John Kendrew Quotes

The best thing about being rich is the freedom; freedom to do whatever you want whenever you want. It doesn't suck.

I come from a very affluent family. I have been educated in one of the finest institutions of the world. Money was never a factor in my life: by the grace of God, I was blessed with a golden spoon.

Money is power and power gives you choice.

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.

Steven Spielberg and I have tremendous amounts of money.

There is a gigantic difference between earning a great deal of money and being rich.

Let me explain something: I'm not incredibly rich.

John Kerry only went to prep schools because he had an aunt who had the money to pay for his way into those prep schools.

It was always easy for me. I was born very rich and lucky.

The substitute for knowledge is money.

For the rich, it's not about getting more stuff. It's about having the freedom to make almost any decision you want.

Being a billionaire is sort of passe.

Given that I was interested in physics, I think it was easier for me to do physics in India.

Benefitting from a job bubble is not only a first world problem, it's an upper-class-educated-lucky-to-be-in-the-right-industry-at-the-right-time kind of first world problem.

If you know how rich you are, you are not rich. But me, I am not aware of the extent of my wealth. That's how rich we are.

If I were really rich, I would be flying places, I think.

I've been very, very fortunate. I never had to work for a living.

I know I'm in the exceptional position of having money but I didn't have it for many decades.

I'm a very wealthy man.

If nothing else, I have money.

I've got so much money it's ridiculous.

Money is not necessarily, although it helps a lot for happiness, it's not necessarily the best way to be happy, to be rich, you know.

I feel like I have the fortune of privilege, particularly as it relates to my children.

I am fairly rich. Money's very handy, let's face it.

There's only one thing money won't buy, and that is poverty.