Percentages are why I am rich. - Brigitte Bardot He deserves nothing. Nothing but our scorn. (Father) Then I am rich indeed from the abundance of that which you've shown me. (Acheron) - Sherrilyn Kenyon Aunt Elizabeth said, 'Do you expect to attend many balls, if I may ask?' and I said, 'Yes, when I am rich and famous.' and Aunt Elizabeth said, 'Yes, when the moon is made of green cheese. - L M Montgomery Some have too much, yet still do crave; I little have, and seek no more. They are but poor, though much they have, And I am rich with little store. - Edward Dyer I am the most well-adjusted human being I know. I started out this investigation as a very happy man with a great career. I've got the life people dream about: I am rich, I am famous, I've got a fabulous marriage to an absolutely, spell-bindingly brilliant woman. - James Ellroy These reasonings are unconnected: "I am richer than you, therefore I am better"; "I am more eloqu...

I never play, because I am not rich enough to afford to lose or poor enough to want to win. Maximilien Morrel, The Count of Monte Cristo - Alexandre Dumas When a youth was giving himself airs in the Theatre and saying, 'I am wise, for I have conversed with many wise men,' Epictetus replied, 'I too have conversed with many rich men, yet I am not rich!'. - Epictetus

Let the Lord your God be your hope seek for nothing else from him, but let him himself be your hope. There are people who hope from him riches or perishable and transitory honours, in short they hope to get from God things which are not God himself. - Saint Augustine Of Hippo My family got all over me because they said Bush is only for the rich people. Then I reminded them, 'Hey, I'm rich'. - Charles Barkley I've got a fortune in gold. Ah, was that a flicker in your eye? Do you like me better now that you know I'm rich?" He curled his finger under her chin. "Because I'm all right with that. - Kresley Cole I'm not that bad," he said. "I'm rich, popular. I have a sense of humor. I'm good looking, and not to mention I have a really big - J M Darhower Everyone keeps asking me, What are you doing? I say, Why do I need to do anything? I'm rich. - Steve Guttenberg I can do whatever I want - I'm rich, I'm famous, and I...

Of course, to have money is just great because you can do what you think is important to you. I always was a rich person because money's not related to happiness. - Paulo Coelho If you are a rich person straining every sinew to keep every last pound in your pocket, there comes a point when you realize you are not just escaping the clutches of the Chancellor of the Exchequer. You are passing a greater burden on to people poorer than yourself, and depriving even poorer people of your support. - Clive Anderson Have you ever seen a candidate talking to a rich person on television? - Art Buchwald Ted is smart and good-looking, but he doesn't use it to good effect, like a rich person that never gives to charity. - David Levithan I've had two callers ask, 'Did you ever work for someone who is poorer than you are?' Their idea is it takes a rich person to give you a job because jobs are something that are given to you, an inferior, from on high. - John Hall You don...

Having more does not keep you from wanting more. And if you always want more - to be richer, more beautiful, more well known - you are missing the bigger picture, and I can tell you from experience, happiness will never come - Mitch Albom It isn't necessary to be rich and famous to be happy. It's only necessary to be rich. - Alan Alda You don't write a novel out of sheer pity any more than you blow a safe out of a vague longing to be rich. A certain ruthlessness and a sense of alienation from society is as essential to creative writing as it is to armed robbery. - Nelson Algren Il bel far niente means 'the beauty of doing nothing'... [it] has always been a cherished Italian ideal. The beauty of doing nothing is the goal of all your work, the final accomplishment for which you are most highly congratulated. The more exquisitely and delightfully you can do nothing, the higher your life's achievement. You don't necessarily need to be rich in order to experi...

Many an optimist has become rich by buying out a pessimist. - Robert G Allen You only have what you give. It's by spending yourself that you become rich. - Isabel Allende It is a good motive, fame and money, as it is tangible and measurable. Being an artist is neither measurable nor tangible and certainly not a way to become rich. - Dirk Benedict I do not believe that one can become rich without being a shark; a sensitive man will never amass wealth. - Petrus Borel No one's death comes to pass without making some impression, and those close to the deceased inherit part of the liberated soul and become richer in their humanness. - Hermann Broch The way to become rich is to put all your eggs in one basket and then watch that basket. - Andrew Carnegie Now, we believe that the majority of teachers in America know our system must be reformed, to put students first so that America can compete, that teachers don't teach to become rich or famous. They teach because they love...

Buddy Rich was one of the most incredible technicians in the world, on this planet, but the only people he could really impress, who knew what he was doing was another musician or another drummer. - Dick Dale As Buddy Rich, for instance, broke into the business at the age of three, I think it was, on drums, so indeed did I break into the business at the age of four as a singer. - Mel Torme Buddy Rich is one of a kind; he's a genius, and that's all there is to it. - Mel Torme As regards my feelings about drummers - there's Buddy Rich, and then there's everybody else. - Mel Torme I don't like drum solos, to be honest with you, but if anybody ever told me he didn't like Buddy Rich I'd right away say go and see him, at least the once. - Charlie Watts

My dad's filthy rich, and even though we're Irish Catholic I'm an only child. I've got more money than you do so I'll work for free. No charge. A free law clerk for three weeks. I'll do all the research, typing, answering the phone. I'll even carry your briefcase and make the coffee. I was afraid you'd want to be a a law partner. No I'm a woman, and I'm in the South. I know my place. - John Grisham I came from a dirt farm, now I'm filthy rich. - Larry Holmes I'm a millionaire, I'm a multi-millionaire. I'm filthy rich. You know why I'm a multi-millionaire? 'Cause multi-millions like what I do. - Michael Moore

I think it's real important to show style now. The majority of style right now is to act like you don't have style at all, so most companies are getting rich off clothes that look torn, clothes that look worn. - Andre Benjamin You're only poor if you give up. The most important thing is that you did something. Most people only talk and dream of getting rich. You've done something. - Robert Kiyosaki There is a movement in club football, which I don't necessarily consider a prime example of solidarity, because it leads us to conclude the rich are getting richer and they are using everything in the market to create an exodus from Africa. - Sepp Blatter I will tell you the secret to getting rich on Wall Street. You try to be greedy when others are fearful. And you try to be fearful when others are greedy. - Warren Buffett What answer had your lecturer in Moscow to make to the question why he was forging notes? 'Everybody is getting rich one way or another, so I...

Get rich or die tryin'. - Curtis Jackson Get rich or Die tryin - Curtis Jackson To get rich never risk your health. For it is the truth that health is the wealth of wealth. - Richard H Baker You can get rich making fun of me. I know. I've made lots of money making fun of me. - Glenn Beck Once again, the 90/10 rule of money applies - 10% of the borrowers in the world use debt to get richer - 90% use debt to get poorer. - Robert Kiyosaki I have a problem with too much money. I can't reinvest it fast enough, and because I reinvest it, more money comes in. Yes, the rich do get richer. - Robert Kiyosaki If you ever get rich and famous, by definition you are special. You have done something special, and therefore you start to behave special. Then if the floor drops out, and you become down and out, you have a really new perspective. - Danny Bonaduce Happy the country that lives on nothing but its wits; cursed be the one that thinks it can get rich by planting or digging o...

Like almost everyone who uses e-mail, I receive a ton of spam every day. Much of it offers to help me get out of debt or get rich quick. It would be funny if it weren't so exciting. - Bill Gates Why are we in this mess, now facing the prospect of economic armageddon? It's because the prevailing characteristic has been greed, and it doesn't matter whether it's individuals living beyond their means or governments living beyond their means or people seeking to get rich quick. - Jeremy Paxton