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“I love men! I think men are the coolest, but you don't really need them to live. My mom said to me, 'You know, sweetheart, one day you should settle down and marry a rich man. I said, "Mom, I am a rich man.”
Cher (born 1946) first seen 1996 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: 1996 interview with Jane Pauley for Dateline, quoted in "Taylor Swift Referenced This Iconic Cher Quote In The "You Need To Calm Down" Video" Bustle (June 17, 2019)
“The rich man... is always sold to the institution which makes him rich.”
Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862) said by 1862 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The compassionate are not rich; therefore, the rich are not compassionate.”
Leo Tolstoy (1828–1910) said by 1910 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It is better to live rich, than to die rich.”
Samuel Johnson (1709–1784) first seen 1778 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: (17 April 1778)
“Remember that sore saying spoken once By Him that was the Truth, 'How hard it is For the rich man to enter into heaven!' Let all rich men remember that hard word.”
Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809–1892) said by 1892 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“He that is not handsome at twenty, nor strong at thirty, nor rich at forty, nor wise at fifty, will never bee handsome, strong, rich, or wise.”
George Herbert (1593–1633) said by 1633 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“He was short on the one attribute certain to meet the immediate respect of the rich — i.e. being rich — and must therefore obtrude deterrents against being buggered about.”
Kingsley Amis (1922–1995) said by 1995 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“[Footnote] Carthage was governed by its rich men and was therefore a plutocracy. Rome was also governed by its rich men and was therefore a republic.”
Will Cuppy (1884–1949) said by 1949 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Servants, of course, were not a particular luxury–it was not a case of only the rich having them; the only difference was that the rich had more.”
Agatha Christie (1890–1976) said by 1976 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“War to the death against the rich and their hangers-on, the bourgeois intellectuals... ‘He who does not work, neither shall he eat’ – this is the practical commandment of socialism... [Our] common aim [is] to clean the land of Russia of all vermin, of fleas – the rogues, of bugs – the rich, and so on and so forth.”
Vladimir Lenin (1870–1924) said by 1924 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Anyone who has become rich twice is dumb. Why would you risk what you need and have for what you don’t need? If you are already rich, there is no upside to taking on a lot more risk, but there is disgrace on the downside.”
Warren Buffett (born 1930) first seen 2016 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Remarks to students from Robert H Smith School of Business, 18 November 2016
“Modernity needs to understand that being rich and becoming rich are not mathematically, personally, socially, and ethically the same thing.”
Nassim Nicholas Taleb (born 1960) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I suppose that the main benefit of being rich (over just being independent) is to be able to despise rich people (a good concentration of whom you find in glitzy ski resorts) without any sour grapes. It is even sweeter when these farts don't know that you are richer than they are.”
Nassim Nicholas Taleb (born 1960) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Bush is a natural-born loser with a filthy-rich daddy who pimped his son out to rich oil-mongers. He hates music, football and sex, in no particular order, and he is no fun at all.”
Hunter S. Thompson (1937–2005) first seen 2004 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Fear and Loathing, Campaign 2004" (20 October 2004)
“You are very attractive, but the coat you're wearing makes me think you are either a very rich woman or a very rich man's mistress.”
Marlon Brando (1924–2004) first seen 1980 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Stated to Ashraf Pahlavi of Iran, as quoted in Faces in a Mirror (1980) by Ashraf Pahlavi, p. 129
“I do want to get rich but I never want to do what there is to do to get rich.”
Gertrude Stein (1874–1946) said by 1946 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“You don't get rich writing science fiction. If you want to get rich, you start a religion.”
L. Ron Hubbard (1911–1986) first seen 1948 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Response to a question from the audience during a meeting of the Eastern Science Fiction Association on (November 7, 1948), as quoted in a 1994 affidavit by Sam Moskowitz.
“I always like to say to people who want to be rich and famous, try being rich first. See if that doesn't cover most of it.”
Bill Murray (born 1950) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The rich are inebriate in another way and cannot contrive to grasp these frenzied longings for security. To be rich is another form of intoxication: it spells forgetfulness. In fact, that is what one wants riches for: to forget.”
Louis-Ferdinand Céline (1894–1961) said by 1961 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It is the wretchedness of being rich that you have to live with rich people.”
