Quotations about

Wealth

No one can earn a million dollars honestly.

—William Jennings Bryan

Art for art's sake is a philosophy of the well-fed.

—Frank Lloyd Wright

Freedom of the press is limited to those who own one.

—A. J. Liebling

The advantage of a classical education is that it enables you to despise the wealth that it prevents you from achieving.

—Russell Green

I have enough money to last me the rest of my life, unless I buy something.

—Jackie Mason

Never be ruled by possessions, and never, ever make wealth more important to you than your self-respect and your dignity.

—Julie Garwood in Prince Charming

It is the wretchedness of being rich that you have to live with rich people.

—Logan Pearsall Smith

The first wealth is health.

—Ralph Waldo Emerson

Some people think they are worth a lot of money just because they have it.

—Fannie Hurst

A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul.

—George Bernard Shaw

If those who owe us nothing gave us nothing, how poor we would be.

—Antonio Porchia

Someday I want to be rich. Some people get so rich they lose all respect for humanity. That's how rich I want to be.

—Rita Rudner

Behind every great fortune there is a crime.

—Honoré de Balzac

Although golf was originally restricted to wealthy, overweight Protestants, today it's open to anybody who owns hideous clothing.

—Dave Barry

If it weren't for baseball, many kids wouldn't know what a millionaire looked like.

—Phyllis Diller