Chuck Feeney

I cannot think of a more personally rewarding and appropriate use of wealth than to give while one is living. ”

When you are 81 years old, you don't really need a lot of the trappings of wealth. ”

I had one idea that never changed in my mind - that you should use your wealth to help people. ”

I suppose in the back of my mind I was always one of those guys who had a disdain for money. It had a value if you wanted to buy something, but if you didn't want to buy something, you didn't need it. ”

I was with a special services unit in the Korean war, and when I got out, the biggest thing I got was a GI scholarship. ”

It's the intelligent thing to be frugal. ”

A lot of wealthy people, they don't realize they have the alternatives of spending the money for good. ”

I'd be the last guy to tell a wealthy person what to do with their money. They're entitled to do whatever they want. ”

When you've got the money, you spend it. When you've spent it all, let someone else get going and spend theirs. ”

It is logical for a U.S. person to give their money away while they are alive, as the government will take it from you when you die in taxes. ”