Wealth Difference Quotes

There are rich people, and there are those who have money. They are not the same people.

The lesson of travel seems to be so banal, but so great, which is that people are just so amazingly decent the world over. Given the disparity of income and wealth, it's amazing not just that you don't get robbed everywhere - it's amazing you don't get eaten.

You cannot make your opportunities concur with the opportunities of people whose incomes are ten times greater than yours.

I grew up in Hollywood but not in any rich neighborhood.

There's something so romantic about being broke in New York. You gotta do it. You have to live there once without any money, and then you have to live there when you have money. Let me tell you, of the two, the latter is far better.

Inequalities of wealth lead to a dispersion in wealth for all.

I see it is impossible for the King to have things done as cheap as other men.

The typical family of four with employer-based health insurance is not the same as the typical family of four. It's better-off.

The family of my mother had a lot of money; the family of my father, nothing.

If thy friends be of better quality than thyself, thou mayest be sure of two things; first, they will be more careful to keep thy counsel, because they have more to lose than thou hast; the second, they will esteem thee for thyself, and not for that which thou dost possess.