Fred DeLuca Quotes

I never set money as a goal. It was a result.

I don't think about financial success as the measurement of my success.

They thought I was a success as soon as I started paying the bills.

I never deviated from my grim determination to someday have all the money I needed and wanted.

Just because my bank account hasn't swelled astronomically I don't consider myself any less of a success.

I had one year of struggle. My parents were always there, but I didn't want to rely on them. Now it's moving pretty fast. I'm not rich, but obviously this is fantastic. All I know to do with money is put it in a shoebox anyway.

Having a million-dollar net worth doesn't make you a genius, and having less than a million-dollar net worth doesn't make you a fool.

Even though I made $800 million, I am still grounded.

That is sort of the backbone for 'Star-ving.' People just assumed that I am completely loaded. I do all right. I have to be careful.

I don't exactly know the moment that I was a millionaire but it was in my twenties.

Because of what I did when I was 10 years old, I'm not living from paycheck to paycheck, and I can do things because I want to do them.

Money is just a way of keeping score.

Money is kind of just like air - if you don't have air, you can't breathe. If you don't have money, I don't think you'll want to breathe - you won't want to live.

Don't judge me. I made a lot of money.

I never set out really to build a financial empire or to be a wealthy man.

If you're living off credit-card advances and ramen noodles, a buyout offer might be too hard to resist. And you'll be even smarter the second time around.

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

The trick is to make sure you don't die waiting for prosperity to come.

He that is rich is wise.

I wasn't raised with money, so I had to get used to having it. I think I've adjusted to it pretty well.

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

Money demands that you sell, not your weakness to men's stupidity, but your talent to their reason.

If you're planning only to make money and nothing else, you'll be broke.

I made my first million pounds at the age of 26. As a little girl, I said I would retire when I had made my first million. The reality was different. When I did make it, I wanted to make another million, and another, and another after that.

I know why most people never get rich. They put the money ahead of the job. If you just think of the job, the money will automatically follow. This never fails.