“I tend to make low-budget movies but, yeah, I make more money than I ever thought I would make.”
Money does not buy happiness, but the lack of it can buy a lot of misery. These quotes explore wealth, poverty, generosity, greed, financial wisdom, and the uncomfortable truth that how you spend your money reveals what you actually value.
“I don't talk about money.”
“I tend to make low-budget movies but, yeah, I make more money than I ever thought I would make.”
“If there is no hell, a good many preachers are obtaining money under false pretenses.”
“You must spend money to make money.”
“I do not suppose I shall be remembered for anything. But I don't think about my work in those terms. It is just as vulgar to work for the sake of posterity as to work for the sake of money.”
“Nobody wants to read about the honest lawyer down the street who does real estate loans and wills. If you want to sell books, you have to write about the interesting lawyers - the guys who steal all the money and take off. That's the fun stuff.”
“If we pollute the air, water and soil that keep us alive and well, and destroy the biodiversity that allows natural systems to function, no amount of money will save us.”
“I'd like to live as a poor man with lots of money.”
“You shouldn't have to have money to have a luxury fragrance.”
“It's lovely to have money to give away - that's the bonus of winning the Nobel.”
“Innovation has nothing to do with how many R amp& D dollars you have. When Apple came up with the Mac, IBM was spending at least 100 times more on R & D. It's not about money. It's about the people you have, how you're led, and how much you get it.”
“To give real service you must add something which cannot be bought or measured with money, and that is sincerity and integrity.”
“Find something in life that you love doing. If you make a lot of money, that's a bonus, and if you don't, you still won't hate going to work.”
“Things are done according to money these days.”
“Money won't make you happy... but everybody wants to find out for themselves.”
“The American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the public with the public's money.”