between treasure and money.

Property may be destroyed and money may lose its purchasing power but, character, health, knowledge and good judgement will always be in demand under all conditions.

Let every man divide his money into three parts, and invest a third in land, a third in business, and a third let him keep in reserve. —Talmud (c. 1200 BC–AD 500)

Buffett does enjoy being a billionaire, but in offbeat ways. As he put it, though money cannot change your health or how many people love you, it lets you be in 'more interesting environments.

Investors long for steady waters, but paradoxically, the opportunities are richest when markets turn turbulent.

For men who prided themselves on being disciples of reason, their drive to live on the edge seemd inexplicable, unless they believed that becoming the richest would certify them as also being the smartest.

Graham's first goal was never to make money—it was to avoid losing any.