Chuck Feeney Quotes

For me, the biggest thing with money has always been independence - just the biggest.

When a person earns money, it makes sense if he spends it himself. It's a shame when a person earns money, and some strange funds spend it.

If financial assets no longer work for you at a rate far and above the rate of true wealth creation, then you must work longer for your money.

I have plenty of money, unlike other Hollywood celebrities or athletes that have not invested well.

I made 22 million in 14 years... with taxes, and travel and everything else, it gets blown out the window... which is why I still need to work.

My firm has 25,000 high-net-worth clients. A typical account would be that of a couple aged 65 and 60 who need their money to last the rest of their lives, 25 to 35 years.

People die millionaires. All your life, you're gonna stress money?

Money brings a lot of responsibility as to what you're going to do with it, and I've given quite a bit of thought to that.

I never have to this day, because my money is the money I earn.

Money equals freedom.

The government in Russia does not tell me what to do with my assets.

I have made enough money to secure my family and that is all I care about.

I've seen so many people in this business that made a fortune. They get old and broke and can't make any money. I tell you something... no one's going to play a benefit for Jimmy Dean.

I have earned hundreds of thousands of pounds, but I can't seem to get to grips with money.

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

I do think that people ought to have some control over their money, rather than the government, just mandating to them how they're going to invest their money.

I have a fantastic relationship with money. I use it to buy my freedom.

A woman's best protection is a little money of her own.

I don't want to be on anyone's board. I just want to have good investments.

As long as I manage investments properly and don't spend recklessly, Tumblr has given my family a strong safety net and given me the freedom to work on whatever I want. And that's exactly what I plan to do.

If you have millions of dollars you are not going to get to continue doing what you want. You are into a world of commitment to that money and all the people that helped you get that money.

I think those who invest in mutual funds want someone else to do the thinking for them. But the fact that they can move the money around the family of mutual funds just through a phone call lets them feel that they can play tycoons.

I invest in funds myself even though I run my own fund for my daughters.

Maximising my wealth was never my chief thing.

If we command our wealth, we shall be rich and free; if our wealth commands us, we are poor indeed.