Rich Quotes

The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal bread.

If you aren't rich you should always look useful.

There is a noble manner of being poor, and who does not know it will never be rich.

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 do want to get rich but I never want to do what there is to do to get rich.

Do not be fooled into believing that because a man is rich he is necessarily smart. There is ample proof to the contrary.

The rich and the well-born, according to the Federalist Papers, was greatly feared by the founders.

Music in itself carries a whole set of messages which are very, very rich and complex, and the words either serve to exclude certain ones or point up certain others.

I thought I had to show people that I would get in early, stay late or even all night, work on holidays. I didn't want to be the rich kid who was along for a free ride.

Each of us has a very rich nature and can look at things objectively, from a distance, and at the same time can have something more personal to say about them. I am trying to look at the world, and at myself, from many different points of view. I think many poets have this duality.

No, not rich. I am a poor man with money, which is not the same thing.

I don't want to remember 2005 as a year that the government heaped unnecessary burdens upon American families. Stealing from the poor and middle class and giving to the rich, while increasing the deficit, is hardly responsible.

Yes, in socialism the rich will be poorer - but the poor will also be poorer. People will lose interest in really working hard and creating jobs.

Italy is divided between us and them, rich and poor, north and south, young and old, employed and unemployed.

I am Indian, and I'm proud of it. Indian life is mythologically rich and powerful.

Globalization, as defined by rich people like us, is a very nice thing... you are talking about the Internet, you are talking about cell phones, you are talking about computers. This doesn't affect two-thirds of the people of the world.

Poor nations are hungry, and rich nations are proud; and pride and hunger will ever be at variance.

I think there's a certain sense of grounding that comes from not being a rich kid from a media-elite school.

The resources of our continent attract, more than ever, the interests of rich countries.

It's not my fault that there is this gap between rich and poor, it is the fault of governments. I want a different world. One where I don't wake up thinking I'm so lucky to be able to feed my daughter.

As Buddy Rich, for instance, broke into the business at the age of three, I think it was, on drums, so indeed did I break into the business at the age of four as a singer.

I don't have any expectations as an actor and being rich and famous is not my driving force.

There are wonderfully talented actresses. It's a really rich field. There isn't as rich a field of material.

As the rich consume more and more, they are clearly not going to want to downgrade their own status.

We are quite rich enough to defend ourselves, whatever the cost. We must now learn that we are quite rich enough to educate ourselves as we need to be educated.

We have a new generation of very rich people who want to do more with their money than buy a lot of expensive toys. They want to live meaningful lives.

Prudence is a rich, ugly, old maid courted by incapacity.

When I look back I can't believe how my parents managed, but the cliche is true. We didn't have money, but we were rich in so many other ways.

These are my new shoes. They're good shoes. They won't make you rich like me, they won't make you rebound like me, they definitely won't make you handsome like me. They'll only make you have shoes like me. That's it.

Thank you for allowing me to use colors as rich and deep as you please. I had always wanted to do so, yet was never allowed because of the color capabilities of our lithographers. Now that I have done it, I don't think I'll ever go back.