Rich Quotes

When life is too easy for us, we must beware or we may not be ready to meet the blows which sooner or later come to everyone, rich or poor.

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.

It was a rich and gorgeous sunset - an American sunset; and the ruddy glow of the sky was reflected from some extensive pools of water among the shadowy copses in the meadow below.

You can't have personal investors anymore because it's too expensive, so you have to have corporate investment or a lot of rich people.

Mostly, I have to say as an actor, to find a character that's been rich enough for 10 seasons of shows... that's very rare.

We can't afford big symphonies but we commission works that sound rich and symphonic because of the nature of the instrumentation and the people we work with.

There is none to tell the rich to go on striving, for a rich man makes the law that hallows and hollows his own life.

Everyone is encouraged to see their lives, the world through the eyes of the rich.

Don't blame Wall Street, don't blame the big banks. If you don't have a job and you are not rich, blame yourself!

People are aware of what I stand for through television. Nobody gets rich on TV but you build brand. That's what I'm attempting to do.

For generations, Americans who aren't rich have been generous and admiring of their wealthy compatriots - want a country where people who work hard can succeed, where the same rules apply to everyone. They expect to have their own shot at getting rich. But increasingly, they are seeing that the game is rigged.

When the rich wage war, it's the poor who die.

Europe has to avoid old prejudices and new ones. That means north versus south, rich versus poor.

It is to be regretted that the rich and powerful too often bend the acts of government to their own selfish purposes.

With honesty of purpose, balance, a respect for tradition, courage, and, above all, a philosophy of life, any young person who embraces the historical profession will find it rich in rewards and durable in satisfaction.

Whereas it has long been known and declared that the poor have no right to the property of the rich, I wish it also to be known and declared that the rich have no right to the property of the poor.

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 enjoy my money, and I'm not ashamed to admit it. I'd certainly rather be rich than poor.

I had a couple of million dollars' worth of... stock once. And now it's not worth much more than wallpaper. I guess I just wasn't born to be rich.

To see the world for a moment as something rich and strange is the private reward of many a discovery.

The beloved of the Almighty are: the rich who have the humility of the poor, and the poor who have the magnanimity of the rich.

As a young kid, I really wanted to be rich.

I am a proud product of Irish golf and the Golfing Union of Ireland and am hugely honoured to have come from very rich Irish sporting roots... I am also a proud Ulsterman who grew up in Northern Ireland. That is my background and always will be.

I would rather belong to a poor nation that was free than to a rich nation that had ceased to be in love with liberty.

The tax code is not the only area where the administration is helping the rich get richer and the poor get poorer. It has spent $155 billion for an unnecessary war driven by fear.

Often for hors d'oeuvres, I serve room temperature vegetables, something like that, so that the main course might be quite rich but the first course has balanced it out.

I am rich from the bequests other gifted people have seen fit to leave to me.

Between falsehood and useless truth there is little difference. As gold which he cannot spend will make no man rich, so knowledge which cannot apply will make no man wise.

If you're lucky enough to be raised in a rich family, good. But learn how to respect that luck. It's not a given, you know? It's not like, 'Well, it's normal'. No, it's not normal. It's lucky.

Satan is wiser now than before, and tempts by making rich instead of poor.