Robertson Davies Quotes

Money does not make you happy, but the lack of money can cause unhappiness.

Money cannot make you happy, but it can get rid of many of the things that make you unhappy.

I willingly allow that money does not guarantee happiness; but it must also be allowed that it makes happiness a great deal easier to achieve.

Money ain't everything.

Wealth is well known to be a great comforter.

You can have a lot of unhappiness by not having money, but the reverse is no guarantee of happiness.

I care about my quality of life and money.

I think if you talk to anybody who ever went from not having much to having enough to buy what they wanted, they're always happier. Now I get that whole '$75,000 a year is some kind of magic number,' but my experience is 'more is better, up to a point.' Then there's a point where it doesn't make any difference.

As I sat at the Cafe I said to myself, They may talk as they please about what they call pelf, They may sneer as they like about eating and drinking, But help it I cannot, I cannot help thinking How pleasant it is to have money, heigh-ho! How pleasant it is to have money!

I enjoy money. Not enough people in this world are happy. I'm determined to be contented, and having plenty of money from working makes it easier for me.

Money brings some happiness. But after a certain point, it just brings more money.

There is no dramatic difference in happiness on the part of people who are wealthy.

Money makes life easier but I don't want to be rich, not at all.

It isn't necessary to be rich and famous to be happy. It's only necessary to be rich.

Riches cover a multitude of woes.

I'm determined to be contented, and having plenty of money from working makes it easier for me.

I've learned very, very, very clearly that money does not equal happiness or security, either.

Money doesn't make you happy. I now have $50 million but I was just as happy when I had $48 million.

Money can't buy you happiness but it does bring you a more pleasant form of misery.

Money may not buy happiness, but it can damn well give it!

Money, if it does not bring you happiness, will at least help you be miserable in comfort.

Though I knew that poverty certainly didn't buy happiness, I wasn't convinced that money did, either.

A man with a million dollars can be as happy nowadays as though he were rich.

Of course, to have money is just great because you can do what you think is important to you. I always was a rich person because money's not related to happiness.

You’ve never had it so good!