Quotes about "Money & Wealth"

When you have a lot of construction going on, it sends a message of vitality that builds up consumer confidence. It gets people to spend money when they see that energy, that things are happening. ”

I have nothing against investment banking, but it's like massaging money rather than creating money. If you're in physics, you create inventions, you create lasers, you create transistors, computers, GPS. ”

I have nothing against investment banking, but it's like massaging money rather than creating money. ”

I had my first stereo when I turned 12, and every two weeks, I would save up money and buy one CD. ”

If someone wants to give you, like, $100 million, it's hard to say no. But I don't want to accept that kind of money right now. I'd feel burdened by it. ”

Ty Tryon made a lot of money after turning pro, but he might not have been ready. I don't want to make a lot of money for a couple of months and then not be ready. ”

Money doesn't drive me. ”

Modeling wasn't the thing that was going to define me in any way; it was just a way to make a lot of money. ”

For me, money is a tool. ”

I didn't do it for the money. I know a lot of people say that, but if I'd wanted to be rich, I'd have stayed working as a city lawyer. I gave that up eight years ago and took a massive drop in salary, and I didn't mind because I was doing what I loved. There's plenty of material for the other five books. ”