Wealth Anxiety Quotes

I find all this money a considerable burden.

The rich son waits for his father to die, the poor just drink and cry.

The more flesh, the more worms; the more possessions, the more worry.

I do think that some of my songs, like Take a Minute, are like the train between the two worlds. It starts out with the question of "how did Gandhi ever withstand the hunger strikes and all / he didn't do it to gain power or money as I recall," and its sweep reaches all the way to this part of the world. I think maybe I'm a translator, because I lived in both worlds and truly understand them. I understand the discontent that comes from not having. But I also understand the anxiety that comes from wealth and convenience.

That man has the fewest wants who is the least anxious for wealth.

Increasing wealth is attended by care and by the desire of greater increase.

I think there's something in people where they often want to describe their personal experiences, but when it's regarding wealth, they're obviously very guarded. They're very worried about how people are going to react to what they say.

Riches bring anxiety; wisdom gives peace of mind.

To have money is a feare, not to have it a griefe.

Fear of death increases in exact proportion to increase in wealth.

A poor American feels guilty at being poor, but less guilty than an American rentier who has inherited wealth but is doing nothingto increase it; what can the latter do but take to drink and psychoanalysis?

As blue chips turn into penny stocks, Wall Street seems less like a symbol of America's macho capitalism and more like that famous Jane Austen character Mrs. Bennet, a flibbertigibbet always anxious about getting richer and her 'poor nerves.'

Rich people are afraid to die.

There are men who gain from their wealth only the fear of losing it.

He who multiplies riches multiplies cares.

Our chief comforts often produce our greatest anxieties, and the increase in our possessions is but an inlet to new disquietudes.

The people who have more money and goods than any people in the history of the world spend most of their time worrying about not having enough.

Americans are apocalyptic by nature. The reason why is that we've always had so much, so we live in deadly fear that people are going to take it away from us.

He who possesses most must be most afraid of loss.

I think there's something in people where they often want to describe their personal experiences, but when it's regarding wealth, they're obviously very guarded.

Having money hasn't made me any happier. There are some negatives associated with it too, like having to be away from home when you don't want to be.

People think money is life and your life is over if you lose it.

Poor people have the blues because they're poor and hungry. Rich people can't sleep at night because they're trying to hold on to their money and everything they have.

It's a huge headache - the more money you have, the more hassles. I find money very uncomfortable.

I am scared of being broke and famous. I think that would be the biggest curse.