J. B. Pritzker Quotes

I have a very good family. I'm very fortunate to have a very good family. I believe very strongly in the family. It's one of the things we have in our platform, is to talk about it.

What I wanted to do was to earn enough money to pay for my mother's house. When my mother passed away, I wanted to buy it from the rest of my family and keep the house in the family. That was the only reason I even attempted writing for money.

Let individuals create real wealth, empower them, create something that they can leave for their children.

I owe a lot to my dad, just for having provided the wrestling business for us to get into.

Later in life, when I'm retired and have a family of my own and will be able to send my kids to college, that's when I'll start spending. Way too many athletes go broke these days, and I like saving my money so that I can ensure my family and friends currently and after me will never have to endure some of the things I did when I was a kid.

With families, no matter what kind you inherit, at some point you want to announce that you belong to it.

My mother has always been the social glue holding the family together.

I got a family house for everybody to live in - my mom, my sisters and I. And I made sure that it has a separate apartment downstairs for myself. Family is more important than anything. We don't come from any money. So once I get them settled in, in a nice house, then I'll branch out and see if I can get something else.

Knowing that my ancestry had all been quite wealthy and owned their own businesses probably left me with the ambition to replicate what they'd done.

Families don't make projects for five years, they make projects for generations.

I really wanted to retire and rest and spend more time with my children, my grandchildren and of course with my wife.

We all know far too many stories where the third generation just destroys everything that the first two have built up, and I certainly hope my family are different because I've worked too hard and my father has worked too hard for it to be given away.

I'm thinking of a legacy that I can be proud of and wealth that my grandchildren can use to go to college. So world domination - in terms of providing for my family - is absolutely my goal.

Your family is your family.

I was always interested in having my own money - not my family's money. I don't think it had anything to do with me being Elvis's granddaughter. None of my drive was, 'I need to get away from my family legacy!'

The family is the focal point of our existence. And up until Jane and Lucy's death, there were always 16 of us together for Christmas.

Money can't buy happiness. Or put my family back together.

I'm very family-oriented.

My sister had been praying for me since I was born: my sister, Stephanie, my namesake. That's what she is to me; my namesake - Stephanie, Stephon. Stephanie - that's my daughter's name. I kept it in the family.

We're growing and learning together, and it is important for us to stay true to the family that we are.

It's nice to be in the family I'm in with all their support.

The Deol family is very close knit and emotional.

My family is the most important thing in my life.

I want to have a catalogue or a share in a company. I'm trying to take my family's name from lower-middle class to aristocracy. I have my sights set high.

I like to see my parents, and they like it when I'm around.