Financial Windfall Quotes

I've spent, I think, close to the last decade effortlessly and magically converting your tin cans into pure gold.

I began to realize that the big money must necessarily be in the big swing.

I was richer than Bill Gates for 3 days.

When riches begin to come they come so quickly, in such great abundance, that one wonders where they have been hiding during all those lean years.

I made a small fortune. I made a lot of money and I made a lot of other people wealthy.

One of the things that happens when people make the leap from a certain amount of money to tens of millions of dollars is that the people around you dramatically change.

After I sign my big contract, I'm gonna make my brothers buy me dinner. They need to buy me something for a change. I think I'm gonna get me a house. That's gonna be first. Probably get some new socks. Need some socks.

I value a buck, and when they're giving you $300,000 to lay down and look cute and pretty for a commercial in Korea, you gotta just go, 'Holy crap, this is unbelievable.'

Easy money, sudden fortunes, increasingly powerful political machines and blatant corruption transformed much of the nation; and the Senate, as befits a democratic legislative body, accurately represented the nation.

You can have a big hit and not get rich.

When you bring a man two millions of money, you need have but little fear that you will not be well received.

If you make a good film, then there's no harm if it achieves commercial success.

I love jewellery and stuff, so when I first got signed, I spent it on a load of bling.

I have won this lottery. It's a gigantic lottery, and it's called Amazon.com. And I'm using my lottery winnings to push us a little further into space.

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

You only need to make one big score in finance to be a hero forever.

In fact, I had a series of offers which would have brought me a lot of money to make films and package TV programs. There were people who said to me, we'll put a million dollars in your bank account tomorrow, which is a hard thing to turn down.

I wish I had a dime for every dime I have.

What's really nice is when you get a check in the mail.

Our Bollywood stars who talk of being part of 100 crore films, I think I belong to the 1,000 crore club.

My first signing bonus was 3,500 bucks. I bought speakers and a five-disc carousel CD changer. Dude, I thought I was the wealthiest quarterback around.

I put $5 million into the real-estate business when the world was coming to an end, and three years later, by 1980, I woke up and was worth a hundred. That's a lot of money back then.

I've seen the ticket, and I still can't believe it. When I see the money, I hope I don't hit the floor.

When 'Ice Ice Baby' was selling a million records a day, I bought several properties: a home next to Michael J. Fox in L.A., a palace in Miami and a mountain cabin in Utah. Then, a few years later, I took a break from touring, saw that my properties had cobwebs, so I sold them, and - to my surprise - I made a huge profit!

If I owned any of these Hot New Issues that have doubled, tripled, quintupled or umptupled within days and in some cases hours after they were issued, I most certainly would grab my fabulous windfall, thank my lucky stars and invest the money. It's utter nonsense to think any newly issued stock is really worth two, ten or 20 times the [offering] price.... A management so stupid as to sell shares [cheap], and an underwriter so obtuse as not to discern the real value, together would provide reason enough for a sensible man to get rid of his shares.