As kids we didn't complain about being poor; we talked about how rich we were going to be and made moves to get the lifestyle we aspired to by any means we could. And as soon as we had a little money, we were eager to show it.

If you work just for money, you'll never make it, but if you love what you're doing and you always put the customer first, success will be yours.

Here in the big city people spend their time thinking about work and about money; they don't give some value to friendships and it can be depressing.

I enjoy building something good and having a successful product and making money.

I wasn't a hacker for the money, and it wasn't to cause damage.

Benjamin Franklin may have discovered electricity, but it was the man who invented the meter who made the money.

Money is the worst currency that ever grew among mankind. This sacks cities, this drives men from their homes, this teaches and corrupts the worthiest minds to turn base deeds.

It will be a great day when our schools have all the money they need, and our air force has to have a bake-sale to buy a bomber.

I think it's way harder when you have success, 'cause people tend to not treat you the same or look at you the same because they see the success or the money you make.

I just love to shop. If I could, I would shop every single day in every single store and spend all of my money which, you know, I do anyway.

Money is only a tool. It will take you wherever you wish, but it will not replace you as the driver.

A real gentleman, even if he loses everything he owns, must show no emotion. Money must be so far beneath a gentleman that it is hardly worth troubling about.

Making money is a hobby that will complement any other hobbies you have, beautifully.

Money is my military, each dollar a soldier. I never send my money into battle unprepared and undefended. I send it to conquer and take currency prisoner and bring it back to me.

Money often costs too much.

The only way to get love is to be lovable. It's very irritating if you have a lot of money. You'd like to think you could write a check: 'I'll buy a million dollars' worth of love.' But it doesn't work that way. The more you give love away, the more you get.

I think money is a wonderful thing because it enables you to do things. It enables you to invest in ideas that don't have a short-term payback.

I've lived in many things - boats, caravans, and buses. I've been homeless, I've had no money: everything. But I believe in magic, and having a vision. The tough times made me a warrior. I work hard.

Sometimes your best investments are the ones you don't make.

In any investment, you expect to have fun and make money.

So you think that money is the root of all evil. Have you ever asked what is the root of all money?

That's why I be so careful with my money and always try to invest. I see people who have it all and then lose it.

Disasters happen. We still have no way to eliminate earthquakes, wildfires, hurricanes, floods or droughts. We cope as best we can by fortifying ourselves against danger with building codes and levees, and by setting aside money to clean up afterwards.

I'd like to live as a poor man with lots of money.

I think the person who takes a job in order to live - that is to say, for the money - has turned himself into a slave.

I do feel kind of guilty sometimes 'cause, like, I could buy myself a $5,000 dress or a $3,000 dress, and I'm buying these things, but I'm knowing that my cousin need money for the rent. And then I gotta tell myself, 'Stop feeling guilty. You worked for this.'

The highest use of capital is not to make more money, but to make money do more for the betterment of life.

It's not about giving back if you're successful or a celebrity or how much money you have: it's about your responsibility as an adult to help others.

The writer must earn money in order to be able to live and to write, but he must by no means live and write for the purpose of making money.

In the beginning I just wanted to survive. For the first three years, we made zero revenue. I remember many times when I was trying to pay up, the restaurant owner would say, 'Your bill was paid.' And there would be a note saying, 'Mr. Ma, I'm your customer on the Alibaba platform. I made a lot of money, and I know you don't, so I paid the bill.'

I believe God, Jesus, died that we not just go to Heaven but that we excel in this life. I never think you make money your goal... God wants you to excel. Just keep Him in first place, and God will open up doors you never dreamed of.

A successful man is one who makes more money than his wife can spend. A successful woman is one who can find such a man.

A film like 'Good Night And Good Luck,' you make that for $7 million because you know it's a black-and-white film, and it's not an easy sell. If you make it for $7 million, then everybody can have a chance to make a little bit of money, and you get to make the film you want to make.

Friends and acquaintances are the surest passport to fortune.

When you have a country that can boast that more than 95 percent of its eligible workforce is employed and pumping money back into economy, that's exceptionally good news, especially as we prepare to observe Labor Day.

Money without brains is always dangerous.

What is the price of justice? What is the price of justice? When bail is set unreasonably high, people are behind bars only because they are poor. Not because they're a danger or a flight risk - only because they are poor. They don't have money to get out of jail and they certainly don't have money to flee anywhere.

All my life's about is cracking up people and them cracking me up and trying not to think about dying. That doesn't cost very much money.

I don't know what your childhood was like, but we didn't have much money. We'd go to a movie on a Saturday night, then on Wednesday night my parents would walk us over to the library. It was such a big deal, to go in and get my own book.

The Berlin Wall wasn't the only barrier to fall after the collapse of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War. Traditional barriers to the flow of money, trade, people and ideas also fell.

I know of nothing more despicable and pathetic than a man who devotes all the hours of the waking day to the making of money for money's sake.

It costs a lot of money to look this cheap.

Capitalism is using its money; we socialists throw it away.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

There are some things that money can't buy: peace of mind, for starters, and lean muscle mass. Neither the Queen of England nor the founder of Microsoft can put in an order for either one.

Time is money says the proverb, but turn it around and you get a precious truth. Money is time.

Well-spent aid money is saving lives for a few thousand dollars per life saved.

At the end of the day, when I step in that cage, I'm there to fight for my name. It's not about money; it's not about who's gonna win or lose. It's about me winning. That's all that matters.

I'm hopeless with money; I simply spend what I've got.

I've been looking around, and I noticed something: how much you really need to be loved. Ambition isn't just a desperate quest for positions or money. It's just love - lots of love.