Lloyd Banks Quotes

There are people out there with an eye on my hard-earned cash who think that I am a pushover. I am not!

I have been a vulnerable target for those who want money.

When so much money is involved in these movies, someone somewhere is going to try to screw you.

As I've said before, free money scams are a problem.

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.

Millions have been taken from me. If you are not on top of it and you make a lot of money, and you trust business managers, then, yes, money will be taken from you.

Money is a hazard.

For athletes, it's extremely tough to trust people with your finances. It's so easy to be victimized.

Liverpool is no different to any other city in the country for footballers. If you are famous and people know you have money, there will always be someone who wants to make a name for themselves.

I did the thing with bonds, which was about 30 million dollars, and didn't get none of the money on them.

Such huge money has been made in China - it can be hundreds of millions in a year - and there's a need to validate it by showing what they can buy and how much of it.

I've been in a situation where I was after the money.

If someone's dumb enough to offer me a million dollars to make a picture, I'm certainly not dumb enough to turn it down.

I always feel like 'as long as I'm doin' what I love to do, the money's naturally gonna come.' When you start thinkin' business and you start thinkin' 'What's hot? What's the wave? Who is hot? Let's get at that person,' it becomes a point where you're tryin' to strategize to make money. And that's always a gamble.

A moderate addiction to money may not always be hurtful; but when taken in excess it is nearly always bad for the health.

Money is... I'm very conscious of it because I have it. It's powerful, man. It can change you ever so slightly, ever so slowly, and all of a sudden you're addicted to a million-dollar lifestyle and you've got no choice but to make a bad movie.

Where large sums of money are concerned, it is advisable to trust nobody.

I've never done work for money ever. If your choices are based on grosses and the film doesn't do well, what does that mean? It leaves you with nothing.

Banks are an almost irresistible attraction for that element of our society which seeks unearned money.

Many scammers are only using personal checks for payment because they can take the money and run.

Money is not an aphrodisiac: the desire it may kindle in the female eye is more for the cash than the carrier.

The want of money is the root of all evil.

The way I look at it, everything is a trade. You acquire some money, so then you've got no financial burdens, but everyone wants your money and so who can you trust? Or you've got no money and you can trust anyone, but then you've got the worry to pay bills. Which is worse?

I've gotten out of bed a lot of days for a lot less than $10,000.

Lack of money is the root of all evil.