I don't care half so much about making money as I do about making my point, and coming out ahead.
All my life I knew that there was all the money you could want out there. All you have to do is go after it.
Pressure is the single mom who is trying to scuffle and pay her rent. We get paid a lot of money to play a game. Don't get me wrong: there are challenges. But to call it pressure is almost an insult to regular people.
You're only the boss if you put up your own money.
Always try to rub up against money, for if you rub up against money long enough, some of it may rub off on you.
Poverty breeds lack of self-reliance.
When people evaluate their life, they compare themselves to a standard of what a successful life is, and it turns out that standard tends to be universal: People in Togo and Denmark have the same idea of what a good life is, and a lot of that has to do with money and material prosperity.
Anybody who dies with money in the bank is a failure.
Bank failures are caused by depositors who don't deposit enough money to cover losses due to mismanagement.
I was a poor kid. I came from nothing. We didn't have any money; a lot of times we didn't have any food, and now, all of a sudden, I'm a superhero in a Marvel movie? Talk about the American dream, man - I'm living it.
I want to be one of the greats. I feel like the money and all that is going to come, but I want to be a name that, like, when you say Nas or Jay Z, that's forever.
You've got to tell your money what to do or it will leave.
You don't want to have so much money going toward your mortgage every month that you can't enjoy life or take care of your other financial responsibilities.
As parents, we teach our kids about things we feel competent in. That's why so many parents don't teach their kids about money.
To get rich, you have to be making money while you're asleep.
Anybody who thinks money will make you happy, hasn't got money.
Money is a mechanism for control.
I used to have a drug problem, now I make enough money.
Money can't buy you happiness, but it can buy you a yacht big enough to pull up right alongside it.
Money is being made programmable. That's a fundamental change with implications we can still barely see.
A company has a greater responsibility than making money for its stockholders. We have a responsibility to our employees to recognize their dignity as human beings.
A rise in wages, from an alteration in the value of money, produces a general effect on price, and for that reason it produces no real effect whatever on profits.
You can only do three things with your money. You can spend it. You can invest it. Or you can give it away. And if you invest it, you're really just getting more money to give away or buy something. How many things can you buy? So I don't really think there's a lot of choices.
If we pollute the air, water and soil that keep us alive and well, and destroy the biodiversity that allows natural systems to function, no amount of money will save us.
My parents survived the Great Depression and brought me up to live within my means, save some for tomorrow, share and don't be greedy, work hard for the necessities in life knowing that money does not make you better or more important than anyone else. So, extravagance has been bred out of my DNA.
The greatest luxury of having money should be not having to worry about it.
We have the right as individuals to give away as much of our own money as we please in charity; but as members of Congress we have no right to appropriate a dollar of the public money.
Council housing works because it pays for itself relatively quickly: the rent paid by tenants covers the building costs in the long term, and eventually makes a profit for the local authority, which continues to invest in the local area. The money continues to circulate within the community rather than simply boosting the profits of landlords.
Good grooming is integral and impeccable style is a must. If you don't look the part, no one will want to give you time or money.
Prisons are big businesses, which I hadn't realized. A lot of these name brand labels that we wear - they're using prison labor and exploiting prisoners, who live in harsh conditions. People need to know about this kind of sweatshop labor, so they can decide what to spend their money on.
I'd rather lose my own money than someone else's.
I think it would be cool if you were writing a ransom note on your computer, if the paper clip popped up and said, 'Looks like you're writing a ransom note. Need help? You should use more forceful language, you'll get more money.'
I remember arguing with kids on the street who were talking about Santa Claus. I said don't be so daft - Santa Claus doesn't come down our chimney. He's an economic Santa Claus; he goes down chimneys where they've got money.
When I get a little money I buy books; and if any is left I buy food and clothes.
Three groups spend other people's money: children, thieves, politicians. All three need supervision.
I blew through all my money and made some very bad decisions. I had this scam artist scam me real bad and was embezzled over $175,000.
You don't need money to be creative. The ghetto builds champions every day.
It costs a lot of money to look this cheap.
Of course, 'I Will Always Love You' is the biggest song so far in my career. I'm famous for several, but that one has been recorded by more people and made me more money, I think, than all of them. But that song did come from a true and deep place in my heart.
A gypsy told me I was going to do great things. I was going to make all kinds of money.
Sometimes your best investments are the ones you don't make.
There is nothing so habit-forming as money.
To give real service you must add something which cannot be bought or measured with money, and that is sincerity and integrity.
I want to put money back in people's pockets.
A man with money is no match against a man on a mission.
I'm blessed. I get to play the game I love for a living and make a lot of money doing it.
My goal is to prosper and be a world champion and make money and retire and say I did it.
Money is our madness, our vast collective madness.
Whether you're a DJ, whether you a rapper, whether you a producer, take it seriously. This is an occupation - you can get paid - don't expect to blow up overnight, and appreciate when you do get paid any type of money, appreciate it.