Pierre Choderlos de Laclos Quotes

I want ordinary people to enjoy a decent standard of living, with ever increasing security, comfort and joy.

I have managed to eke out a good and substantial existence. I'm not shoveling gold bricks or anything, but I do very, very well.

You’ve never had it so good!

Money doesn't buy happiness, but it does buy happier.

Money will not give you happiness; it's part of the key.

How pleasant it is to have money.

I believe that God's dream is that we be successful in our careers, and that we be able to send our kids to college. I don't mean that everyone is going to be rich, and I preach a lot on blooming where you're planted. But I don't have the mindset that money is a bad thing.

Money brings some happiness. But after a certain point, it just brings more money.

A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of.

Money ain't everything.

It isn't necessary to be rich and famous to be happy. It's only necessary to be rich.

Money does not make you happy but it quiets the nerves.

I've learned very, very, very clearly that money does not equal happiness or security, either.

While prosperity is in some ways related to money, it is not caused by money.

Money, if it does not bring you happiness, will at least help you be miserable in comfort.

You can have a lot of unhappiness by not having money, but the reverse is no guarantee of happiness.

Though I knew that poverty certainly didn't buy happiness, I wasn't convinced that money did, either.

People say that money is not the key to happiness, but I always figured if you have enough money, you can have a key made.

I would be the first to say that while a lack of money can cause misery, money doesn't buy you happiness.

I care about my quality of life and money.

Money makes your life easier. If you're lucky to have it, you're lucky.

No matter how much money I ever get, I'm going to want to provide for my family and never have to go back to really struggling. You don't ever want to go outside, you don't ever want to be left in the cold. You want to be safe.

With the Supremes I made so much money so fast all I wanted to do was buy clothes and pretty things. Now I'm comfortable with money and it's comfortable with me.

I think if you talk to anybody who ever went from not having much to having enough to buy what they wanted, they're always happier. Now I get that whole '$75,000 a year is some kind of magic number,' but my experience is 'more is better, up to a point.' Then there's a point where it doesn't make any difference.

I don't think it changes who you are inside. But when you have a lot of money, it makes a lot of things easier. That's why everyone wants to be successful.