I don't make a lot of money, but I get to have freedom.
We need more money for schools. We need more money for the kids. Ever think maybe the damn kids aren't worth it?
I treat business a bit like a computer game. I count money as points. I'm doing really well: making lots of money and lots of points.
The big money in booms is always made first by the public - on paper. And it remains on paper.
And gold has no name, it licks the hand of anyone who has it: good dog!
To enslave a people, give them money they didn't earn.
If you owe money, you can't pay them out. You just pay for everything, you do smart things, you eventually get very rich. If you do smart things and use leverage and do one wrong thing along the way, it could wipe you out, because anything times zero is zero. But it's reinforcing when the people around you are doing it successfully, you're doing it successfully, and it's a lot like Cinderella at the ball. [. . . ] And everybody thinks they're going to leave at two minutes to 12.
The problem with fiat money is that it rewards the minority that can handle money, but fools the generation that has worked and saved money.
Bankers are just like everybody else, except richer.
I did not come into football to make money. I had already made millions.
I hate banks. They do nothing positive for anybody except take care of themselves. They're first in with their fees and first out when there's trouble.
One thing I want to emphasize is that, like any human being, we can discuss our view of the economy and the market. Fortunately for our clients, we don't tend to operate based on the view. Our investment strategy is to invest bottom up, one stock at a time, based on price compared to value. And while we may have a macro view that things aren't very good right now - which in fact we feel very strongly we will put money to work regardless of that macro view if we find bargains. So tomorrow, if we found half a dozen bargains, we would invest all our cash.
So the question is, do corporate executives, provided they stay within the law, have responsibilities in their business activities other than to make as much money for their stockholders as possible? And my answer to that is, no they do not.
Without doing the big blockbusters, I wouldn't be able to find the money to go after little projects that I want to do.
When you're spending your money for a nice outing, you want to go have a good time. And I always thought comedies, laughing, was something that was made for entertainment on that level. And records and maybe TV and stuff like that is really made to be heavy.
I made my money the old-fashioned way. I was very nice to a wealthy relative right before he died.
Acting is the easiest money you'll ever make in your life, and directing is probably the hardest money.
Unexpected money is a delight. The same sum is a bitterness when you expected more.
There are two times in a man's life when he should not speculate: when he can't afford it, and when he can.
I don't aim for money. Money never has or will be my motivation. I