Nate Ruess Quotes

You can have a big hit and not get rich.

It's a great story for us whenever an entrepreneur makes a crazy amount of money and we get to tell the world about it. For the entrepreneur? Not so much. Hitherto unknown relatives, entrepreneurs seeking angel investments, money managers and supposed baby-mamas all come out of the woodwork with dollar signs in their eyes.

Go out there and get rich. Get so obnoxiously rich that when that tax bill comes, your first thought will be to choke on how big a check you have to write.

I'm potentially worth a lot of money, but I've got to go and make something that's worth a lot of money.

Always try to rub up against money, for if you rub up against money long enough, some of it may rub off on you.

Having a million-dollar net worth doesn't make you a genius, and having less than a million-dollar net worth doesn't make you a fool.

I don't hang my championship trophies on the walls, because they don't pay the bills.

You want to give people a reason to hate my guts more? I'm making more money.

I've made a profit from everything I have done in life.

In fact, I had a series of offers which would have brought me a lot of money to make films and package TV programs. There were people who said to me, we'll put a million dollars in your bank account tomorrow, which is a hard thing to turn down.

My original aim after 'The X Factor' was to earn enough money in a year to make the whole experience worth it - you know, buy a car, a flat.

I was making so much money I didn't care. I didn't know what to do with the money.

I never deviated from my grim determination to someday have all the money I needed and wanted.

I made my first million pounds at the age of 26. As a little girl, I said I would retire when I had made my first million. The reality was different. When I did make it, I wanted to make another million, and another, and another after that.

I made a small fortune. I made a lot of money and I made a lot of other people wealthy.

Go where the money is... and go there often.

I did not come into football to make money. I had already made millions.

I mean, I do think at a certain point you've made enough money.

I thought, 'My God, I'm gonna make $15,000 a week for 13 weeks.' What would I do with that kind of money? You know, I had never seen anything like that before in my life.

There is nothing to be embarrassed about being profitable.

When people ask me what my motivation is, I have a simple answer: money.

The secret of my success is that I make other people money. And, never ever, ever, ever be ashamed about trying to earn as much as possible for yourself, if the person you're working with is also making money. That's life!

Make as much money as you can. It really does help. I don't know why it's terrible to say, but it's true.

I had one year of struggle. My parents were always there, but I didn't want to rely on them. Now it's moving pretty fast. I'm not rich, but obviously this is fantastic. All I know to do with money is put it in a shoebox anyway.

The money isn't a lure. I've done very well out of this business.