David Rockefeller Quotes

Here's a guy that inherited $200 million. If he hadn't inherited $200 million, you know where Donald Trump would be right now?

I was not the son of a worker or lacking in material or social resources for a relatively comfortable existence; I could say I miraculously escaped wealth.

There was a commonality in a lot of the private school experiences that I had of children whose lives were not their own. They thought they were their own, but they were essentially gifted this life by their parents. So they were spending money; they were going on trips - I guess, in a way, it is their life, but they didn't earn it.

I'm fortunate enough that my dad was well-off, my family was well-off, so we're able to go to private schools and stuff like that.

Most people who are rich chose their parents wisely.

I was born into it and there was nothing I could do about it. It was there, like air or food, or any other element. The only question with wealth is what you do with it.

A lofty birth or a large fortune portend merit, and cause it to be the sooner noticed.

Upper class to me means you are either born into wealth or you're Royalty.

I don't want to be known as the Hilton heiress, because I didn't do anything for that.

John Kerry only went to prep schools because he had an aunt who had the money to pay for his way into those prep schools.

I am the daughter of the Chairman of the Board and thus, was raised with great music.

In all honesty, I grew up a certain way. I never had to worry about money... that was my reality.

Draco's not really a bully. He's not exactly the biggest, strongest guy in the world. He's more a rich, snobby person. He thinks of himself as really cool.

I'm not posh, not in the slightest. My parents spent some money on my education, but I wasn't born to the purple.

For rich children, it'd be very easy and convenient never to take any steps to build an identity outside of your association with your family's wealth.

Gentility is what is left over from rich ancestors after the money is gone.

Only 18 percent of the income of America’s richest families come from work—hard or otherwise. In America, most wealth does not come from hard work, It comes from wealth.

Maybe it’s that silver spoon in his [Mitt Romney’s] mouth that keeps him from seeing why the middle class doesn’t pull itself up by its bootstraps, like he did when Daddy loaned him his first million dollars.

I came from a family of extremely old money, and so by the time I was born, there was really just a trickle of money left.

You don't meet many comics who came from rich families or were captain of the football team and had a nice car.

The Trudie Styler that is spoken of is extremely privileged in life and feels that privilege.

I come from a very affluent family. I have been educated in one of the finest institutions of the world. Money was never a factor in my life: by the grace of God, I was blessed with a golden spoon.

You're a socialite because you're born into it. That's not what I want.

Any titles, money, or privilege you inherit are actually hindrances. They delude you into believing you are owed respect.

Nobility of birth commonly abateth industry.