Scott Alexander Quotes

My parents always taught me that my day job would never make me rich; it'd be my homework.

There is no monopoly on becoming a millionaire. If you're jealous of those with more money, don't just sit there and complain - do something to make more money yourself.

If you want to make your own decisions about where you work, what you do, what you earn and what you buy, then being able to make money is an important factor.

Making money is my third or fourth most favorite thing in the world.

I never have to this day, because my money is the money I earn.

We go to school to learn to work hard for money. I write books and create products that teach people how to have money work hard for them.

I also learned that I love making money. Anyone who is not afraid of work will be happy with the money they make.

To get rich, you have to be making money while you're asleep.

If you don't want to work you have to work to earn enough money so that you won't have to work.

Assets put money in your pocket, whether you work or not, and liabilities take money from your pocket.

The best way to make happy money is to make money your hobby and not your god.

You'll never get rich by working for your boss.

Money begets money. If you don't have that, you wait around to be hired by somebody at the mercy of others. If you have that money in your hand, you desperately try to make the best use of it and move ahead. And that's generating income for yourself.

There's way easier ways to make money, let's just put it that way.

For me, money is a tool.

Spending money is much more difficult than making money.

When it comes to money, I can earn it.

Of course making money and being able to live life the way one desires is important.

I like the art of making money more than the money.

I never do anything to make money. I do make money, but that's because I do something. Big difference.

If financial assets no longer work for you at a rate far and above the rate of true wealth creation, then you must work longer for your money.

Money is the seed of money, and the first guinea is sometimes more difficult to acquire than the second million.

To some extent I could identify with that because I kind of just made my money and got out.

I don't know if the money I've earned is going to need to last me for the next few weeks or the rest of my life.

As long as I can make lots of money in other businesses, I'll continue to subsidize my own work.