J. Cole Quotes

My mom, her money going was straight to the bills.

I just want real creative freedom without worrying about, you know, car payments.

When I started to make more or less serious money - for those times - then, of course, I wanted to show everyone that life is different: it's a new kind of life; we are earning this money. We wanted to pay taxes and live honestly.

The money thing is, the sort of Elvis Presley thing of buying you mother car is great, that's very good. My mother has learned how to spend money.

I used to get my money at the end of the week, buy my mum something, or buy a record, and that was it.

I do not give money for just mere hopes.

They thought I was a success as soon as I started paying the bills.

I never saved my money. Whenever I worked in the past, I would spend it on my family or my husbands.

There are a lot of guys who are successful, they make a lot of big money, I mean millions overnight with a contract, and they don't understand the evaporation. It evaporates. You're always back to square one. I found that out, so integrity is how I do business. That's my main asset.

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.

Gain may be temporary and uncertain; but ever while you live, expense is constant and certain: and it is easier to build two chimneys than to keep one in fuel.

No one ever expects a great lay to pay all the bills.

Money can add very much to one's ability to lead a constructive life, not only pleasant for oneself, but, hopefully, beneficial to others.

I never thought to ever ask for money. I was so stupid.

I've been given my money. Nobody has ever beaten me out of one quarter. And that's all I've ever been concerned about.

The first time I had money, I was extravagant, but then you realise it's not just about that. If I lost it all tomorrow, it wouldn't be me that's hurt, it would be my babies. It would be more about people's opinion of me that would concern me.

When you're a 20-something-year-old athlete and you're getting a six-figure check every week, you're not thinking about next week. You're not thinking, 'I'm going to be broke,' or 'I'm going to need another job.' But I'll tell you, there are a lot of broke athletes out there - I know plenty - and I didn't want to end up as one.

I'm not a businessperson. I have no sense of money. My mom does everything for me. She makes all my decisions for me, and even buys my clothes. She's very protective.

I'm not an extravagant person. You don't get a chance to spend money when you're working on a TV show.

When life was worrying about a car payment or a rent payment and a bill, you're so consumed with that, you really don't have time to know yourself. That's surviving and getting by.

I'm lucky because my dad taught me to be frugal and save. And that's important because I want to know that I don't have to take an acting job for two or three years if I don't want to and that I'll still be able to make my house and car payments and buy food for my dogs.

When I die, my epitaph should read: She Paid the Bills. That's the story of my private life.

The truth is, I have more money than I'm interested in spending. Everyone in my family is taken care of.

A good paymaster is lord of another man's purse.

There can be no freedom or beauty about a home life that depends on borrowing and debt.