Wealth Issues Quotes

Big money causes me too much trouble with my ex-wives and the government. All I want is to keep busy and to be comfortable.

During the financial crisis and bailouts of 2008, it probably occurred to very few average people that we were entering a period of hardship for billionaires.

Marriage to a very rich woman posed problems.

You know the funny thing, I don't get along with rich people. I get along with the middle class and the poor people better than I get along with the rich people.

Mo' money, mo' problems.

I'm not a firm believer of "mo' money mo' problems" - I think that's stupid. I think it's that problems are already there that can be exacerbated by more things you don't understand.

Regarding fame, fortune and Oregon I do wish I had more money.

Lack of money is the root of all evil.

People don't realize that we, we meaning people in show business, have the same problems as everyone else. Money doesn't change that. Fame doesn't change that. Sometimes that brings on more problems. You know, it's just a different kind of problems.

Possessions are a way of turning money into problems.

That equals to being a fool, having fame and no fortune. A lot of guys out there have fame doing this and doing that, but they are broke.

It is the wretchedness of being rich that you have to live with rich people.

Beverly Hills didn't save me from anything. It exposed me to a whole new world of problems I didn't know existed.

Nothing is so intolerable as a woman with a long purse.

A prosperous fool is a grievous burden.

Can't wait to date a supermodel, can't wait to sue my Dad. Can't wait to wreck a Ferrari, on the way to rehab.

We have white people problems in America. You know what that is? That's when your life is amazing, so you just make stuff up to get worried about.

Even a low-budget film costs way more money than a high-priced record. So, it's mo' money, mo' problems. When you have more money, it just creates more people trying to get involved and you have more trouble.

It's difficult working with very rich actors, because inevitably they become a little spoilt, and the managers and agents tend to control things more than is healthy.

Money is a strange business. People who haven't got it aim it strongly. People who have are full of troubles.

Nothing is more admirable than the fortitude with which millionaires tolerate the disadvantages of their wealth.

The windfall of great riches can, if mismanaged, make things worse, not better, for the recipients.

When you become rich and famous and you get a lot of attention, very few people get to go through that cycle without having a hard time. Everybody in their lives has a hard period. I don't know anybody who's ever been alive who hasn't had like, heartbreak, despair, depression, death, drug or alcohol, or weight problems, or health problems.

Being rich and famous isn't all happiness and at times the pressures have got to me.

It is a bad business, dealing in lottery tickets ... Riches got in such a hasty manner never wear well.