Will Rogers Quotes

It is logical for a U.S. person to give their money away while they are alive, as the government will take it from you when you die in taxes.

It's just wrong to work your whole life to build up a nest egg, build your own business - you pass away, and Uncle Sam can swoop in and take away nearly half of everything you've earned. Can you imagine that? Having to sell off most of your land just to keep it from the government, just to save the house.

I think to the extent you die with money in the bank, you've miscalculated.

I'm in spend-down. I've got a billion in cash. You can't leave people a billion pounds, can you?

Any man who has $10,000 left when he dies is a failure.

Estate planning is an important and everlasting gift you can give your family. And setting up a smooth inheritance isn't as hard as you might think.

The problem is, how can we help them get rich and stay rich ourselves?

I've been fortunate enough to experience financial success on a large scale through both my music career and my many business ventures. With this type of financial success comes financial responsibility.

Obviously, the bulk of my Nike shares have been set up in a trust.

As a first-generation inheritor, the first mandate is to preserve our family wealth and hopefully increase it.

If a man has money, it is usually a sign, too, that he knows how to take care of it; don't imagine his money is easy to get simply because he has plenty of it.

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

I have no interest in becoming a tax exile and living somewhere I don't want to - I just want to be at home with my family.

There ought to be no laws to guarantee property against the folly of its possessors.

The windfall of great riches can, if mismanaged, make things worse, not better, for the recipients.

If you have millions of dollars you are not going to get to continue doing what you want. You are into a world of commitment to that money and all the people that helped you get that money.

If any man, out of an humour, should turn all his Estate into Money, and keep it dead, he would soon be sensible of Poverty growing upon him, whilst he is eating out of the quick stock.

Most people sell stock to pay taxes, but I didn't want to sell any stock.

I'm spending a year dead for tax reasons.

When vastly wealthy people say, 'I'm not leaving my kids any money,' it's typically not true.

My firm has 25,000 high-net-worth clients. A typical account would be that of a couple aged 65 and 60 who need their money to last the rest of their lives, 25 to 35 years.

I'm a great will maker. I've made my will every year since I was 21.

You have to make sure that your assets and your back is protected before you make any big decisions.

Live rich, die poor; never make the mistake of doing it the other way round.

What I advise clients is, sell, pay the tax and be happy. Don't ask me to find a replacement unless it's land.