Jacque Fresco Quotes

If money is your hope for independence you will never have it

I believe that being dependent makes you more vulnerable. I believe work is the greatest gift you will ever receive.

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.

How the sting of poverty, or small means, is gone when one keeps house for one's own comfort and not for the comfort of one's neighbors.

I feel very lucky that I don't have to rely on a man to give me financial security. That's a big deal.

To be poor and independent is very nearly an impossibility.

I came of age believing that, no matter what happened, I would always be able to support myself.

Financial freedom is freedom from fear.

Financial independence is the ability to live from the income of your own personal resources.

I'm proud that my clients are working to support themselves and those who depend on them.

Money equals freedom.

My relationship with money is that it's a tool to be self-sufficient, but it's not something that is a part of who I am.

Unless you have financial resources of your own, you can't be free.

Even with my divorce and with everything, I don't need money.

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

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.

Success to me is being able to do what I love, make a living at it and to support myself and the ones I love.

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

But wealth is a great means of refinement; and it is a security for gentleness, since it removes disturbing anxieties.

To me, money is independence. It gives you freedom to do what you really want to do. It allows you to not be dependent on anyone or anything, and so you can be yourself and follow your passion.

I'm for economic independence.

It is easy to be independent when you've got money. But to be independent when you haven't got a thing, that's the Lord's test.

I'm worth far too much money. I don't need anybody's money.

My feeling is that maintaining financial independence is also a healthy way to keep my feet on the ground.