Subject: Money » Wealth (Page 2)

If past history was all there was to the game, the richest people would be librarians.

(1930 – ) financier & investment businessman

Nothing is more admirable than the fortitude with which millionaires tolerate the disadvantages of their wealth.

(1886 – 1975) American fiction writer

The only thing I like about rich people is their money.

(1879 – 1964) British politician

You can't get rich in politics unless you are a crook.


Anyone with money to burn will always find himself surrounded by people with matches.

Don’t you hate it when people assume you’re rich because you sound posh and went to private school and have loads of money?

British actor, comedian & writer

The Englishman who has lost his fortune is said to have died of a broken heart.

(1803 – 1882) essayist, poet, & philosopher

A rich man has no need of character.

It is better to live rich than to die rich.

(1709 – 1784) English author, essayist, critic, editor & lexicographer

It's better to be rich and healthy than poor and sick.

There is no stronger craving in the world than that of the rich for titles, except that of the titled for riches.

(1887 – 1964) British actor, writer & theater director

Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.

(1706 – 1790) American statesman, author, scientist & inventor

Those who have some means think that the most important thing in the world is love; the poor know that it is money.

(1894 – 1987) British writer

Mausoleum: The final and funniest folly of the rich.

(1842 – 1914) author & satirist

Bing (Crosby) doesn't pay income tax; he just calls the government and says, 'How much do you boys need?'

(1903 – 2003) English-born American comedian & actor

If hard work were such a wonderful thing, surely the rich would have kept it all to themselves.

(1922 – 1999) labor union leader, president of the AFL-CIO

You can never be too skinny or too rich.

(1915 – 1978) socialite

I'd rather be rich than stupid.

Rich men without convictions are more dangerous in modern society than poor women without chastity.

(1856 – 1950) Irish playwright & socialist

The conviction of the rich that the poor are happier is no more foolish than the conviction of the poor that the rich are.

Samuel Clemens (1835 – 1910) author & humorist

1. Always hire a rich solicitor.

2. Never buy from a rich salesman.