Tim Ferriss Quotes

I think money, power, fame changes people a lot.

…luxury is the result of wealth, or it makes wealth necessary. It corrupts both rich and poor, the one by possessing, the other by coveting. It sells out the fatherland to indolence and vanity; it deprives the State of all its Citizens by enslaving some of them to others and all of them to opinion.

What is wealth? A dream of fools.

You can have your titular recognition. I'll take money and power.

Success and money can really be quite blinding.

Something happens to people around fame and power and money - it can bring out the worst and best in people; it's a monster you have to tame.

The more money the louder it talks.

What is there that money will not do?

Money is finite; it's limited by a number and what you can buy with it. Power has no limits if you're willing to go far enough in order to get as much of it as you can.

There is always greed. There is nothing wrong with greed.

I can buy any man in the world.

The more men value money the less they value virtue.

… an avalanche of avarice

Get money, still get money, boy, no matter by what means.

Where wealth and freedom reign contentment fails, And honour sinks where commerce long prevails.

I think that money is the root of all evil. I've seen it happen.

He that fails in his endeavors after wealth or power will not long retain either honesty or courage.

Avarice, the spur of industry.

Fame was thrilling only until it became grueling. Money was fun only until you ran out of things to buy.

Money is the worst currency that ever grew among mankind. This sacks cities, this drives men from their homes, this teaches and corrupts the worthiest minds to turn base deeds.

The more money an American accumulates, the less interesting he becomes.

I love the fame and the money and the power. You have to keep working to have that.

With money, who needs friends?

I think the people who end up being extraordinarily successful - it's been my observation - tend to care enormously about status, particularly business people, right? Because the only point of money, you know, the only reason to have a 300-foot-long boat is because they're bigger than 200-foot-long boats.

The only thing I like about rich people is their money.