"To be clever enough to get all that money, one must be stupid enough to want it."
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"Money is not required to buy one necessity of the soul."
"I'd like to live like a poor man with a lot of money."
"Assemble a mob of men and women previously conditioned by a daily reading of the newspapers; treat them to amplified band music, bright lights...and in next to no time you can reduce them to a state of almost mindless subhumanity. Never before have so few been in a position to make fools, maniacs, or criminals of so many."
"To give away money is an easy matter and in any man's power. But to decide to whom to give it and how large and when, and for what purpose and how, is neither in every man's power nor an easy matter."
"What are eight million dollars compared to the love of eight million Cubans?"
"In the world of money and investing, you must learn to control your emotions."
"It is not the creation of wealth that is wrong, but the love of money for its own sake."
"Wealth, like happiness, is never attained when sought after directly. It comes as a by-product of providing a useful service."
"Being popular is the most important thing in the world!"
"Wars are not paid for in wartime. The bill comes later."
"Relationships are the hallmark of the mature person."
"A man has one hundred dollars and you leave him with two dollars, that's subtraction."
"Capital as such is not evil; it is its wrong use that is evil. Capital in some form or other will always be needed."
"I am grateful for the blessings of wealth, but it hasn't changed who I am. My feet are still on the ground. I'm just wearing better shoes."
"To have done anything just for money is to have been truly idle."
"There are two times in a man's life when he should not speculate: when he can't afford it, and when he can."
"Everyone has a plan 'till they get punched in the mouth."
"If you would know the value of money, go and try to borrow some."
"Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement, and success have no meaning."