Jack Ma Quotes

When you make a lotta money, you got a lotta people shooting at you. Anywhere you go, the tab goes up. People borrow stuff from you, you don't see it again - they figure, Hell, Moses ain't gonna miss it, why do I have to return it?

Some people try to deal with money by pretending it doesn't matter, but financial pressure is something that affects us all every day of our lives.

Taking it all in all, I find it is more trouble to watch after money than to get it.

When I had money, I felt pressure, whether it was to invest it or do good with it, and I couldn't let it fizzle out. It was like I needed to prove to myself that I could look after it, only I did the opposite, but you have to take a chance in life.

I'm greedy, and I have a house to pay for and a wife. She has a job of her own, but I bleed her dry. She's on her third shift right now.

The only way not to think about money is to have a great deal of it.

Whenever I did have a lot of money, I got in trouble.

Owe money at Easter and Lent will seem short to thee.

Who goeth a borrowing. Goeth a sorrowing.

Money is the driving force of Hand to Mouth, the lack of money, and all those true stories about strange things in The Red Notebook, coincidences and unlikely events, surprise, the unexpected.

The Carpetbaggers was the first big money I made. Money gave me a lot of freedom, but no matter how much you make there's always somebody chasing your ass for more.

It is essential that we stop worrying about money and stop resenting our bills.

I just want real creative freedom without worrying about, you know, car payments.

I haven't got a car or a house. I've got a wife, but I didn't pay for her! I spend all my money on my glorious wife. She's here with a knife at my throat!

Sometimes I have so many financial conflicts of interest that I can't even keep them straight.

When you grow up middle class, you just always feel like you've got to be working, or you won't be able to pay the bills.

Even though money seems such an objective topic, it can also be the most intimate, and possibly harmful, part of a relationship.

Just don't go to a place where everything is too expensive... it'll put your husband in a bad mood.

Art and money are closely related. Try sitting down with a group of artists and ask them what's on their mind. Very quickly the topic shifts to money. And it can be very hard to get them off that subject.

We have to make debt evil.

You have to pay the bills when you're a single mum.

You ask my wife or my two sons, and they'll tell you that I ain't free with the money.

I've never sold widely enough to be able to relax about money. I had two kids and their mother to support and my own life. So there was never an option of cutting out.

We were under a lot of financial pressure when I was growing up.

While growing up, I saw how finances can play havoc in anybody's life. While we were comfortable, money didn't come easy.