Quotes About Wealth

I didn't want to be thirtysomething and not know what I was going to do. I was quite afraid of that, there were quite a lot of aimless kids around, in that 'other' side of my life, who didn't really know what to do because they always had a bank balance to fall back on and they were quite lost.

The owners of the Premier League sides are like in the NBA, they're not millionaires, they're billionaires.

There's two sides to Trump's character, at least his pre-presidential character. One was, 'I'm the richest man you could possibly imagine, I live the life of Scrooge McDuck.' The other side was, 'I need your money. Give me money.'

You cannot sift out the poor from the community. The poor are indispensable to the rich.

I want to have a catalogue or a share in a company. I'm trying to take my family's name from lower-middle class to aristocracy. I have my sights set high.

The rise in the price of gold is a sign that capitalism has stumbled.

In America, people with lots of money can easily avoid the consequences of bad bets and big losses by cashing out at the first sign of trouble.

Customers often value a good more when its price goes up. One reason may be its signaling value. An expensive handcrafted mechanical watch may tell time no more accurately than a cheap quartz model; but, because few people can afford one, buying it signals that the owner is rich.

Pablo Picasso was generous. But he always signed and dedicated his gifts even when he knew that people would sell them because they needed the money.

Since I first signed with AMI's Weider Publications in 2005, everything has turned to gold.

Buffett gave significant portions of his wealth to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Buffett made money for 50 years before he donated.

Although I don't have a prescription for what others should do, I know I have been very fortunate and feel a responsibility to give back to society in a very significant way.

I have made really some significant deals because I play golf.

When you get that signing bonus, don't start thinking about all the things you can do with $1 million.

I'm happy for the modern-day player who signs his contract and makes lots of money. The players of my era helped make that possible.

I love seeing myself on TV. Every time one of my adverts play, I see dollar signs, ha.

Fame is a silly thing that makes your life absurd.

Civilized countries generally adopt gold or silver or both as money.

If you have faith in our leaders of commerce, don't buy gold. If you do not have faith in them, maybe you should buy gold or silver.

You'd be safe to hold 5% of your assets and savings in gold and silver. Insurance for the future.

The conquistadors and their followers were very rough people, and they were fixated on gold and silver. They were oblivious to the astonishing achievements of the Inca civilisation.

We invite, then, the world to come with its silver and make the exchange.

'Silver Spoons' was great memories - absolutely the best.

As a precious metal, silver is also money.