Quotes About Wealth

Since the world has existed, there has been injustice. But it is one world, the more so as it becomes smaller, more accessible. There is just no question that there is more obligation that those who have should give to those who have nothing.

Two things are as big as the man who possesses them - neither bigger nor smaller. One is a minute, the other a dollar.

Those at the top would do better with a smaller share of a booming economy that elicits a positive politics than they will do with an ever-larger share of an anemic economy that fuels the politics of anger.

It always seemed mad to me that people who have common investment objectives, let alone are related to each other, should take their capital and allow it to be less efficient by breaking it up into smaller bits.

Do not be fooled into believing that because a man is rich he is necessarily smart. There is ample proof to the contrary.

I've been smart with my money and own a property in London so I'm very happy, and I've got a nice car.

The America that I think most Americans would want, most economists on the right or left would want, is one in which a smart, ambitious, hardworking person without a huge amount of resources has a pretty good shot, in the end, of beating out a less smart, less ambitious, less hardworking rich person.

If you could make something one percent smarter than a human, your artificial attorney or accountant would be better than all the attorneys or accountants out there. You would be the richest person in the world. People are chasing that.

We have some of the smartest businessmen in India, who have created huge wealth.

More people smile at me now I'm richer.

I wouldn't say money can buy happiness. Happiness starts with yourself. Money can buy a smile, though.

What America needs is not Robin Hood but Adam Smith.

Now that I have the access and money, I spend all of it on clothes and shoes. I have no other pursuits. I don't drink or smoke.

The hand that dips into the bottom of the pot will eat the biggest snail.

Jocelyn Wildenstein

One day we're going to look back at $1,700 with nostalgia. People are going to be shocked at how inexpensive gold was when it could be snapped up for such a bargain price.

I got, like, 120 pairs of glasses and 800 pairs of sneakers.

Once you turn pro and you're making the big money and kids are buying your sneakers and your skates and your gloves and so on, you are a member of that role model club.

I think snobbery is one of the oldest customs in the world, and the rich will always find ways to rank each other and make themselves feel more special than others.

Inverted snobbery is just as dangerous as snobbery itself, you know - that pride in having nothing.

I think something about high school students being snobby about how much they have or don't have is particularly absurd because it's not theirs. It's their parents'. So to feel quite good about yourself because you've got the fancy house and car doesn't make any sense - you didn't earn any of that.

So many people equate money and success with happiness, especially in the music industry.

I guess my critics say, 'He must be crazy. Nothing can be that beautiful.' But when you think that there are so many people around the world who have nothing, you realize how lucky you are to be making a living in the big leagues.

So many people subconsciously shy away from getting rich because they believe they'll be judged, they'll lose the people they love, they believe that desiring money is a bad thing, money is the root of all evil, etc.