Israel Adesanya Quotes

The fact is that, except for those very few whose wealth is overwhelmingly or entirely inherited, the more affluent have usually worked harder than the less affluent.

I led a comfortable life, went to good schools and was privileged in many ways, but my father worked hard. We never considered ourselves rich.

I know I'm in the exceptional position of having money but I didn't have it for many decades.

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 come from a background where money has never been an issue.

I'm blessed, I can afford to send my children to private school.

I was in a high school where everybody was a click better off.

I don't remember going to school with anyone who had a Mercedes dealership.

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.

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

My kids are being raised in a much more affluent environment than was mine. My wife and I talk about that all the time because neither of us had this kind of experience.

My dad is extremely successful, so I've seen the money and luxury growing up. I'm nowhere close to his stature.

And living in Australia I am relatively well off.

Contemplation is a luxury of the middle class, the very rich.

We may feel the pain of falling back from a level of affluence to which we have grown accustomed, but most people in developed countries are still, by historical standards, extraordinarily well off.

I would say I came from upper middle class family.

You know some of the people in The Strokes, yeah, their parents had success - but we didn't live like yuppies.

I think I was born into an incredibly fortunate environment.

I didn't come from a trailer park. I grew up middle class and my dad had money and my mom made my lunch. I got a car when I was sixteen. I'm proud of that.

I was very lucky - it wasn't a question of being wealthy; my father was just extremely lucky with the couple of jobs he got. So we got a chance to travel when nobody else could travel.

I was born with no money. So when people talk about Bow Wow being rich his whole life, I don't know where they get that.

I have a slightly bourgeois upbringing, I guess. My parents paid for me to go to school, which is nice, but I haven't gotten a dime since then. I have no trust fund. I wish I did.

There was a perception that I'd grown up with a silver spoon in my mouth.

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.

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