Rich Quotes

The shock caused by the September 11 events has also lead to a thorough reflection on the existing disparity between rich and poor countries, on the misery of populations of the South.

Washington and Jefferson were both rich Virginia planters, but they were never friends.

I've never known a lot of rich people. It's not my bag.

Governments exist to protect the rights of minorities. The loved and the rich need no protection: they have many friends and few enemies.

You don't make a fortune doing cartoons. It's a lot of fun, it keeps you busy, and it's better than a kick in the pants, absolutely. But doing voiceover work doesn't make you rich. It just doesn't.

Other people, including me, have written books with main characters who were old and rich. Or old and brilliant. Old sages, old wizards, old rich people.

You may be surprised to discover you're rich, especially if you're broke.

The diversity of the phenomena of nature is so great, and the treasures hidden in the heavens so rich, precisely in order that the human mind shall never be lacking in fresh nourishment.

Experience demands that man is the only animal which devours his own kind, for I can apply no milder term to the general prey of the rich on the poor.

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.

If your only goal is to become rich, you will never achieve it.

The shock caused by the September 11 events has also lead to a thorough reflection on the existing disparity between rich and poor countries, on the misery of populations of the South.

I never met a poor person who wanted to soak the rich; they want to get rich.

Governments, of course, can - and do - soak the rich.

I don't give any gifts to the rich.

It's difficult working with very rich actors, because inevitably they become a little spoilt, and the managers and agents tend to control things more than is healthy.

If a rich person invests in a business, either directly or through stock purchases, it means business can grow and hire more people.

If we'd have said we were not upset, they would have thought we were so rich it meant nothing to us, and if we say we're upset about it, they'll say money is all we care about.

There are rich people everywhere, and yet they don't contribute to the growth of their countries.

The rich, by unfair combinations, contribute frequently to prolong a season of distress among the poor.

Europe became rich because it exploited Africa; and the Africans know that.

Bill Gates is a very rich man today... and do you want to know why? The answer is one word: versions.

Schools that are to cater for the whole population must offer courses that are as rich and varied as are the needs and abilities of the children who enter them.

I think actors are divided into two groups: one that wants to be an actor to become famous and rich, and the other that wants to be an actor because they have to be. I'm more in the second group.

Rich men's houses are seldom beautiful, rarely comfortable, and never original. It is a constant source of surprise to people of moderate means to observe how little a big fortune contributes to Beauty.

Life is a dream for the wise, a game for the fool, a comedy for the rich, a tragedy for the poor.

Anytime I hear that somebody's really rich, the first question is, 'Do you do anything with it? Or do you, like, chill? You just sit on it?'

The shock caused by the September 11 events has also lead to a thorough reflection on the existing disparity between rich and poor countries, on the misery of populations of the South.

To get rich never risk your health. For it is the truth that health is the wealth of wealth.

Those who spend too fast never grow rich.