People who have money have an obligation. I wouldn't say I'm entitled to tell them what to do with it but to use it wisely.
I became convinced that there was greater satisfaction from giving my money away and seeing something come out of the ground, like a hospital or a university.
I suppose in the back of my mind I was always one of those guys who had a disdain for money. It had a value if you wanted to buy something, but if you didn't want to buy something, you didn't need it.
When you've got the money, you spend it. When you've spent it all, let someone else get going and spend theirs.
I'd be the last guy to tell a wealthy person what to do with their money. They're entitled to do whatever they want.
I inherited them, so I got it like that. But I hear you can actually get dimples for a certain price if you really want them. I was getting my nails done once, and this lady asked me, 'Are those real? In my country, they pay a lot of money for those....
It would be easier to make money in other sectors, but since I was a kid, I liked cars.
A liberal is a man who is willing to spend somebody else's money.
I'm a little lavish I must admit. But I'm not really concerned with money. Being rich is not my goal, being wealthy is.
The Fed has the ability to put money out, it's got the ability to take money back in, and if they don't do that, we will have hyperinflation worse than we had in 1980 and 1981.
I get paid by the year, and I try to earn my money.
There is a lot of waste in government-run programs generally, and a lot of waste and fraud and misuse of money in Medicare and Medicaid that can be saved.
One summer vacation, I carried water to the town market to sell it, and I used some of the money I made to help a neighbour.
My younger brother runs a guesthouse, and my sister is a janitor. I have not given them money because they earn their own money. I pay for their children's school fees.
Money doesn't buy elegance. You can take an inexpensive sheath, add a pretty scarf, gray shoes, and a wonderful bag, and it will always be elegant.
I mean, first, almost all writers these days teach because they don't make enough money publishing to live on, to support themselves - people like Tobias Wolff, Anne Beattie, Amy Hempel, Stuart Dybek; a lot of short story writers, for one thing.
You cut their money back, for one thing... I go back a long way with the NEA.
I had an allowance, but I had to do things around the house to earn it. I think I always wanted my own money.
I never have to this day, because my money is the money I earn.
Some, but much of my money is tied up in Playboy stock.
We don't fight about money... I hate to see people fight about money.
