Rich Quotes

Church attendance is as vital to a disciple as a transfusion of rich, healthy blood to a sick man.

I try to give to the poor people for love what the rich could get for money. No, I wouldn't touch a leper for a thousand pounds; yet I willingly cure him for the love of God.

I've been rich and I've been poor. Rich is better.

Back in the thirties we were told we must collectivize the nation because the people were so poor. Now we are told we must collectivize the nation because the people are so rich.

I have long been of the opinion that if work were such a splendid thing the rich would have kept more of it for themselves.

But I read comic books. I read things like Richie Rich and Little Lulu.

I just want to be rich and famous.

Written laws are like spiders' webs, and will, like them, only entangle and hold the poor and weak, while the rich and powerful will easily break through them.

To suppose as we all suppose, that we could be rich and not behave as the rich behave, is like supposing that we could drink all day and stay sober.

There is less pressure as a character actor. It generally means that you will be acting for all of your life, which is my intention. It is not my intention to just be a rich and famous person, that would be pretty boring.

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.

You can make a lot of money in this game. Just ask my ex-wives. Both of them are so rich that neither of their husbands work.

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 am quite a spendthrift but just being careful because my family was not rich, was not a rich family.

The last person I'd date is some rich kid who's had everything handed to her on a plate. Give me a normal girl any day.

Lyrics have to be underwritten. That's why poets generally make poor lyric writers because the language is too rich. You get drowned in it.

One rich Man hath Lands, not only more than he can manage, but so much, that letting them out to others, he is supplied with a large over-plus, so needs no farther care.

Now, we believe that the majority of teachers in America know our system must be reformed, to put students first so that America can compete, that teachers don't teach to become rich or famous. They teach because they love children.

The forces in a capitalist society, if left unchecked, tend to make the rich richer and the poor poorer.

It is not what we take up, but what we give up, that makes us rich.

Under Barack Obama, the only 'Change' is that 'Hope' has been hard to find. Now millions of Americans are insecure about their future. But instead of inspiring us by reminding us of what makes us special, he divides us against each other. He tells Americans they're worse off because others are better off. That people got rich by making others poor.

If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich.

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.