Mike Gallagher Quotes

The best thing I've done with my money is buy a house for my family. You wake up to a house you love and you feel like somebody.

For many of us, owning a home signaled a passage into adulthood that coincided with the start of a career and family.

I moved to Lucerne, where I have lived happily with my family ever since.

I bought my own home in 2004. It's a sanctuary for my family and a place of peace and calm. It's key for anyone committed to leadership and success to avoid the noise and focus on their best opportunities.

Owning a home is a keystone of wealth - both financial affluence and emotional security.

I wouldn't rule out L.A. life, but I love England. I have a lovely house and nice garden, I walk my kids to school - family is most important to me.

The other deals with my life and my livelihood and my family and all that I stand for.

We know that when people are safe in their homes, they are free to pursue their dream for a brighter economic future for themselves and their families.

The American Dream is one of success, home ownership, college education for one's children, and have a secure job to provide these and other goals.

When I began to make some money, I really wanted to have a home.

I love living in Michigan, which has been great for my kids and my family.

America is nation of people striving to make life better for themselves and for their families.

I remember when my mother, Shyamala Harris, bought our first home. I was thirteen. She was so proud, and my sister and I were so excited. Millions of Americans know that feeling of walking through the front door of their own home for the first time - the feeling of reaching for opportunity and finding it.

In my life, I have learned that most people want the same thing. They are not driven by class resentment. What they want most is to make a better life for themselves and their families - and to know that the opportunities for their children will be better than they were for themselves.

I wanted to make a comfortable living and raise a family, and that's what I did.

About 25 years ago, my wife and I bought Kenny Loggins' house in Santa Barbara. It was way out of our price range, but we said, 'Screw it, let's go for it.' We've raised our family there. We overextended ourselves at the perfect time in our lives, and it worked out for the best.

It's our instinct to want to acquire a better lifestyle for ourselves and our families.

I can buy anything I want now. It hasn't changed me personally. It just changed what I can do for myself and my family.

I don't care about having money. It's about being happy, man.

There is something permanent, and something extremely profound, in owning a home.

In theory, people would pick progression every time over being idle. But if you look at us as a culture, as a people, you would say that if you get up at five o'clock in the morning, eat your breakfast, go to work, make money, pay your bills, you're progressing, when you're still doing what's comfortable.

We paid off our debts, we learned some, made friends and returned in 1950 with a larger view of life. I had, however, no home, no income of any kind and no prospects whatsoever.

My agenda is trying to help people live a better life.

A good job is more than just a paycheck. A good job fosters independence and discipline, and contributes to the health of the community. A good job is a means to provide for the health and welfare of your family, to own a home, and save for retirement.

Success to me is being able to do what I love, make a living at it and to support myself and the ones I love.