Philip K. Dick Quotes

Time will take your money, but money won't buy time.

Waste your money and you're only out of money, but waste your time and you've lost a part of your life.

Time is money says the proverb, but turn it around and you get a precious truth. Money is time.

An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.

But I was going to be a teacher my entire life, so I wasn't counting on money to much.

I have thought you could not give everything to your books and also to your children, so for a long time, I thought if I had a child or a family, I'd think, 'How would I support them?' because basically I would stop writing.

I almost didn't turn pro at all. I was tempted to be a career amateur. I worked as an investment banker for nine months after I got out of school, and the money was fantastic and promised to get even more lucrative.

I liked money more than going to school.

I split my commission and personal work about 50 per cent each. It is important to get that balance in life.

There may be the kinds of things that you may find interesting, but then there's also the practical reality of needing to make a living and this is what you have to choose from.

After I dropped out of college at the age of 19, I became a mortgage broker, and when I went back to school I thought about going into real estate law. I probably would have made a lot more money and died of boredom by now.

There is no more fatal blunderer than he who consumes the greater part of his life getting his living.

I never went to college to make money.

Probably the hardest question I get asked is, 'How do I choose between passion and practicality?' I can't answer that. I had to do both. I was passionate about pursuing a career in financial services. But I was also passionate about feeding my child.

I know there are certain things I may never achieve depending on whether I stay at the Ospreys or go.

I had a chance to win $2 million, a week after high school graduation, and if I turned pro, the sponsor was going to financially support me.

I caution people away from quitting their jobs to travel the world because I don't think traveling the world is a worthy cause on its own.

Price is what you pay, but value, as Warren Buffett has observed, is what you get.

I turned down a lot of money by not going to Chelsea, but that's not what I'm interested in.

I have not decided if I want to be a teacher or an actor, because I like both of them.

I think the main thing, you only get one career and you need to make the most money that you can, and any player will tell you that, you need to take care of yourself and look after yourself and your family and those around you.

I couldn't really justify playing for money, and I think what I wanted to achieve put me at too great a risk, so I just decided on another profession.

Joining NASA was very exciting, but it was the hardest decision I have had to make in my life.

At the same time most people were getting out of college, I was offered a buttload of cash to star in a movie. I don't think most students would have said no.

A player's career can be quick, so when such an opportunity comes you think about your family.