In a rich man’s house there is no place to spit but his face.

Palestinians have no wealth or power.

Landlords, like all other men, love to reap where they never sowed.

It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.

I always was a rich person because money’s not related to happiness.

This is the moment when we must build on the wealth that open markets have created, and share its benefits more equitably. Trade has been a cornerstone of our growth and global development. But we will not be able to sustain this growth if it favors the few, and not the many.

If thou wilt make a man happy, add not unto his riches but take away from his desires.

I had to get rich so I could sing like I was poor again.

The greatness of a man is not in how much wealth he acquires, but in his integrity and his ability to affect those around him positively.

Gold is a treasure, and he who possesses it does all he wishes to in this world, and succeeds in helping souls into paradise.

The surest way to remain poor is to be an honest man.

He that won’t be counseled can’t be helped.

There are three classes of men; lovers of wisdom, lovers of honor, and lovers of gain.

I’m the greatest thing that ever lived! I’m the king of the world! I’m a bad man. I’m the prettiest thing that ever lived.

I was kind of secretly hoping one of my kids would go out and make a million bucks. So when they put me in a home, at least I’ll have a window with a view.

Who is richer? The man who is seen, but cannot see? Or the man who is not being seen, but can see?

Without frugality none can be rich, and with it very few would be poor.

I’ve got all the money I’ll ever need, if I die by four o’clock.

Prospering just doesn’t have to do with money.

You lose your individuality a huge amount when you have no money, and I certainly had that experience.

There must be a reason why some people can afford to live well. They must have worked for it. I only feel angry when I see waste. When I see people throwing away things that we could use.

Money is a strange business. People who haven’t got it aim it strongly. People who have are full of troubles.

When wealth is lost, nothing is lost; when health is lost, something is lost; when character is lost, all is lost.

My name is Adam Sandler. I’m not particularly talented. I’m not particularly good-looking. And yet I’m a multi-millionaire.

One must be poor to know the luxury of giving!

Of the billionaires I have known, money just brings out the basic traits in them. If they were jerks before they had money, they are simply jerks with a billion dollars.

I think the word rich is all relative.

Wall Street is the only place that people ride to in a Rolls Royce to get advice from those who take the subway.

He who has made a fair compact with poverty is rich.

Money has never made man happy, nor will it, there is nothing in its nature to produce happiness. The more of it one has the more one wants.

Familiarity breeds contempt – and children.

For people who live in the suburbs and must commute long distances to work, their wealth will sink as energy prices rise.

Money has a language of its own.

Money is not the only answer, but it makes a difference.

In my youth, I traveled much, and I observed in different countries, that the more public provisions were made for the poor, the less they provided for themselves, and of course became poorer. And, on the contrary, the less was done for them, the more they did for themselves, and became richer.

Probably the greatest harm done by vast wealth is the harm that we of moderate means do ourselves when we let the vices of envy and hatred enter deep into our own natures.

If you were to ask me to choose between democratic values and wealth, power, prosperity and fame, I will very easily and without any doubt choose democratic values.

Money is usually attracted, not pursued.

He who obtains has little. He who scatters has much.

It’s God’s will for you to live in prosperity instead of poverty. It’s God’s will for you to pay your bills and not be in debt.

We should no longer measure our wealth and success in the graph that shows economic growth, but in the curve that shows the emissions of greenhouse gases.

Do you know the only thing that gives me pleasure? It’s to see my dividends coming in.

The lack of money is the root of all evil.

There are few ways in which a man can be more innocently employed than in getting money.

People say ‚I want to be rich‘. The question is, ‚Are you willing to do what it takes?‘

I look forward to a great future for America – a future in which our country will match its military strength with our moral restraint, its wealth with our wisdom, its power with our purpose.

No one has ever become poor by giving.

That man is rich whose pleasures are the cheapest.

I could become very rich in Guatemala but by the low method of ratifying my title, opening a clinic, and specialising in allergies. To do that would be the most horrible betrayal of the two ‚I’s‘ struggling inside me: the socialist and the traveller.

I find the difference, for me, between having no money and having quite a bit is that the bills get bigger. And that’s it. The lifestyle doesn’t change.

There is no wealth but life.

The biggest crime in England is to rise above your station. It’s fine to be a pop star. ‚Oh, it’s great, lots of fun, aren’t they sweet, these pop stars! But to think you have anything to say about how the world should work? What arrogance!‘

The empty vessel makes the loudest sound.

The only difference between Benito and Bad Bunny is 16 million followers on Instagram. And the money that Bad Bunny has in the bank. Benito had, like, $7. The numbers are different, but I’m still the same. Even my insecurities remain the same.

We continue to recognize the greater ability of some to earn more than others. But we do assert that the ambition of the individual to obtain for him a proper security is an ambition to be preferred to the appetite for great wealth and great power.

It would astonish if not amuse the older citizens to learn that I (a strange, friendless, uneducated, penniless boy, working at ten dollars per month) have been put down as the candidate of pride, wealth, and aristocratic family distinction.

People who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do.

Bottom line is, I didn’t return to Apple to make a fortune. I’ve been very lucky in my life and already have one. When I was 25, my net worth was $100 million or so. I decided then that I wasn’t going to let it ruin my life. There’s no way you could ever spend it all, and I don’t view wealth as something that validates my intelligence.

I never heard of an old man forgetting where he had buried his money! Old people remember what interests them: the dates fixed for their lawsuits, and the names of their debtors and creditors.

Obama’s primary constituency was financial institutions. They were the core of the funding for his campaign. They expect to be paid back. And they were. They were paid back by coming out richer and more powerful than they were before the crisis that they created.

Every man is rich or poor according to the proportion between his desires and his enjoyments.