George Perez Quotes

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

I made a comfortable living for several years. I invested, and I protected myself, so I enjoy that freedom.

It sounds so early - retiring at 28. But I don't feel it's that early for me. If you're blessed enough and you're gifted and you're lucky enough, and you've got a fortunate career, then you can take that step back. I'm just happy that I did it.

I've made some investments during my career that I'm happy with, so my life, talking financially, is definitely OK.

When I retire, I wanna be able to just lay back. Only way to make it happen is to be investing my money, not spending it.

$1,000,000 in the bank isn't the fantasy. The fantasy is the lifestyle of complete freedom it supposedly allows.

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 did 75 films. I didn't take a break; I didn't spend my money. I have my savings, so when you're not working for money anymore, then you should find things that are meaningful and not just be like, 'OK, that's another day gone.'

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

I have enough money to last me the rest of my life unless I buy something.

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

To some extent I could identify with that because I kind of just made my money and got out.

And, I believe that if a man dies with a single penny still sitting in the bank, he's a fool.

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.

My private financial situation is such that I don't need to worry about my investments. I don't have much to invest.

I never thought of myself as a wealthy person. I've thought of myself as a person who has had a lot of luck. I don't have the same stress that other people have, but there are too many things I could have done differently if wealth was what I was after. If I was all about money, I would have lived in L.A.

Anybody with a reasonable income can become financially independent in a lifetime.

Markets can't think about anything beyond about three months. This is very long-term for markets, which is why the important things in life have got to be taken outside of the marketplace.

I put my money in the bank: I have to think of life after modeling, when I'm not famous any more.

What I put in the stock market, I don't have to touch in my lifetime. I want to live off my bonds. I want to be that safe.

I realize what it means to be financially comfortable, and I want to be that. But I'm lucky enough to be in that position. And I'm also careful. I save 38 percent of my earnings after expenses, before taxes.

The only thing I ever wanted to do is never have to work a day in my life.

I don't want to get married, and I don't want to work after I'm 30, so I must manage my fortune somehow in the next seven years.

When you are young and impecunious, society conditions you to exchange time for money, and this is quite as it should be. Very few people are hurt by having to work for a living. But as you become more affluent, it somehow is very, very difficult to reverse that process and begin trading money for time.

I did 21 years of hard labor in the NBA, invested my money right, so I'm set. I earned the right to relax and enjoy, you know?