Ellen Page Quotes

I'm really lucky because I found myself in a position where I can do whatever I want to do. I can make records, produce records, make movies, or I can do nothing. I'm not a slave to the dollar.

It is not wealth one asks for, but just enough to preserve one's dignity, to work unhampered, to be generous, frank and independent.

Nature never said to me: Do not be poor; still less did she say: Be rich; her cry to me was always: Be independent.

I definitely wanted to earn my freedom. But the primary motivation wasn't making money, but making an impact.

Money gives you the power to do whatever you want to do. I like the idea of being in complete control of my life.

I always thought money was something just to make me happy. But I've learned that I feel better being able to help my folks, 'cause we never had nothing. So just to see them excited about my career is more of a blessing than me actually having it for myself.

Independence I have long considered as the grand blessing of life, the basis of every virtue; and independence I will ever secure by contracting my wants, though I were to live on a barren heath.

I don't have luxurious tastes or great needs, but my independence is worth a lot to me.

What makes it all worth-while is what I've been able to do for my parents. They were poor and worked all their lives. Like all boys in London, I dreamed of winning the football pool and doing for them. Well, this is better than any football pool. Now they don't have to work. I've given them a nice home and a car. It's a good feeling.

My security comes from the fact that I've never done a job for money.

There's nothing free. Stay independent and don't fall.

The one thing I wanted was independence. And I realised to have that independence, you needed financial independence.

I try to go through my life not owing anything to anyone.

The result of my hard work is that I'm financially independent, I have an amazing life, and I can do whatever I want. I don't have to answer to anybody.

The money I've earned has enabled me to keep my life in my own hands. I had a terrific body, and I got paid for using it.

He is not poor that hath not much, but he that craves much.

Money equals freedom.

I really get a smile that people think they have a right to even suggest how I give my money away. I have no mandate to give a dime to anybody.

I started on a very high note and I was alwasy able to choose. I want to be able to do that until my last breath. And to do that, you have to have money.

I don't need YouTube's money. I have my own money.

The ultimate of being successful is the luxury of giving yourself the time to do what you want to do.

People don't really give me much anymore, and for good reason. I have to pay for a lot of stuff now, I can afford a lot more than I ever could before. No one really gives me anything anymore, but it feels good.

The self-owned and -operated business is the freest life in the world.

I think the girl who is able to earn her own living and pay her own way should be as happy as anybody on earth. The sense of independence and security is very sweet.

At the end of the day, I don't need to work, and I think it's good that I have the drive and willpower to get up and do something in the morning even though I don't need to.