Sammy Davis Jr. Quotes

You know when you first get rich, and you, like, just buy everything that you see? I did that for several years. And I have sheds full of things, maybe sometimes nine copies of the same thing.

I used to buy nice clothes and drive a nice car when I couldn't afford it. But I spent all my money doing it, and now I don't have to. I like nice things. I like to travel in a certain style. I like to live in a nice place.

When you first get money, you buy all these things so no one thinks you're mean, and you spread it around. You get a chauffeur and you find yourself thrown around the back of this car and you think, I was happier when I had my own little car! I could drive myself!

As human beings, we're very materialistic and have all this stuff - furs and cars and diamonds and money.

To be rich nowadays merely means to possess a large number of poor objects.

You always hear the phrase, money doesn't buy you happiness. But I always in the back of my mind figured a lot of money will buy you a little bit of happiness. But it's not really true. I got a new car because the old one's lease expired.

Buy what thou hast no need of and ere long thou shalt sell thy necessities.

Sometimes when you've got too much money you lose your imagination.

And plenty makes us poor.

I have a nice house, nice cars, nice watches, nice things. I've got money in the bank. I'm not in need of a few quid - as it stands. It's all irrelevant to me.

In the affluent society no useful distinction can be made between luxuries and necessaries.

I think I'm actually quite a materialistic person, I value what it takes to make a car or build a nice house. Money does change things, but how it changes people depends on how they react to it.

The more money an American accumulates, the less interesting he becomes.

We spend money we don't have, on things we don't need, to make impressions that don't matter.

Riches cover a multitude of woes.

Wealth is well known to be a great comforter.

I have tons of sunglasses. My husband won't let me buy another pair because I lose them all the time.

I have always lived beyond my means. I am still trying to live beyond my means, but it is getting harder all the time. I am very rich.

When you've got the money, you spend it. When you've spent it all, let someone else get going and spend theirs.

But you've got to have money for comfort, which obviously doesn't matter as much when you're young, but even so. I always like to bloody eat well and be warm. Have a drink when I want it.

Riches are a good hand maiden, but a poor mistress.

Money may not buy happiness, but it can damn well give it!

I don't care what anyone says. Being rich is a good thing.

I've always listened to a lot of rap. It's all, 'Look at this car that cost me so much money, look at this Champagne.' It's super fun.

Too many people spend money they haven't earned to buy things they don't want to impress people they don't like.