Jane Lynch Quotes

For me, being successful meant not having to do my laundry at a laundromat and not having a second job.

I've been blessed to make pretty good money over the years.

I'm only as rich as my next film.

I believe that God's dream is that we be successful in our careers, and that we be able to send our kids to college. I don't mean that everyone is going to be rich, and I preach a lot on blooming where you're planted. But I don't have the mindset that money is a bad thing.

After 'Lost', I never need to take a job for the money again.

My big goal in life was always to figure out how I can make a lot of money so I can go off and make films irrespective of the opinion of the three or four critics who seem to rule the roost.

If you're planning only to make money and nothing else, you'll be broke.

I know why most people never get rich. They put the money ahead of the job. If you just think of the job, the money will automatically follow. This never fails.

Prosperity is only an instrument to be used, not a deity to be worshipped.

I really live a simple life and don't need very much to feel good and happy. Don't get me wrong; I believe you should get what you earn. Sometimes you have to fight for it.

I'm not driven by the mighty dollar.

My goal is to be able to provide for myself and not have to worry about the daily expenses. I do want to be able to benefit from my work and make a good living, but I love it so much that I would do it for free.

If your only goal is to become rich, you will never achieve it.

I don't have to be a 'gazillionaire;' what's important to me is to just being able to work.

For my scale, how I grew up and live my life, I'm making plenty of money.

Life started getting good when I started making money.

Now I'm having to live with sales of around 50,000 per album - but I'm pretty content with my place in the general scheme of things, even if it's meant I don't drive a fancy car and can't afford grand vacations.

We all are faced by problems of 'How am I going to get the rent?' or 'Am I going to have this job six months from now?' It's very difficult to define in your life a victory.

I prefer to stay poor.

I've always made a clear distinction between making a life and making a living.

The best piece of advice I ever got from anyone was when Spike Jonze said, 'Take money out of the equation.' And that's actually when Vice started making lots of money. That's when I stopped worrying about money and started worrying about what I wanted to do.

The money isn't a lure. I've done very well out of this business.

I was able to solve enough big problems along the way that the sheriff didn't come along and put the 'bankruptcy' sign up.

All money means to me is a pride in accomplishment.

I was 30 before I made a living that was not embarrassing.