I loved acting, which was never about money, the fame. It was about a search for meaning. It was painful.
My kids certainly aren’t going to have the money. They don’t need it.
You’ve got to gamble on yourself. If you don’t, no one else is going to. It’s very hard when you’re poor to turn down money. When you’ve got money, it’s easy. When you’re poor, you need money today. People take advantage of poor people.
Donald’s ego has been and is a fragile and inadequate barrier between him and the real world, which, thanks to his father’s money and power, he never had to negotiate by himself.
Because I didn’t come from money I didn’t know to manage it.
I know the Federal Reserve Bank can continue to print more and more money… but city and state governments cannot.
Money is just the poor man’s credit card.
Money is not required to buy one necessity of the soul.
We had to leave Norway and go where it was all happening, which was London. We loved it there, but it was hard. We had no money – we were literally starving. It started to get ugly.
Advertising: the science of arresting the human intelligence long enough to get money from it.
You can make a lot of money in this game. Just ask my ex-wives. Both of them are so rich that neither of their husbands work.
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.
If you want to make an impact, you need to invest your time every bit as much as your money. And you need to stay involved for the long run. If you can’t look at a five-year horizon, you shouldn’t get involved.
I think writing really helps you heal yourself. I think if you write long enough, you will be a healthy person. That is, if you write what you need to write, as opposed to what will make money, or what will make fame.
Business is all about the customer: what the customer wants and what they get. Generally, every customer wants a product or service that solves their problem, worth their money, and is delivered with amazing customer service.
Advertising is totally unnecessary. Unless you hope to make money.
I always have said that the most valuable thing I have isn’t money; it’s my time.
No one would remember the Good Samaritan if he’d only had good intentions; he had money as well.
With the Supremes I made so much money so fast all I wanted to do was buy clothes and pretty things. Now I’m comfortable with money and it’s comfortable with me.
I’m fulfilled in what I do. I never thought that a lot of money or fine clothes – the finer things of life – would make you happy. My concept of happiness is to be filled in a spiritual sense.
When you’re on a series, it’s tough to go on and do something else afterward. If you’re smart, save your money and you can wait out the bad times, until something else comes along.
Pesticides came about after the first world war. Some brainy petrochemical money maker said, ‘Hey, that mustard gas worked great on people, maybe we could dilute it down and spray it on our crops to deal with pests.’
People dream to be in the WWE, but my dream is to be the best in the WWE. They can have the money and fame. My dream is to become known as the greatest wrestler of all time.
All my money is in a savings account. My dad has explained the stock market to me maybe 75 times. I still don’t understand it.
I taped my first series for PBS in 1982 at WJCT-TV in Jacksonville, Florida. The show, called ‘Everyday Cooking with Jacques Pepin,’ was about saving time and money in the kitchen – and it was a celebration of simple and unpretentious food.
