Joyce Brothers Quotes

Riches ennoble a man's circumstances, but not himself.

A Rolex watch or an expensive car are the things guys often use to show status, wealth, and basic desirability.

A rich man is nothing but a poor man with money.

There's a lot to be said for being nouveau riche, and the Reagans mean to say it all.

…in Europe, he is thought to be the best who is the richest.

The ordinary surroundings of life which are esteemed by men (as their actions testify) to be the highest good, may be classed under the three heads — Riches, Fame, and the Pleasures of Sense: with these three the mind is so absorbed that it has little power to reflect on any different good.

When I was growing up, we were in a high income bracket, one of the highest. I was one of the first in high school to get a car. And I didn't have to wait for it to be a graduation present, either. We've probably got one of the nicest houses in Sacramento.

I like nice things. I've always had nice things.

We value 'stuff' quite highly. Why? Because that 'stuff' apparently matters. Not only that, we use it as a measure of how successful we are, and as a result of that, having more of this 'stuff' often determines how people treat us.

With a few exceptions people don't want money. They want luxury and they want love and they want admiration.

Wit will never make a man rich, but there are places where riches will always make a wit.

You are judged of by what you possess.

Our culture is hung up on and overemphasises what can be derived from material objects. I think this is something quite new, over the past 200 or 300 years - that life has become about accumulating material wealth. The 21st century is not about accumulating material wealth like the 20th century. It's already eroding.

The possessors of wealth can scarcely be indifferent to processes which, nearly or remotely have been the fertile source of their possessions.

Success is not only one thing. It's not only having a nice house in Beverly Hills and driving a nice Mercedes.

I'm blessed to have these billions of dollars.

A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of.

I always wanted so much glamour in my life, so I have always been obsessed with class, and from dating a few people who were from old money and a few from new money in my 20s, I just sort of became obsessed with this idea of clueless rich people.

It is the eye of other people that ruin us. If I were blind I would want, neither fine clothes, fine houses or fine furniture.

We are all born into the world with nothing. Everything we acquire after that is profit.

With the greater part of rich people, the chief enjoyment of riches consists in the parade of riches.

I think I'm actually quite a materialistic person, I value what it takes to make a car or build a nice house. Money does change things, but how it changes people depends on how they react to it.

Physical comforts cannot subdue mental suffering, and if we look closely, we can see that those who have many possessions are not necessarily happy. In fact, being wealthy often brings even more anxiety.

If nothing else, I have money.

I never thought of myself as a wealthy person. I've thought of myself as a person who has had a lot of luck. I don't have the same stress that other people have, but there are too many things I could have done differently if wealth was what I was after. If I was all about money, I would have lived in L.A.