Master P Quotes

I make money, money doesn't make me.

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

I never wanted to rely on my family for money.

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

My dad came from quite a poor background, so we were made to understand the value of money from an early age, and because of that, I always wanted to be self-sufficient and earn my own money.

I don't have the habit of asking money from my parents.

A little in one's own pocket is better than much in another man's purse.

I'm OK: I don't need money.

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.

Nature never said to me: Do not be poor; still less did she say: Be rich; her cry to me was always: Be independent.

People don't really give me much anymore, and for good reason. I have to pay for a lot of stuff now, I can afford a lot more than I ever could before. No one really gives me anything anymore, but it feels good.

I think people like to think I'm in some way financially dependent on my family - on my dad - but the fact of the matter is I've been emancipated from my father since I was 14 years old. That's something people don't know or understand.

If it's independent, it's because I love it... 'cause they usually end up costing me money to do.

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

I don't believe in sharing my money. If I go out and work my nuts off and make some money, I don't feel that I should have to share it with my community.

From the time that I can remember, I worked to make money - either baby-sitting, or one year wrapping gifts at a department store at Christmas, so I could have my own money.

My perception of life is not to ask Francois Hollande, who isn't the father of my children, to support me financially.

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 security men can have for their political liberty, consists in keeping their money in their own pockets.

I've always paid my own way, I've never lived off anyone.

There are times I think it might be nice to have deep-pocketed limited partners to provide me with some cushion. But I enjoy having no responsibilities except to myself, financially.

I feel very lucky that I don't have to rely on a man to give me financial security. That's a big deal.

No man has ever paid a single bill in my life - I didn't want it.

If you make a living, if you earn your own money, you're free - however free one can be on this planet.

He chose to be rich by making his wants few, and supplying them himself.