John Key Quotes

Investors need to get rewarded for their investment, especially in unstable countries.

Going to college and finding a good job no longer guarantee economic safety.

No one has any idea what's next... the uncertainty of the business climate in America is frightening, frightening to everybody, and it's delaying the recovery.

The fate of your paycheck, the fate of your small business should not rest on what side of the bed a Washington bureaucrat wakes up on.

Our global economy is much more fragile than many of us realize.

Physical wealth has not necessarily been very secure.

My paternal uncle and aunt have jobs, and they are the ones who feed the family with a regular income.

I always felt very insecure financially as a child. I was desperate to understand money as a child. I was desperate to be secure. Because I always felt like the rug could be pulled from under me.

The rich man's sons inherits cares; The bank may break, the factory burn, A breath may burst his bubble shares, And soft, white hands could hardly earn A living that would serve his turn.

I have had many anxieties for our commonwealth, principally occasioned by the depreciation of our money.

For every criticism of the U.S. economy, whenever people go into a panic, they look around and say, 'That's the cleanest shirt I have. So I'm putting it on.'

Money is a hazard.

For my family, for my loved ones, my priority is to have a job and perform.

There is little room for complacency, and it is important to guard against sporadic volatility in financial markets.

The idea that you won't have a job is a real fear that people go through, so when people talk about jobs and say, 'I'm gonna create jobs!' or, 'There's gonna be a loss of jobs,' those are just words. But the reality of someone actually losing their job - I mean, it's their entire life for most people in this country.

The bottom line is, I've got a wife and three kids. I've got bills I have to pay.

And I don't want my assets to be stuck inside a banana republic in the midst of a huge socialist experiment.

I've always played that role in my family: the breadwinner.

If people do not have jobs, they do not have a secure income, and they do not have a sense of security.

I wasn't born into money, and you never know when that money's going to stop coming in.

I was so terrified that the business would not do well and that there would be no way that I would be in a position to pay my dad back this $80,000. At Stars, as a line cook, I think that I was making $10 or $12 an hour. So $80,000 - to have to pay that back was incomprehensible.

Money can make or break you. It just depends on what you make it to be.

My fuel for my fire is to be able to provide for my family.

If I end up having a novel that sells really well and that allows me to pay for health insurance and mortgage without having to work at a day job, that would be great.

I always loved comedy, but in my mind, it wasn't a viable career option. I always thought, 'You go to college. You get a job, and then you pay off college.'