Monica Ali Quotes

You always hear the phrase, money doesn't buy you happiness. But I always in the back of my mind figured a lot of money will buy you a little bit of happiness. But it's not really true. I got a new car because the old one's lease expired.

I think I'm actually quite a materialistic person, I value what it takes to make a car or build a nice house. Money does change things, but how it changes people depends on how they react to it.

Money's a necessary evil, there to give you moments. It gives me things I couldn't have - nice things - but happiness? That's a not a question of money and fame. Quite the opposite.

There is no dramatic difference in happiness on the part of people who are wealthy.

It isn't necessary to be rich and famous to be happy. It's only necessary to be rich.

Money gives me pleasure all the time.

No, nothing has changed in my life at all, and nothing would change if I had millions.

But you've got to have money for comfort, which obviously doesn't matter as much when you're young, but even so. I always like to bloody eat well and be warm. Have a drink when I want it.

Money doesn't make you happy. I now have $50 million but I was just as happy when I had $48 million.

Money may not buy happiness, but it can damn well give it!

Whoever said money can't buy happiness simply didn't know where to go shopping.

I joined a band because I didn't like school, and there's nothing else I'd rather have done. If I really wanted to make money, I'd be in real estate. But I'm rich enough. I have a son and daughter, a lovely home, and if I see something I like, I can buy it. That's rich enough.

What I think is so amazing about having everything, and feeling like I have everything, is that I don't really find happiness within materialistic things. Like, it's cool if I can buy myself a new car, and I think it's amazing for a week, but then the thrill is over, and I'm like, 'Oh, so I guess that wasn't really happiness.'

The funny thing is more money doesn't necessarily get you what you think it's going to get you and the way where it does get you more value on screen.

Money doesn't buy happiness, but it does buy happier.

I don't think it changes who you are inside. But when you have a lot of money, it makes a lot of things easier. That's why everyone wants to be successful.

I'm O.K. having a comfortable life. I don't have to live in a mansion and drive Aston Martins or Ferraris.

I don't care about having money. It's about being happy, man.

I enjoy money. Not enough people in this world are happy. I'm determined to be contented, and having plenty of money from working makes it easier for me.

There is no correlation between happiness and amounts of money.

Who is rich? He that is content. Who is that? Nobody.

Money brings some happiness. But after a certain point, it just brings more money.

With all my work, I have not more, with my shares in the bank and the Academy, than twelve or thirteen thousand reales a year, and with all this, I am as contented as the happiest man on earth.

But wealth is a great means of refinement; and it is a security for gentleness, since it removes disturbing anxieties.

I am so used to having a comfortable life. What will it be like when I am no longer able to just buy anything I want?