Irwin Shaw Quotes

I used to buy nice clothes and drive a nice car when I couldn't afford it. But I spent all my money doing it, and now I don't have to. I like nice things. I like to travel in a certain style. I like to live in a nice place.

I cannot afford to waste my time making money.

Buy what thou hast no need of and ere long thou shalt sell thy necessities.

Anyone who lives within his means suffers from a lack of imagination.

There are people who are not wealthy because they want to be comfortable.

Home life ceases to be free and beautiful as soon as it is founded on borrowing and debt.

I'd say it's been my biggest problem all my life... it's money. It takes a lot of money to make these dreams come true.

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 have enough money to last me the rest of my life unless I buy something.

I'm not interested in building wealth, which is kind of naive and probably frowned on, living in America. It's something that people don't necessarily understand, but if I die poor, I die poor.

Other than the fact that I like a country house, I can't think of anything I'd want to spend my money on.

The key to wealth is that it doesn't matter. Once you've had it, you don't think anything of it; you can wear cheap watches.

I never thought of myself as a wealthy person. I've thought of myself as a person who has had a lot of luck. I don't have the same stress that other people have, but there are too many things I could have done differently if wealth was what I was after. If I was all about money, I would have lived in L.A.

I try to do the right thing with money. Save a dollar here and there, clip some coupons. Buy ten gold chains instead of 20. Four summer homes instead of eight.

I suppose in the back of my mind I was always one of those guys who had a disdain for money. It had a value if you wanted to buy something, but if you didn't want to buy something, you didn't need it.

I've had nonstop financial problems my whole adult life. It's always been a constant balance, year to year: 'Where's the time? Where's the money?'

Money is in some respects life's fire: it is a very excellent servant, but a terrible master.

We owe something to extravagance, for thrift and adventure seldom go hand in hand.

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

Nobody was ever meant, To remember or invent, What he did with every cent.

Rather go to bed with out dinner than to rise in debt.

I have a nice office. I have a nice house... So I'm not denying myself some great things. I just don't happen to have expensive hobbies.

I'm not interested in more money for the sake of it.

No man can always have riches.

I go broke a lot... I go broke a lot because I have this understanding that whatever I put out there, if I really am doing what's right, it's going to be rewarding, you know?