Cilla Black Quotes

I believe that being dependent makes you more vulnerable. I believe work is the greatest gift you will ever receive.

The best thing about being immensely wealthy is not having to be in any particular place at any particular time doing a particular task you don't want to do.

I wanted to be an independent woman, a woman who could pay for her bills, a woman who could run her own life - and I became that woman.

You must be independent and able to do for yourself. Then you do not have to marry a rich man; you can marry a poor one. And if it is wrong, you can go.

This work thing really has a specific purpose for me, which is to be an independent human being who doesn't rely on a guy or a family to be able to support myself. It's not about showing somebody that I'm successful. It's about having a wider breadth of option.

The money I've earned has enabled me to keep my life in my own hands. I had a terrific body, and I got paid for using it.

Money equals freedom.

I really get a smile that people think they have a right to even suggest how I give my money away. I have no mandate to give a dime to anybody.

I don't need YouTube's money. I have my own money.

Being self-supporting is important to me.

Money won't create success, the freedom to make it will.

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

I think the girl who is able to earn her own living and pay her own way should be as happy as anybody on earth. The sense of independence and security is very sweet.

I care not so much what I am to others as what I am to myself. I will be rich by myself, and not by borrowing.

I'm for economic independence.

I'm worth far too much money. I don't need anybody's money.

My mom always told me one of the reasons that she was really happy in her life was that, if Dad never worked again, she was confident that she could support the family.

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

By 17, I was modeling and had bought myself a flat. I've always tried to be self-sufficient.

I earn and pay my own way as a great many women do today.

No one can buy me. It allows me to devote myself completely to what I do. Knowing that I'm comfortable removes a big burden off my shoulders.

Money gives you the power to do whatever you want to do. I like the idea of being in complete control of my life.

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

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.