Wealth is like sea-water; the more we drink, the thirstier we become; and the same is true of fame.

I’ve always wanted a baby.

Obama’s primary constituency was financial institutions. They were the core of the funding for his campaign. They expect to be paid back. And they were. They were paid back by coming out richer and more powerful than they were before the crisis that they created.

When it is a question of money, everybody is of the same religion.

Martyrdom: The only way a man can become famous without ability.

A man is in general better pleased when he has a good dinner upon his table, than when his wife talks Greek.

The man who has won millions at the cost of his conscience is a failure.

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

I’m filthy rich!

My crown is called content, a crown that seldom kings enjoy.

Good fame is like fire; when you have kindled you may easily preserve it; but if you extinguish it, you will not easily kindle it again.

Without frugality none can be rich, and with it very few would be poor.

I need more sex, OK? Before I die I wanna taste everyone in the world.

Wealth is not his that has it, but his that enjoys it.

Thoughts are mental energy; they’re the currency that you have to attract what you desire. Learn to stop spending that currency on thoughts you don’t want.

The deepest desire of the human spirit is to be acknowledged.

By believing passionately in something that still does not exist, we create it. The nonexistent is whatever we have not sufficiently desired.

I was not raised with wealth or resources or any social standing to speak of.

It is a strange desire, to seek power, and to lose liberty; or to seek power over others, and to lose power over a man’s self.

A man is relieved and gay when he has put his heart into his work and done his best; but what he has said or done otherwise shall give him no peace.

The fame thing is interesting because I never wanted to be famous, and I never dreamt I would be famous.

For greed all nature is too little.

You know, fame is a funny thing, man, especially, you know, actors, musicians, rappers, rock singers, it’s kind of a lifestyle and it’s easy to get caught up in it – you go to bars, you go to clubs, everyone’s doing a certain thing… It’s tough.

For people who may think they know, or have snippets of who I am, you can attack that person. That’s part of being a public figure.

Who is rich? He that is content. Who is that? Nobody.

The challenge for me as an actor is if you become a celebrity, you don’t meet strangers anymore. And strangers are where we have our anonymity. And I believe it’s essential for the soul to be anonymous, especially if you’re going to be an actor.

Money is kind of a base subject. Like water, food, air and housing, it affects everything yet for some reason the world of academics thinks it’s a subject below their social standing.

We continue to recognize the greater ability of some to earn more than others. But we do assert that the ambition of the individual to obtain for him a proper security is an ambition to be preferred to the appetite for great wealth and great power.

I believe God wants you to have money to pay your bills, send your kids to college and do charity work and build orphanages. There’s the teaching that we’re supposed to be poor to show that we’re humble. I don’t buy that. I think we’re supposed to be leaders. We’re supposed to excel.

There are people who have money and people who are rich.

Every man is a consumer, and ought to be a producer. He is by constitution expensive, and needs to be rich.

Overnight stardom can be harmful to your mental health. Yeah. It has ruined a lot of people.

It is hard to interest those who have everything in those who have nothing.

I always wanted to be loved.

People think I’m a celebrity. I’m not a celebrity.

People don’t realize that we, we meaning people in show business, have the same problems as everyone else. Money doesn’t change that. Fame doesn’t change that. Sometimes that brings on more problems. You know, it’s just a different kind of problems.

Riches have never fascinated me, unless combined with the greatest charm or distinction.

I refuse to feel guilty. I feel guilty about too much in my life but not about money. I went through periods when I had nothing, so somebody in my family has to get stinkin‘ wealthy.

Would that I were a dry well, and that the people tossed stones into me, for that would be easier than to be a spring of flowing water that the thirsty pass by, and from which they avoid drinking.

Becoming famous was never what I wanted to do. There’s a lot of things that come with fame – it’s what people in the limelight have to do.

For people who live in the suburbs and must commute long distances to work, their wealth will sink as energy prices rise.

The nice thing about being a celebrity is that, if you bore people, they think it’s their fault.

There are four Powers: memory and intellect, desire and covetousness. The two first are mental and the others sensual. The three senses: sight, hearing and smell cannot well be prevented; touch and taste not at all.

In England, when an athlete gets to the top, we do our best to destroy him.

The first lesson of economics is scarcity: there is never enough of anything to fully satisfy all those who want it. The first lesson of politics is to disregard the first lesson of economics.

Fame can take interesting men and thrust mediocrity upon them.

We all want to be famous people, and the moment we want to be something we are no longer free.

I’ve always believed that success for anyone is all about drive, dedication, and desire, but for me, it’s also been about confidence and faith.

We were the first generation to have to deal with the modern stardom of football. Some handled it better than others.

Fame has also this great drawback, that if we pursue it, we must direct our lives so as to please the fancy of men.

The richest people in the world look for and build networks; everyone else looks for work.

If fame belonged to me, I could not escape her; if she did not, the longest day would pass me on the chase, and the approbation of my dog would forsake me then. My barefoot rank is better.

You can’t reverse fame. You can lose all the money, but you’ll never lose people knowing you.

Getting recognized is insane. It just blows my mind. Like, someone who you don’t know at all can just be like, ‚Oh my God – are you Billie?‘

It is neither wealth nor splendor; but tranquility and occupation which give you happiness.

A man’s delight in looking forward to and hoping for some particular satisfaction is a part of the pleasure flowing out of it, enjoyed in advance. But this is afterward deducted, for the more we look forward to anything the less we enjoy it when it comes.

The stroke of death is as a lover’s pinch, which hurts and is desired.

I think most artists would be happy to have bigger audiences rather than smaller ones. It doesn’t mean that they are going to change their work in order necessarily to get it, but they’re happy if they do get it.

Uncontrolled, the hunger and thirst after God may become an obstacle, cutting off the soul from what it desires. If a man would travel far along the mystic road, he must learn to desire God intensely but in stillness, passively and yet with all his heart and mind and strength.

Britain kept its position as the dominant world power well into the 20th century despite steady decline. By the end of World War II, dominance had shifted decisively into the hands of the upstart across the sea, the United States, by far the most powerful and wealthy society in world history.

I know that there are millions of Americans who are content with their health care coverage – they like their plan and, most importantly, they value their relationship with their doctor.