Quotes about "Money & Wealth"

Women know what men have long forgotten. The ultimate economic and spiritual unit of any civilization is still the family. ”

I don't make decisions for money or popularity. I do things because they're right for me, and they're interesting and challenging. ”

Great work, professional relationships, and learning experiences compound over time, much the way money does - investing $100 today creates much more value than investing $100 a decade from now. ”

There's a lot of creative freedom. Acting is a whole boatload of fun, but I prefer to do it on my own terms. ”

I had forgotten until I looked up old notes that I sold the film rights of my first book, a life of Mary Wollstonecraft: there was a lunch, a contract, a small sum of money, then nothing. ”

I've behaved badly in my life. I hope I haven't behaved as badly as Dickens! In a way, if you're a woman, you're not in a position to behave as badly, because you don't have the economic power. ”

For me, the ages between 9 and 12 were great because it was before you wore any masks, and you had some autonomy in the world. You had some freedom, and you felt you had unlimited ambition. It's when you thought, 'I'm going to write plays. I'm going to be president. I'm going to do this; I'm going to do that.' And then it all falls apart. ”

It seems to me that before we give federal funds to police departments, we ought to mandate that they have body cams. ”

It's very American, making a lot of money. ”

I think people who make movies and have invested a lot of money in them get frightened that if they challenge an audience they are going to repel them. And I think the opposite; it's really true. ”