I wasn’t making any money, but I didn’t feel unsuccessful because of that. You can do that in New York but not in Hollywood. In Hollywood, it is how much money you make. – Mary Steenburgen
I’ve been giving free money seminars for the troops at Walter Reed Hospital and one of the Iraqi War Vets realized that the military wouldn’t pay for the dental work he needed. – Matthew Lesko
It’s easy to love yourself when you feel good enough, when you feel special enough, when you’re loved enough, when you have enough money, and you’re appreciated. – Debbie Ford
After the French Revolution, the world money power shifted from Paris to London. For three generations, the British maintained an old-fashioned colonial empire, as well as a modern empire based on London’s primacy in the money markets. – Gore Vidal
When you have a lot of construction going on, it sends a message of vitality that builds up consumer confidence. It gets people to spend money when they see that energy, that things are happening. – Mick Cornett
Isn’t it a shame that future generations can’t be here to see all the wonderful things we’re doing with their money? – Earl Wilson
The College Board is officially a non-profit. But all that means is that it doesn’t have shareholders and that their financial accountings must be available to the public; it certainly doesn’t mean that they’re not also into making money. – Eliot Schrefer
When I get a little money I buy books; and if any is left I buy food and clothes. – Desiderius Erasmus
You’ve got to open on a Sunday, but at the end of the day, you’ve just lost a lot of money by opening on the Sunday, so it’s very, very difficult to make money when you’re paying unskilled people $42 per hour. – Gerry Harvey
I’m always put in the unfortunate position of asking people to donate money and people I know in bands to play benefit concerts and all this stuff. – Flea
Actually, I never liked the idea of bags. I would say, ‘Why do so many of my friends spend so much money on these bloody bags?’ But once I started designing them, I was completely hooked. There are all of these blogs about bags. It’s a whole other industry, and I’m really excited to be a part of it. – Nicola Formichetti
A company has a greater responsibility than making money for its stockholders. We have a responsibility to our employees to recognize their dignity as human beings. – David Packard
There are horses people use for competition, and if they don’t perform well or go lame, then people ask the vet to put them down to get the insurance money. And my vet knows I love horses, so he gives them to me. – Daryl Hannah
If we’re going to spend more money, it should go to the soldiers, Marines, and airmen to increase their salaries. – David Hunt
If a man has wealth, he has to make a choice, because there is the money heaping up. He can keep it together in a bunch, and then leave it for others to administer after he is dead. Or he can get it into action and have fun, while he is still alive. I prefer getting it into action and adapting it to human needs, and making the plan work. – George Eastman
I’m not a very good financing person. I don’t even know how much money I have in my bank account. I never have opened one single envelope from the bank – they freak me out. – Marjane Satrapi
Money is always on its way somewhere. What you do with it while it is in your keeping and the direction you send it in say much about you. Your treatment of and respect for money, how you make it, and how you spend it, reflect your character. – Gary Ryan Blair
I grew up sort of lower working class. And I just didn’t want to have the money struggles that my parents had. You know, I could just – as loving an environment I grew up in – and I grew up in a great home, a very loving home – but, you know, we had that stress. We had that stress in our life. – Elizabeth Banks
Ironically, it’s easier to raise the money to make the film than it is to have the film find wide distribution. – Edward Zwick
Ben Franklin may have discovered electricity- but it is the man who invented the meter who made the money. – Earl Warren
In college, my big money memory was saving up to buy a car with my boyfriend, whom I lived with. – Christie Hefner
The influence I would hope to have is to create an environment where we’re not singling Americans out – that we are creating opportunities for all Americans. Not saying, ‘I’m going to funnel money into your city so that you’re completely dependent on government.’ – Mia Love
Every single person who has ever walked down the street with a FEED bag has purchased it. I think that’s really relevant because it means that you have got to make that choice to spend that money on that product. – Ellen Gustafson
In a world where wealth is growing, you can get away with printing money. Doubling the debt over the next 20 years is not a problem. – Peter Thiel
I grew up in a family where our mother made our clothing. We didn’t have a lot of money, so we learned how to scrimp, and we learned how to invent and to create. And those are learned skills. – Marcy Kaptur
I drive a Nissan Versa and would never spend real money on a car because I destroy things. – Emily Ratajkowski