Burt Shavitz Quotes

It's honestly true that money means nothing to me.

There is a serious defect in the thinking of someone who wants - more than anything else - to become rich. As long as they don't have the money, it'll seem like a worthwhile goal. Once they do, they'll understand how important other things are - and have always been.

Not everything is about money.

I'm single. I don't have a family. I certainly don't have to work. I don't want to be the richest man in the cemetery.

After the first million, money isn't important.

Anybody who thinks money will make you happy, hasn't got money.

Money ain't everything.

The man who has no money is poor, but one who has nothing but money is poorer. He only is rich who can enjoy without owning; he is poor who though he has millions is covetous.

Riches don't make a man rich, they only make him busier.

Money doesn't make you happy. I now have $50 million but I was just as happy when I had $48 million.

There are a handful of people whom money won't spoil, and we all count ourselves among them.

It's a kind of spiritual snobbery that makes people think they can be happy without money.

He is not poor that hath not much, but he that craves much.

Money brings some happiness. But after a certain point, it just brings more money.

Life is not about money.

Money makes life easier but I don't want to be rich, not at all.

Money has never made man happy, nor will it, there is nothing in its nature to produce happiness. The more of it one has the more one wants.

It's not always about the money.

It isn't necessary to be rich and famous to be happy. It's only necessary to be rich.

Fear of death increases in exact proportion to increase in wealth.

Preoccupation with money is the great test of small natures, but only a small test of great ones.

I like money, but it's never been about the money.

The only thing I like about rich people is their money.

Advances don't fundamentally interest me. It sounds terribly naive, but money doesn't really mean anything to me. If a lot of money came my way, I'm certainly not going to say no. But it hasn't come my way as yet, and I'm not heartbroken.

I've learned very, very, very clearly that money does not equal happiness or security, either.