Joseph L. Mankiewicz Quotes

What's my motto when it comes to money? Don't put so much emphasis on it!

What I usually do is hoard money - I accumulate as much as possible in the fear of not having enough to pay tax.

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

I try to treat all the money I'm making like it's the last time I'm going to make it.

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

The great thing about having money is that you can actually just get on with your life and not have to think about paying the bills or crouch over 'The Wall Street Journal' or the 'Financial Times' and look at the stock figures and things like that. That bores me rigid.

I've always been terrified about not having money. I've been a big saver and a big earner. When I've been out of work, I've always found another job. I never wanted to get into debt, because money was very tight when I was growing up. I never felt deprived, but I couldn't have the things I wanted.

I'm not great with money. I'd go crazy if I were left to my own devices. My mum and girlfriend sort it out. I'm not driven by it, but I love to be generous.

My biggest thing to say is just don't worry about money.

I find the difference, for me, between having no money and having quite a bit is that the bills get bigger. And that's it. The lifestyle doesn't change.

Fame does lead to money, which I don't have a close relationship with. I'm the kind of guy who never sees the money - it all goes somewhere else. I don't understand it, I don't like to deal with it. I have a fear of not having it, because I grew up without it.

Money never stays with me. It would burn me if it did. I throw it out of my hands as soon as possible, lest it should find its way into my heart.

If someone wants to give you, like, $100 million, it's hard to say no. But I don't want to accept that kind of money right now. I'd feel burdened by it.

Eventually, my W-2 income will wind down, and my investments can actually make that up.

Floyd has showed me that he's set up with real estate, businesses, and investments.

In todays uncertain economy, the safest solution to be wealthy, be in total control and enjoy freedom for you and your family is to have multiple streams of income.

My definition of financial freedom is simple: it is the ability to live the lifestyle you desire without having to work or rely on anyone else for money.

Financial struggle is often the direct result of people working all their lives for someone else.

Bank account statement just look like I'm ready for early retirement

You see, money to you means freedom; to me it means bondage.

Often, the more money you make the more money you spend; that's why more money doesn't make you rich - assets make you rich.

Your goal, as a creative investor, is to launch your ship into financial orbit ... and then put it on automatic pilot.

Money is central to our lives. Yet money is not of central importance. It has nothing whatsoever to do with the lasting values that make life worth living.

After losing everything, I went on a quest to find out how money really works, how I could get control of it, and how I could have confidence in handling it.

That's a huge fear for middle-class women. It's not so much a fear for poor women, because poor women have always assumed that they are going to have to support themselves. It's middle-class women who have this fantasy that somebody else is going to support them.