Subject: Money » Wealth (Page 3)

If we could sell our experiences for what they cost us, we'd all be millionaires.

(1918 – ) American advice columnist

The rich aren’t like us… they pay less taxes.

(1910 – 1993) editor & novelist

Behind every great fortune there is a crime.


(1799 – 1850) French novelist & playwright

No woman can be too rich or too thin.

Duchess of Windsor (1896 – 1986) American socialite & wife of the Prince Edward, formerly King Edward VIII

The poor and ignorant will continue to lie and steal as long as the rich and educated show them how.

(1856 – 1915) writer, publisher, artist & philosopher

A man who has a million dollars is as well off as if he were rich.

(1763 – 1848) German-American, first multi-millionaire in the U.S.

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

(1856 – 1950) Irish playwright & socialist

Being tired isn't the same as being rich, but most times it's close enough.

(1962 – ) writer & journalist

If I had that kind of money, I wouldn't come to Vietnam, I'd send for it.

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

Wealth is any income that is at least one hundred dollars a year more than the income of one’s wife’s sister’s husband.

(1880 – 1956) journalist, essayist, editor & satirist

I want a man who’s kind and understanding; is that too much to ask of a millionaire?

(1917 – 2016) Hungarian-born American actress

Philanthropist: A rich (and usually bald) old gentleman who has trained himself to grin while his conscience is picking his pocket.

(1842 – 1914) author & satirist

If you can count your money, you don't have a billion dollars.

(1892 – 1976) oil industrialist (once world’s richest man)

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


A rich man has no need of character.

God shows his contempt for wealth by the kind of person he selects to receive it.

(1858 – 1932) American physicist, physician & humorist

Some people get so rich they lose all respect for humanity; that's how rich I want to be.

(1953 – ) comedian, dancer & writer

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

(1930 – ) financier & investment businessman

Fortunes are made by buying low and selling too soon.

(1840 – 1915) British banker & politician

I don't mind their having a lot of money, and I don't care how they employ it, but I do think that they damn well ought to admit they enjoy it.

(1902 – 1971) American humorist & poet

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