Julius Stern Quotes

Today we are raised with the notion that to be secure is to be financially autonomous. Amassing wealth is viewed as the primary rite of passage to a secure, autonomous existence.

Independence feels like a luxury, where the reality is that it's hard to survive financially for so many people out there.

Financial independence is paramount. My mom always says that when a woman is financially independent, she has the ability to live life on her own terms. I think that was the soundest advice that I ever got. No matter where you go in life or who you get married to, you have to be financially independent - whether you use it or not.

To me, I don't have any problems. I don't have economic problems. I have an independent life.

Wealth is the ultimate panacea to poverty.

I never wanted to rely on my family for money.

I think people like to think I'm in some way financially dependent on my family - on my dad - but the fact of the matter is I've been emancipated from my father since I was 14 years old. That's something people don't know or understand.

I'm for economic independence.

I make money, and I don't need money.

I left my marriage knowing I'd have to work. I have.

The reality about being economically dependent on someone else usually doesn't work out for women in the end. It's about being an adult and being responsible for your life. Most women have to work, so let's just get on with it.

By 17, I was modeling and had bought myself a flat. I've always tried to be self-sufficient.

I've always paid my own way, I've never lived off anyone.

I've always been pretty self-sufficient. I never had to borrow money from my mum, even in the early days.

In Morocco, for a woman to earn her own living is the essential concern.

For most of America's history, people typically aspired to acquire 'a competency' rather than great riches. A competency meant the ability to comfortably sustain a household without depending on others. 'Competence' also meant being capable and reliable. The American Dream was that people who worked hard and capably could support their families.

Finding that financial independence away from a broken relationship is probably one of the most powerful places a woman can get to.

I think it's important for every woman to have her own money and be independent.

We will remain independent for as long as our economy develops as needed. We won't be able to maintain our independence if we ruin the economy.

Perhaps well-to-do women and unemployed ghetto teenagers have something in common. Neither group has been allowed to develop the self-confidence that comes from knowing you can support yourselves.

A woman should never, never, never be financially dependent to anyone, especially a man, because the minute you were dependent, you could be abused.

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

I had my jazz club and I had enough money. So I didn't have to write for my living.

I'm OK: I don't need money.

We are the men of intrinsic value, who can strike our fortunes out of ourselves, whose worth is independent of accidents in life, or revolutions in government: we have heads to get money, and hearts to spend it.