Logan Pearsall Smith (1865–1946) said by 1946 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“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 keep absolutely sober.”
Logan Pearsall Smith (1865–1946) said by 1946 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Let me tell you about the very rich. They are different from you and me. They possess and enjoy early, and it does something to them, makes them soft, where we are hard, cynical where we are trustful, in a way that, unless you were born rich, it is very difficult to understand.”
F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896–1940) first seen 1926 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Rich Boy" (1926), paragraph 3.
“I got happily married to a rich woman. If you ever have a choice, go ahead. Actually, she's not rich at all. Her parents are loooooaaaddddeeeed. And they hate my guuuuuuuuuuutttttsss. And I am waitng for them to diiiiiiiieeeeeeee. And you will know when they die, 'cause you will never see my fat ass again.”
“I sometimes think that rich men belong to another nationality entirely, no matter what their actual nationality happens to be. The nationality of the rich.”
William Saroyan (1908–1981) first seen 1954 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Armenian Writers : A Short Story" (1954)
“We know by a certain age the great palace lies of the culture — if you buy or do or achieve this or that, you will be happy and rich. Nope. Love and service make us rich.”
Anne Lamott (born 1954) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The pheasant's properties of metamorphosis should be a rich field of study for biologists: even the Greek myths mentioned no animal that mutated so often. In the treatment of pheasant and grouse shoots we see in microcosm what is happening in the country as a whole. Legally, fiscally and politically, the very rich are protected from the forces afflicting everyone else.”
George Monbiot (born 1963) first seen 2014 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: This cash for grouse scandal shows how Britain has become a plutocrats' paradise", The Guardian (28 April 2014)
“The recognition of human wretchedness is difficult for whoever is rich and powerful because he is almost invincibly led to believe that he is something. It is equally difficult for the man in miserable circumstances because he is almost invincibly led to believe that the rich and powerful man is something.”
Simone Weil (1909–1943) said by 1943 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The Government cannot afford to have a country made up entirely of rich people, because rich people pay so little tax that the Government would quickly go bankrupt. This is why Government men always tell us that labor is man's noblest calling. Government needs labor to pay its upkeep.”
Russell Baker (1925–2019) said by 2019 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I love my country, but maybe that's because I'm white and rich. I'm not technically rich, but I do have a lot of shit, that I refuse to share with others.”
Maria Bamford (born 1970) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“After the war [1918] etching became Kirchner's favorite medium. He attributed this to its responsiveness. 'Etchings', he wrote, 'develop in the first states the most immediate hieroglyphs. Rich in lively handwriting and rich in variety of motifs, the etchings are like a diary of the painter.'”
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (1880–1938) first seen 1921 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: , in Uber Kirchners Graphik, Genius 3, no. 2 (1921), p. 258; as quoted in 'The Revival of Printmaking in Germany', I. K. Rigby; in German Expressionist Prints and Drawings - Essays Vol 1.; published by Museum Associates…
“The plate that a peasant eats his soup out of is much more interesting to me than the ridiculously rich plates of rich people.”
Joan Miró (1893–1983) said by 1983 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Art Is the Highest Form of Hope & Other Quotes by Artists by Phaidon (2016) p 181
“Manfred decides that he’s going to do something unusual for a change: He’s going to make himself temporarily rich. This is a change because Manfred’s normal profession is making other people rich. Manfred doesn’t believe in scarcity or zero-sum games or competition—his world is too fast and information-dense to accommodate primate hierarchy games.”
Charles Stross (born 1964) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“They loved him, I think, because, with all his merits, he showed them to be rich: looking at his portraits, they understood at last how rich they really were.”
Osbert Sitwell (1892–1969) said by 1969 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Verily I say unto you, That a rich man shall hardly enter into the kingdom of heaven. And again I say unto you, It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.”
Jesus (6 BC–33) said by 33 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Now look,” Janice said. “If the king is so rich, why can’t he pay?” “The king never pays for anything he can get free,” the ferra said. “That’s why he’s so rich.”
