As kids we didn’t complain about being poor; we talked about how rich we were going to be and made moves to get the lifestyle we aspired to by any means we could. And as soon as we had a little money, we were eager to show it. – Jay-Z
When vastly wealthy people say, ‘I’m not leaving my kids any money,’ it’s typically not true. – Jamie Johnson
I think mental illness or madness can be an escape also. People don’t develop a mental illness because they are in the happiest of situations, usually. One doctor observed that it was rare when people were rich to become schizophrenic. If they were poor or didn’t have too much money, then it was more likely. – John Forbes Nash, Jr.
The secrecy surrounding wealth and the anxiety of talking about money is absurd. If you are rich and you live well and you spend money and it is an essential part of your lifestyle, then you shouldn’t be ashamed of talking about it. You shouldn’t be ashamed of it. And I think you should accept it and be honest and open about it. – Jamie Johnson
This could be done in part, because the equipment was very inexpensive. Not much money was involved in tooling so that basic changes of that type could be accomplished. – Jack Kilby
The Internet has become a remarkable fount of economic and social innovation largely because it’s been an archetypal level playing field, on which even sites with little or no money behind them – blogs, say, or Wikipedia – can become influential. – James Surowiecki
I want every idea I have to make me money. I want every post I write to have 10,000 Facebook likes. I want every talk I give to have people laughing at all the right jokes. I want everyone to like me all the time. – James Altucher
In my era of wrestling, there were no guaranteed contracts, so it was inherent that you draw the crowd in to make money. – Jesse Ventura
Most credit cards provide some sort of protection against a defective purchase, and with gold or platinum cards, you’ll often get double the manufacturer’s warranty. You’re also not immediately out your own money if something goes wrong. – Jean Chatzky
Endings don’t have anything to do with what your movie is about. Now, there is an emotional climax, there’s an emotional resolution that is 100 percent important. If I get that wrong, get your money back. – Jeff Nichols
I’m not in this for the money because if I was, I would have jumped out after our first album. – Justin Timberlake
After two decades of personal finance reporting, I’ve heard every excuse in the book for not saving money. That said, none of them really hold up – at least over the long term. – Jean Chatzky
The wealth cure is looking at your life step by step – making a diagnosis and saying, ‘Am I using money or is money using me?’ – Hill Harper
One argument goes that recessions are good for female artists because when money flies out the window, women are allowed in the house. The other claims that when money ebbs, so do prospects for women. – Jerry Saltz
I had some money, I made the best paintings ever. I was completely reclusive, worked a lot, took a lot of drugs. I was awful to people. – Jean-Michel Basquiat
No failure in America, whether of love or money, is ever simple; it is always a kind of betrayal, of a mass of shadowy, shared hopes. – Greil Marcus
I collected child support in Dade County, and they wrote a rap song about me, so the kids knew about it, and they started asking me questions about child support. What happens if she wastes the money? What happens if he doesn’t pay? And I answered the questions. – Janet Reno
One must beware of ministers who can do nothing without money, and those who want to do everything with money. – Indira Gandhi
The only thing I like more than my wife is my money, and I’m not about to lose that to her and her lawyers, that’s for damn sure. – Jon Bon Jovi
It doesn’t matter how much money you’ve got, or how many connections, there’s always something you want that’s out of reach. – Jenson Button
I’m dating myself by saying this, but I was the test audience for ‘Space Invaders.’ I remember when that was the first game that wasn’t a pinball game. I spent a lot of money on ‘Space Invaders,’ in the form of quarters, of course. – John C. Reilly
When I was a child, there was very little money, so I’ve always been concerned for my financial security, which has meant that finding myself as a writer was a bad move. The practical difference the money has made is that I can support myself by fiction. That is what I have been trying to do throughout my life. – Hilary Mantel
You cannot reduce the power of story with the tag of money because it’s not a share market. So you must know the seriousness of the power of storytelling. – Irrfan Khan
There is a clear goal and it isn’t to make money. The goal is to desperately try to make the best products we can. We are not naive – if you trust it, people like it, they buy it and we make money. This is a consequence. – Jonathan Ive
It has always been more expensive for the poor to borrow money. We see this in everything from mortgage rates to credit cards. – John Niven