Quotes About Wealth

Putin recognized that if he could get enough money, everything would be under control.

So many rich people, when they get into philanthropy, they have one thing they like, or several things they focus on. They pick a disease or a college or some kind of non-profit. They produce good results through that cause, but also they get recognized; there's some sort of monument to what they did.

I would recommend to someone that has the money to experience the experience of giving to another and purchasing me a Veyron. A Bugatti Veyron. That will really make you want to give to your fellow man.

The reality in the neighborhood that I live in is: if I don't constantly reconcile what I have against what other people don't, either I need to leave and be around other people who have what I have, or I'm constantly engaged in this kind of dynamic flow of opportunity and sharing.

It's easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to make a blues record.

We're not making records for the fun of it; we're in it to make money.

I'm not ashamed of selling millions of records. I'm very fortunate to be in that position.

These people who have everything at their disposal as far as cash and connections, I think they just get so mired in the business side of things that they don't just sit at home and record records. Anybody can do that.

I'm not trying to sound pretentious, but we did sell 12 million records on the first album, so we did get paid a little bit.

No one really gets rich doing this. A couple people do, Black Sabbath does. We don't sell any records anymore.

Money is part of the game, but let's take this music as musicians to the next level, don't be recycling beats over and over and over again.

When the rich kids got together, the most we ever did was cross against a red light.

There is never enough gold to redeem all the currency in circulation.

Diversify, because that helps reduce risk. And you can diversify outside the United States. Some people would never invest in Europe - I think that's a mistake.

If the fluctuations in your investment portfolio are reduced, the impact of emotions and behavior on your account is also reduced.

Between 2007 and 2010, the average white family experienced an 11% reduction in wealth, but the average black family lost 31% of its wealth. The average Hispanic family lost 44.7%.

America has seen enough of a handful of people growing rich at the cost of our nation descending into economic crisis.

So when I made some money, I didn't have any idea how one handled such a situation because no one in our family ever had any money.

I haven't been somebody who's been smart about his money. There are a couple of actors who are quite brilliant with the way they've handled their money. But they're not very good actors.

When it comes to rapacious 19th century capitalism, my family's hands are clean.

I am fairly rich. Money's very handy, let's face it.

You don't want money to make you a social freak where you can only hang out with rich people.

If I'm just hanging with all stars and people with money, you can get lost and caught up. You get to moving like you got it made and you get to spending. That's how a lot of people go broke.

I think if you talk to anybody who ever went from not having much to having enough to buy what they wanted, they're always happier. Now I get that whole '$75,000 a year is some kind of magic number,' but my experience is 'more is better, up to a point.' Then there's a point where it doesn't make any difference.