Quotes About Wealth

Moneymaking was never anything to me. I was happy never making money; I just was happy doing things I liked. But I fell into the money thing. I now don't feel guilty about it, but I am determined to give away the bulk of it and enjoy doing it.

Part of the problem I find with money books is that there's this whole set of money books that make you feel almost guilty to spend a dollar.

I'm poor just like everybody else. If someone kidnaps me, they're getting nothing but a candy, a gum.

Guns will make us powerful; butter will only make us fat.

I called my show 'Power' because, for me, the whole series is about the way my main character, Ghost, is power-less over his circumstances, even though he has almost endless access to money and guns.

I have a lot of money, but I still feel broke. When I say I feel broke, I don't mean broke in a financial sense, but I still feel like that kid from the gutter who's still trying to get it, even though I'm at the place I want to be.

Ask most guys what their ambition is, and they'll say they want to get rich. But when they get rich, they discover it's not what they wanted at all. I don't want to be rich.

The first time I met Alex Rodriguez, he was in the fight of his life. He was the guy who was supposed to have everything - good looks, good health, good habits - all the talent in the world and most of the money.

It's hard for me to get to grips with how much players have changed since I retired. There are too many annoying habits; the kids are getting rich earlier and earlier, which brings a weird sense of entitlement.

I've been everywhere in the world, seen everything, had everything a man can have.

Really, I've had enough of fame. Now I just want money.

Some people say that 'Drag Race' is about glory and immortalizing yourself in the Hall of Fame. For me, it's about shaking RuPaul down for her money.

Gold and diamonds are nice, but clean, crisp, controlled water has long been the preeminent hallmark of the rich.

I think a little tidbit I can give you is that I grew up with basically everything handed to me, except for my career. I worked for that.

Keep the operating entities—the ones that deal with the public—away from the asset-owning entities.

Real estate investing will power up your earning potential and put you into a different class of investor entirely.

creditors will go after the easiest target with the deepest pockets.

LLCs are favored for asset-holding entities.

The rich can afford to be progressive. Poor people have reason to be afraid of the future.

My God, rich people have the time to praise You if they want to, but the poor people are so busy, accept their work as praise because, my God, they don't have time for everything.

The 'rob from the rich, give to the poor' is more of a general overview than a specific thing we have to do every time. It really means making sure those who have too much do some sharing with those who have too little, and it isn't always just about valuables or money or even basic things like food. It is also about sharing power and opportunities.

socialism is not a share-the-wealth program, as the socialists would like you to believe, but a consolidate-and-control-the-wealth program for the Insiders.

Our advice? Put no more than 10 percent of your nest egg into stocks of individual corporations. The rest should be spread out over other kinds of investments.

Each of us has an individualized perception of the purposes of money, and we have various emotions associated with spendint it.