David Fahrenthold Quotes

Building companies involves creating great wealth. If that means I am an oligarch, OK, it's fine. But if being an oligarch is about buying football clubs, it is not for me.

I will give away at least half my wealth during my lifetime and after my death. In the meantime, I'll continue to grow my wealth as much as possible so that the amount I bequeath to charities and worthy causes can be as substantial as possible.

There are lots of things about millionaires that make them pretty ordinary, but what's not ordinary is their ability to accumulate wealth, how hard they work, and what they do for a living.

I get great satisfaction from both business and philanthropy.

I am an entrepreneur in the classic mold. No matter what I do - outside of sticking my tongue out - I tend to make money, and quite a bit in non-KISS stuff.

I'm proud of the fact that besides being known as a successful former football player, I've also worked hard to establish myself as a successful businessman, network broadcaster, sports & entertainment executive and philanthropist.

I've been fortunate enough to experience financial success on a large scale through both my music career and my many business ventures. With this type of financial success comes financial responsibility.

You can't be no philanthropist, no Warren Buffett, unless you make something first.

We have some of the smartest businessmen in India, who have created huge wealth.

I want to do good films. I also want to be a whizkid in business.

Parsee culture is definitely one of strong business acumen, high ethics, and an element of philanthropy.

My parents worked harder than anyone I have ever met. They had so many businesses. There was the motel, but throughout my childhood, they also had a drive-through dairy, a gas station, a clothing store, a computer reselling business.

The only thing I did well was learn how to make money.

Don't hoard your wealth. Instead, live the life you want with the wealth you have been blessed with, but also make it beneficial for the good of the larger community.

Making the first million is hard; making the next 100 million is easy.

If I had been thinking business since I was 21, I'd be a rich man right now.

The minute I went into business, I was a success, and I've done well ever since.

Some of our best-known entrepreneurs started their business ventures when they were kids.

Dad was a pure entrepreneur. The dinner conversations weren't like, 'Did the Yankees win today?'

One of the things I have known my entire life is that I have an innate capability for making money.

I'm aware of my value as a player, of course. But do I need to buy a holiday home that I'm only going to use two weeks every year? Course not. It's a waste. Why not give the money to people who could do with it.

Floyd has done a lot for me financially and has taught me a lot about business. He did great in making money during his career and he tells me a lot of what he's working on.

What's success all about? What's philanthropy all about? Let's think of our legacy, following in the footsteps of some great Americans like the Carnegies and the Mellons who used their wealth for quality purposes.

I have incredible wealth, and I think there's a great responsibility to use this position to do good stuff.

I have a real estate development company. I have investments in all sorts of things, and I dabble all over the place.