People who look for easy money invariably pay for the privilege of proving conclusively that it cannot be found on this sordid earth.
Hollywood is largely about scammers and con men. It was my main livelihood for about 25 years, and the scams were beautiful and ugly, cheap and expensive, but, wow, were there a lot of scammers.
Never trust people who promise to make you rich in a day. They are generally crazy swindlers
Americans like to get rich fast. That this means we go broke fast, too, is something that we have become very good at forgetting. Our ignorance of history is matched only by our unfailing optimism; it's actually part of our optimism.
The worst of all hobbies are those that people think they can get money at. They shoot their money down like corn out of a sack then.
The world is full of people who want their ears tickled on strategies for wealth creation and protection and so-called revealed secrets to wealth creation. And there are plenty of slick 'business coaches' who are more than willing to do just that - for a fee. This is the world of the seminar guru.
There is as much trickery required to grow rich by a stupid book as there is folly in buying it.
There is no quick way of making money. People come to you with tips for the races or offer the latest Ponzi scheme, but I can see them coming a mile off. I just go with the adage that if it sounds too good to be true it probably is.
The darkest hour in any man's life is when he sits down to plan how to get money without earning it.
Quick riches are more dangerous than poverty.
Anyone who wants to sell you overnight success or wealth is not interested in your success; they are interested in your money.
My pub was full of get-rich-quick schemes that never worked - scams, pyramid schemes. People trying to find a way to get themselves out of a rut.
Ponzi and all of his successors tap into a fundamental part of human nature. One part of our brain tells us this is too good to be true. The other side tells us this is too good to miss. The key to any con is getting a mark to tip to the too-good-to-miss side.
