Nathan Fillion Quotes

We didn't have much money. My whole extended family used to help us, and buy us books and food. It was hard, and there were things I didn't want to talk about. But at the end I was a happy girl.

My first car was a 1986 Toyota pickup.

My first-ever car, my parents bought me a red Fiat Uno. I was 17 and just so happy to have a car, so I was very fortunate that my parents were in a position to get me one - it was a secondhand car, but I was just so happy to have it.

The first thing, when I got the money, I knew I would support somebody. And the person I supported was my family. Because we were really in debt with the money. And - so I gave to my father this suitcase full of money. And he couldn't believe it. And that was something very special.

My parents didn't have a lot of money, but we never knew that. They really did the best they could.

Money was tight and Mum used to do two jobs to support us.

Over my lifetime, the car had actually transcended the fact that it is a car. It has become a venue.

I went to all the shops in the village looking for work. I didn't have any qualifications. I ended up working in a grocery shop for about a year and then went to a confectioner, where I earned three pounds 10 shillings. I gave the money to my mother and father, but I also managed to save five shillings a week.

Until these college students came into town, we were all very poor and didn't have money to do anything.

Our blood will turn from red to blue, although our money is but new.

I drive a car that has pleather seats.

We opened Panda Inn on June 8, 1973. The whole family - my parents, a brother and sister - all worked at the restaurant for free. We lived in a two-bedroom apartment in San Gabriel and didn't have any money.

With money you are a dragon; with no money, a worm.

If I was to get money, that's the first thing you would get: a '96 Impala.

I didn't have any money to buy a car, so when I got my license I did not have a car at first.

I never had a car in high school or college.

Money can't buy happiness, but neither can poverty.

A man used to riding in a car cannot understand a pedestrian.

My mother saved our home with a minimum wage job. But in the 1960s, a minimum wage job would support a family of three above the poverty line. Not today. Not even close. I understood right then that people can work hard, they can play by the rules, and they can still take a hard smack.

I have a car that I call Flattery because it gets me nowhere.

When I had money, money, O! I knew no joy till I went poor; For many a false man as a friend Came knocking all day at my door.

I know how hard it is for you to put food on your family.

My car's my best friend. My office. My home. My location. I have a very intimate sense when I am in a car with someone next to me. We're in the most comfortable seats because we're not facing each other, but sitting side by side. We don't look at each other, but instead do so only when we want to. We're allowed to look around without appearing rude. We have a big screen in front of us and side views. Silence doesn't seem heavy or difficult. Nobody serves anybody. And many other aspects. One most important thing is that it transports us from one place to another.

I suspect that money is a far greater distraction for the artist than hunger.

As a general rule, nobody has money who ought to have it.