Peter Jones Quotes

There are lots of things I could have done for the money, but I've made a great living doing the things I want to do.

Money ain't everything.

I never planned to be rich, frankly speaking. I was more interested in being free, and doing things. And money helps. But otherwise I was never that interested in it.

The less of one's life one must exchange for money, the more freedom one may enjoy.

Money isn't automatically freedom. You need to look carefully at what you're doing to earn the money before you can conclude that you are, in practice, free. This is a cost-benefit analysis we should all perform on our own lives.

Money and fame, it only makes you so happy. You gotta find other reasons to fight. I want a certain amount of money to do the things that I want to do.

Having money gives me the freedom to worry about the things that really matter.

The happiest I ever been was when I was a struggling actor. I've had big houses and small houses. I always had work available for most of my career. When I actually had to find jobs to make money, that's when I was happy.

I started on a very high note and I was alwasy able to choose. I want to be able to do that until my last breath. And to do that, you have to have money.

It's not always about the money.

I have never been motivated by money in my life. You can't make choices based on what the financial return might be.

To me, the American Dream is being able to follow your own personal calling. To be able to do what you want to do is incredible freedom.

There are necessary evils. Money is an important thing in terms of representing freedom in our world. And now I have a daughter to think about. It's really the first time I've thought about the future and what it could be.

I never wanted money worries to slow me down or make me take a job I didn't want.

For me, the biggest thing with money has always been independence - just the biggest.

Money and good life had never been my goal.

I never cared about money or fame, and I don't care now. I follow the groove, and money always follows.

Money never made me.

I'm not so in love with material things that I'll do anything for money. That allows me the luxury of doing things of value.

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

The only point in making money is, you can tell some big shot where to go.

Not everything is about money.

Nothing confers freedom like a buck in the bank.

Today it is only the rich who are "free". They employ their time wisely or foolishly as they choose. They ask no one's permission and seek no one's advice whether they shall squander their substance in riotous living or devote themselves to good works. What they do with their time is their own affair. In the future such freedom would be open to everybody.

Happiness is nothing but good health and freedom, and money is the single best way you can buy your freedom.