"If you're extremely rich, and you have got children, my theory was, you give them enough so they can do anything, but not enough so they can do nothing."
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"In war, the strong make slaves of the weak, and in peace the rich makes slaves of the poor."
"There are rich people, and there are those who have money. They are not the same people."
"We want to appeal to everyone and get rich quick. We want to be millionaires. I've got this plan to buy Tasmania you see."
"The problem with this world is not enough problem solvers. So, if you become a problem solver you become rich."
"You have a gift that can make you rich. Everyone does."
"And although Margarita lived in a world that predated Technicolor, she always dreamed of the boy in rich pastels."
"I don't care what anyone says. Being rich is a good thing."
"The chase of gain is rich in hate"
"It tires me to talk to rich men. You expect a man of millions, the head of a great industry, to be a man worthhearing; but as a rule they don't know anything outside their own business."
"We will make electricity so cheap that only the rich will burn candles."
"Building your own business is the best way to become rich. Then you can begin investing in other assets."
"More than rich, more than famous, more than happy...I wanted to be great."
"Gambling promises the poor what property performs for the rich-something for nothing."
"We have to get out of this mindset that the rich will do the business and the poor will have the charity."
"He is not rich, that enjoyeth not his own goods."
"To get rich is glorious."
"Rich don't work for money. They work for assets."
"Here's the major problem with going on strike for more money: You cannot get rich by demand!"
"I want to be rich in all the foods I’ve tasted and all the places I’ve been and all the people I’ve kissed."