B. C. Forbes Quotes

For me, the biggest thing with money has always been independence - just the biggest.

I never have to this day, because my money is the money I earn.

Money equals freedom.

I just really think every job I do, I get this gypsy attitude to money.

My relationship with money is that it's a tool to be self-sufficient, but it's not something that is a part of who I am.

Money buys many things... The best of which is freedom.

I really get a smile that people think they have a right to even suggest how I give my money away. I have no mandate to give a dime to anybody.

I've enjoyed the pleasures of working since I was 12 and earned all my own spending money since I was 14.

My feeling is, well, if it's my money, I have a right to judge.

We are the men of intrinsic value, who can strike our fortunes out of ourselves, whose worth is independent of accidents in life, or revolutions in government: we have heads to get money, and hearts to spend it.

If nothing else, I have money.

To me, money is independence. It gives you freedom to do what you really want to do. It allows you to not be dependent on anyone or anything, and so you can be yourself and follow your passion.

Money grants you freedom, I guess.

I have a fantastic relationship with money. I use it to buy my freedom.

A woman's best protection is a little money of her own.

I've always earned my own money and enjoy being independent. It's how I was brought up.

I'm letting no man handle my bank account.

So I felt, well, I'll make the money and, with the money, do what I want to do.

I've been given my money. Nobody has ever beaten me out of one quarter. And that's all I've ever been concerned about.

The only point in making money is, you can tell some big shot where to go.

I spend my own money, not other people's money.

I'm not a businessperson. I have no sense of money. My mom does everything for me. She makes all my decisions for me, and even buys my clothes. She's very protective.

Money begets money. If you don't have that, you wait around to be hired by somebody at the mercy of others. If you have that money in your hand, you desperately try to make the best use of it and move ahead. And that's generating income for yourself.

When a person earns money, it makes sense if he spends it himself. It's a shame when a person earns money, and some strange funds spend it.

No one can tell you what to do or push you around. It gives you a secure feeling. That's the best thing about money.