Patrick deWitt Quotes

No matter how much money you have, you can lose it.

If a person gets his attitude toward money straight, it will help straighten out almost every other area in his life.

I've reached the point where I hardly care whether I live or die. The world will keep on turning without me, and I can't do anything to change events anyway.

I don't look forward to anything. I take things as they come.

It occurred to me that I was unhappy. And it didn’t feel so very terrible. No urgency, nothing. I could slip out of my life on a slow wave like this—it didn’t matter. I don’t have to be happy. All I have to do is hold on to something and wait.

Be it understood you are never rich when you get no advantage from it.

I don't have any expectations of anything.

My relationship with money is that it's a tool to be self-sufficient, but it's not something that is a part of who I am.

Money isn't everything, but it is when you start thinking about putting money away for your retirement days.

I don't care about losses anymore.

No man's credit is as good as his money.

I have always been afraid of banks.

The foundation of a financial fresh start actually has nothing to do with money or specific financial dos and don'ts.

I try to treat all the money I'm making like it's the last time I'm going to make it.

You never suffer from a money problem, you always suffer from an idea problem.

I don't go near the money and the money doesn't go near me.

I was making so much money I didn't care. I didn't know what to do with the money.

After you're older, two things are possibly more important than any others: health and money.

Unless you are completely retired, earning money is the best form of wealth preservation.

My business life is really simple. It's like, get check. Put check in bank. Pay rent. I've never bought a stock in my life. I never got caught up in that trip. And the truth is, I don't obsess about money ever.

I am fortunate to have enough money not to have to worry about the necessities of life. Beyond that, I try to think about money as little as possible.

The great thing about having money is that you can actually just get on with your life and not have to think about paying the bills or crouch over 'The Wall Street Journal' or the 'Financial Times' and look at the stock figures and things like that. That bores me rigid.

When you have a lot of money, there's so many places you can go to manage your money. But when you don't have money, mathematically you actually need a financial plan more. You can't really afford to make mistakes. So why is this such a luxury product?

If it is, it is, If it's not, it's not.

Make sure to save for the future and keep making money!