Money Quotes

When the money gets bigger and the stakes get higher, the sea gets wider, and the sharks in the water grow sharper teeth.

One might think that the money value of an invention constitutes its reward to the man who loves his work. But... I continue to find my greatest pleasure, and so my reward, in the work that precedes what the world calls success.

I'm not a universalist, and the way I talk about final loss is this: People worship idols - money, whatever. Their humanness gets reshaped around the idol - you become like what you worship. That's one of the basic spiritual laws.

You can tell a lot about a man's character by watching him win or lose money.

With the amount of money I have, it's difficult raising children the way I was raised.

I am a filmmaker. My job is to make films. When something excites you - a story or characterisation - you immediately forget about everything else. You only think how to make a movie out of it. The economics come only later. You shouldn't let money dictate the kind of films you should make.

I have grown up alone. I've taken care of myself. I worked, earned money and was independent at 18.

I don't care about having money. It's about being happy, man.

I believe education should be a right for every child, but tragically in many parts of world it is a privilege for certain children whose parents have money. There are 72 million children in the world who don't go to school and many of them are in Africa.

Copyright is not the thing that makes artists money, it's only for their brokers and distributors.

My father's money vanished in the Great Depression, and he had trouble keeping a job.

What would I do with money? I have enough for my needs. I don't want any more. If I had a lot, I would have to care for it, worry about it.

The rich don't work for money - the rich invent money.

Money is the root of all evil, and yet it is such a useful root that we cannot get on without it any more than we can without potatoes.

It is not the employer who pays the wages. Employers only handle the money. It is the customer who pays the wages.

I cannot with any real integrity perform songs I've done for 25 years. I don't need the money. What I need is to feel that I am not letting myself down as an artist and that I still have something to contribute.

When I was a kid, I collected cactuses. I had hundreds of different kinds in my room. I was a weird child. Everyone was playing football, and I was collecting cactuses. I spent all my money on them. I had so many colors and shapes. I even gave them names.

It is essential that we stop worrying about money and stop resenting our bills.

No matter how much money you have, you can lose it.

Always try to rub up against money, for if you rub up against money long enough, some of it may rub off on you.