Robert Sheckley (1928–2005) said by 2005 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“[Crack] used to be called freebase when white rich people did it. Then it got sold in batches, and white rich people were still doing it, and it was still called freebase. And then all of a sudden this guy named Ricky Freeway Ross started making it and he happened to be black, and— everything is political— and, then it turned into "crack.”
Courtney Love (born 1964) first seen 2005 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Explaining the racist politics of the history of cocaine; The Howard Stern Show (2005)
“A follow-the-leader process develops as firms and households see that others are profiting from speculative purchases. ‘There is nothing as disturbing to one’s well-being and judgment as to see a friend get rich.’ Unless it is to see a nonfriend get rich.”
Charles P. Kindleberger (1910–2003) said by 2003 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Charles P. Kindleberger and Robert Z. Aliber, Manias, Panics, and Crashes: A History of Financial Crises (5th ed., 2005), Ch. 2 : Anatomy of a Typical Crisis
“The point that the Democrats missed was that the people who weren’t rich wanted to be rich.”
Roger Stone (born 1952) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Humanity is rich in folly, but it's hard to think of a folly more mind-bogglingly stupendous than that of transforming infinitely rich, diverse, dense jungle into desert in a few years' time for the sake of a few more hamburgers.”
Howard Lyman (born 1938) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“When more nutrient-rich foods are present in the diet, the body does not have to eat as much as it would with less nutrient-rich foods. In addition, when the body is fed the nutrients it needs, the brain turns off the hunger signal. And so, the need to continually consume, a state many people who subsist on a refined-food diet experience, ceases, and not as much needs to be eaten and digested.”
Brendan Brazier (born 1975) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“In your profession you must have met lots of very rich self-made men, as rich as or even richer than Zander. They always tend to regard themselves as a little above the law, wouldn't you say?”
Eric Ambler (1909–1998) said by 1998 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Five hundred years ago the notoriously savvy Henry VIII discovered an elegant way to solve both his theological problems and his personal liquidity crisis—he dissolved the monasteries and nicked all their land. Since the principle of any rich person who wants to stay rich is, never give anything away unless you absolutely have to, the land has stayed with Crown ever since.”
Ben Aaronovitch (born 1964) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“One should avoid rich neighbour, rich savant, and Quran reader on payment.”
Sari al-Saqati (772–867) said by 867 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I am rich in the lord. I am a comfortable young woman but I am not too rich, so I don't actually know how much I'm worth”.Nnaji talks about her worth (July 2007)”
Genevieve Nnaji (born 1979) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“God? Christ. The Virgin. This Guadalajara is so rich in cathedrals, so rich in appearances, that I am sure that these are the true foundations of the city and its misfortune: the rain washes away the sin of this world...”
José Baroja (born 1983) first seen 2023 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Original source: ¿Dios? Cristo. La Virgen. Esta Guadalajara es tan rica en catedrales, tan rica en apariencias, que estoy seguro de que estas son los verdaderos cimientos de la ciudad y de su infortunio: la lluvia limpi…
“I wouldn’t have any trouble working for a woman,” Chief Gweti bleated, “as long as she’s rich enough. I’d work for a rich goat, if he offered me enough gold.”
David Eddings (1931–2009) said by 2009 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Inception, Crazy Rich Asians, the complexity of Inception is insane, delivering a story like that takes some crazy imagination. Crazy Rich Asians for its vibrancy and the way culture exudes through every scene. It’s a beautiful film.”
Temidayo Abudu first seen 2018 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: One film she wished she had directed with her reason (November 2018)
“The major cause of divorce among young couples is the fact that they cannot endure hardship with anybody. And, they prefer getting married to rich people. However, happiness in marriage is not dependent on how rich one’s spouse is. Young people should always seek divine direction from God before they get married.”
Funmi Aragbaye (born 1954) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Africa is responsible for only 1% of emissions but will be the hardest hit by climate change. That cannot be right. At the same time, many African countries are rich in sunshine, wind, rivers and forests. With support, they could leapfrog the dirty energy systems of the past and, if we create a better carbon market, provide a huge source of income for countries rich in carbon sinks.”
Minouche Shafik (born 1962) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Life is so funny. Ironic. I used to believe that my books would make me rich, but it looks like it might be the computer that produced my books that makes me rich.”
Odafe Atogun wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source