939 private quotes tagged money

“I don't know what your childhood was like, but we didn't have much money. We'd go to a movie on a Saturday night, then on Wednesday night my parents would walk us over to the library. It was such a big deal, to go in and get my own book.” — Robert Redford

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“I don't make decisions based on money.” — David Duchovny

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“Goddam money. It always ends up making you blue as hell.” — J. D. Salinger

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“For me the greatest source of income is still movies. Nothing - stocks, financial speculation, real estate speculation or businesses - makes more money for me than making movies.” — Jackie Chan

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“For industry to settle in a country, you first need electricity for electricity, you need some trained workers for trained workers, you need some schools for schools you need some money for money, you need some industry.” — Evan Davis

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“Selling out is doing something you don't really want to do for money. That's what selling out is.” — Bono

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“I've had people ask me in interviews what it's like to have money, but that's not how it is. I have a middle-class life. I have a room in London but not a house, nor a BMW.” — Beth Ditto

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“The people who run a university are far more qualified and intelligent in handling people than someone who inherited his money and used it to buy a pro team.” — Hayden Fry

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“I sat with him for three hours and we did not exchange a single word. At the end he handed me, as he had done before, an envelope with money in it. It would have been much nicer if he had enclosed a greeting or a loving word. I would have been so pleased if he had.” — Eva Braun

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“I know where I'm putting my money.” — Marc Andreessen

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“Writing is the only profession where no one considers you ridiculous if you earn no money.” — Jules Renard

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“You want to give people a reason to hate my guts more? I'm making more money.” — Billy Joel

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“Organized labor, if they're doing a responsible job, is going to organize the pooling of small amounts of money to protect the interests of the people who are not rich.” — Warren Beatty

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“Well, I needed the work - that's the honest answer. I haven't worked for a while, a couple of years. So I thought it would be nice to get back to work and earn some money.” — Gary Oldman

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“Money doesn't buy class.” — Kiana Tom

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“I've been very well remunerated for my talents over the years so I really don't need the public's money.” — George Michael

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“I find it fascinating that a lot of business books that do well are from people who've never made any money in business.” — Gary Vaynerchuk

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“People aren't going to throw the kind of money at certain people that they used to.” — Philip Seymour Hoffman

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“It's lovely to have money to give away - that's the bonus of winning the Nobel.” — Doris Lessing

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“I remember thinking that I'd way rather give my parents my money, and not have to like have them go to work anymore, you know what I mean. Because I'd way rather spend more time with them.” — Shaun White

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“Don't make music for some vast, unseen audience or market or ratings share or even for something as tangible as money. Though it's crucial to make a living, that shouldn't be your inspiration. Do it for yourself.” — Billy Joel

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“I don't even know what sound is, much less what it's for. It isn't to make money that's for sure. I've never made any.” — Don Van Vliet

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“If the money's right, I'll do a film.” — Oliver Reed

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“I'm not broke. Like everybody else, I owe money.” — Marlee Matlin

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“That money talks, I'll not deny, I heard it once: It said, 'Goodbye'.” — Richard Armour

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