Chuck Feeney Quotes

At 93, I'm not looking forward to fame and fortune.

Hell, I'm an old man. I'm 70 years old. I'm supposed to be sitting on a rocking chair watching the sunset.

At this age, I should be leading a quiet life.

Money and good life had never been my goal.

When I was young I thought that money was the most important thing in life; now that I am old I know that it is.

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

I quite like being old.

Growing old is no more than a bad habit which a busy person has no time to form.

Money is nothing really worth squabbling about. This is what puts people six feet under. You know, I don't need it.

Life is not about money.

Please know that being 80 is not a scary thing. When you're 80, your life is much freer.

Money ain't everything.

Money makes life easier but I don't want to be rich, not at all.

How are we supposed to get old? What am I supposed to do? Am I supposed to get old? My kids tell me, 'We want you to look like a grandmother.' I agree with them. I want to look like a grandmother.

In my experience, it is rarer to find a really happy person in a circle of millionaires than among vagabonds.

I like gettin' old.

Childhood itself is scarcely more lovely than a cheerful, kindly, sunshiny old age.

I don't know what I'll be like when I'm 60. I already have the traits of a retired gentleman.

It's honestly true that money means nothing to me.

The great thing about arriving at this age is that I don't even care about my career anymore.

I'm interested in playing old ladies because I am becoming one. And I want to become a very good one!

I really think that it's better to retire, in Uncle Earl's terms, when you still have some snap left in your garters.

I'm passionate about old people because I am one myself.

We all wish to reach a ripe old age, but none of us are prepared to admit that we are already there.

There is a serious defect in the thinking of someone who wants - more than anything else - to become rich. As long as they don't have the money, it'll seem like a worthwhile goal. Once they do, they'll understand how important other things are - and have always been.