Karen Civil Quotes

Success is having to worry about every damn thing in the world, except money.

Bottom line is, I didn't return to Apple to make a fortune. I've been very lucky in my life and already have one. When I was 25, my net worth was $100 million or so. I decided then that I wasn't going to let it ruin my life. There's no way you could ever spend it all, and I don't view wealth as something that validates my intelligence.

Money is not a fund of knowledge.

I care about my quality of life and money.

What's the difference? Ninety million or 80 million. You still can't spend it all.

Wealth is a tool of freedom, but the pursuit of wealth is the way to slavery.

The foundation of a financial fresh start actually has nothing to do with money or specific financial dos and don'ts.

He that is rich is wise.

Money is important. It is an important resource to have to help us build the life we want, but we overvalue it.

I am fortunate to have enough money not to have to worry about the necessities of life. Beyond that, I try to think about money as little as possible.

Money is like gasoline during a road trip. You don't want to run out of gas on your trip, but you're not doing a tour of gas stations. You have to pay attention to money, but it shouldn't be about the money.

When you've got the money, you spend it. When you've spent it all, let someone else get going and spend theirs.

One of the tricks of life is to have sense and money in roughly equal proportions.

I refuse to feel guilty. I feel guilty about too much in my life but not about money. I went through periods when I had nothing, so somebody in my family has to get stinkin' wealthy.

I didn't end up going bankrupt... I made some great investments and I held on to my money, which also enables me to have the freedom to do what I want now. But it's not about finances. No matter what, it's about keeping it real.

If I make $30,000 a month, I'll spend $29,999. I tell friends, 'Oh, you need money to go to college?' I'm a little crazy, but the backwash is heaven.

With the Supremes I made so much money so fast all I wanted to do was buy clothes and pretty things. Now I'm comfortable with money and it's comfortable with me.

It's nice to be financially secure. Apart from that, I really don't care too much about money.

I don't care about money.

I'm not interested in more money for the sake of it.

Money is power, and you ought to be reasonably ambitious to have it.

I do not think that you can spend yourself rich.

Money has to be an explosion of excitement and opportunity, yet we already secretly know that it doesn't do what it promises. Nothing has ever given us as much pleasure as our pocket money when we were 12, or our first wage at the end of that first exhausting week, paid in folded cash.

The richest people are those who have life arranged so they have food for the family and the rent or mortgage paid. After that, at least in my case, it can become a pretty boring existence if wealth is the only objective.

Even though I made $800 million, I am still grounded.