Rita Mae Brown Quotes

I have a nice office. I have a nice house... So I'm not denying myself some great things. I just don't happen to have expensive hobbies.

I don't really desire things. I prefer to spend my money on experiences, on meals or travel.

Don't run after shows and money.

I never put a premium on making a living. It was never one of those things that was important to me.

Money has never been of prime importance to me.

Money shouldn't be the driver for where you spend your time.

What is wealth to me if I cannot enjoy it?

It is sheer madness to live in want in order to be wealthy when you die.

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

Often people attempt to live their lives backwards; they try to have more things, or more money, in order to do more of what they want, so they will be happier.

Me, I don't need money.

I'm not really very ambitious. I'm more interested in enjoying my life and looking after my family than being hugely successful.

You know, frankly speaking, money just doesn't figure largely in my world view.

I treated myself to a £700 Chloe bag after one of my first acting jobs. Then my friends pointed out that, for the same money, I could buy a flight to India. So I took it back.

Money's fine if it enables you to enjoy your life and to be useful to other people. But as something that is a means to an end, no, it's useless.

I own nothing of value at all. I spend money on experiences.

By going solo I could lose a fortune but money is not important.

Anyone who lives within his means suffers from a lack of imagination.

Nobody was ever meant, To remember or invent, What he did with every cent.

I'm 47, You learn life is short and it's not worth doing something if you don't enjoy it.

I hope that if you are employed full-time, you are doing it to ensure that basic needs are met and not simply to indulge a taste for an elaborate home, fancy cars, and other luxuries.

Riches are not an end of life, but an instrument of life.

I'm not interested in more money for the sake of it.

He chose to be rich by making his wants few, and supplying them himself.

Here are some questions I am constantly fretting over: Do you splurge, or do you hoard? Do you live every day as if it's your last, or do you save your money on the chance you'll live 20 more years? Is life too short, or is it going to be too long?