Pernell Roberts Quotes

Don't run after shows and money.

A small appetite makes poverty equivalent to wealth.

I don't need to amass a ton of wealth for myself.

Once you've reached the point where you can pay rent, you can go to the vet and you can go to the grocery store, after that point it's all the same. I don't have the appetite for a decadent lifestyle.

I'm not that lazy, but I don't need that much money. I lead a fairly simple life.

My material life is simple.

What would I do with money? I have enough for my needs. I don't want any more. If I had a lot, I would have to care for it, worry about it.

The greatest wealth is to live content with little.

I'm not interested in more money for the sake of it.

It is not the greatness of a man's means that makes him independent, so much as the smallness of his wants.

I never was after money. It never attracted me.

I drive one car. I own one house. That's enough for me.

I do quite well for myself, but I live a simple life.

I'm not a material guy, so I don't need to surround myself with wealth.

I'm not interested in money.

Where a man can live, he can also live well.

I'm much more famous than I am rich, but I'm able to scale back my lifestyle. I know a lot of people who were where I was who can't imagine living any simpler, but I haven't got a lot of expensive wants.

I'm not interested in building wealth, which is kind of naive and probably frowned on, living in America. It's something that people don't necessarily understand, but if I die poor, I die poor.

I don't have to live this lavish lifestyle.

Money is not everything. We don't need billions and trillions of dollars.

Money makes life easier but I don't want to be rich, not at all.

If there is any one thing that will bring peace and contentment into the human heart, and into the family, it is to live within our means.

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.

I am fortunate to have enough money not to have to worry about the necessities of life. Beyond that, I try to think about money as little as possible.

I live way below my means.