#billionaire

'I don't need brains,' says the billionaire contemptuously. 'I'm brainy enough myself!' The broker cries out in desperation, 'What, in heaven's name, do you want?' 'Goodness,' is the answer. ↗

— Konrad Lorenz

#billionaire #brains #brainy #broker #cries

You can't tell a millionaire's son from a billionaire's. ↗

— Vance Packard

#millionaire #son #tell #you

I've never worked to make money. I understand we've got to eat and all that, but I never said I want to be a multimillionaire or a billionaire. To me, that's of no significance. I work to have the accomplishment. ↗

— Bob Parsons

#billionaire #eat #got #i #make

When I wake up in the morning, I feel like a billionaire without paying taxes. ↗

— Ernie Banks

#feel #i #i feel #i feel like #like

Look at all the billionaires. If I know 15 billionaires, I know 13 unhappy people. ↗

— Russell Simmons

#happy people #i #know #look #people

Buffett does enjoy being a billionaire, but in offbeat ways. As he put it, though money cannot change your health or how many people love you, it lets you be in 'more interesting environments. ↗

— Roger Lowenstein

#money #philosophy #warren-buffett #change

As a former lifelong Republican, it pains me to tell you that today's Republicans - and their standard-bearers, Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan - just aren't up to the task. They're beholden to 'my way or the highway' bullies, indebted to billionaires who bankroll ads and allergic to the very idea of compromise. ↗

— Charlie Crist

#allergic #beholden #billionaires #bullies #compromise

I'm not a paranoid deranged millionaire. Goddamit, I'm a billionaire. ↗

— Howard Hughes

#deranged #i #millionaire #paranoid

Jews are estimated to be less than 1% of the world's population yet approximately 25% of the world's billionaires are Jewish. ↗

— H.W. Charles

#jewish-millionaires #jewish-wealth #money #money

You don’t have to apologize,” Treston said. “I know where I work, I know what I do to make a living, and I know it’s not the most respectable place in Vegas. But frankly, Chad, if you don’t mind my saying so, I think you have a lot to learn about good manners.” Chad blinked. “What do you mean?” Treston reached for his wine glass, finished off what was left to wash down the last forkful of chewy escargot, and said, “All I’m saying is you haven’t stopped harping about that blond, and I have to tell you it’s getting a little tired now. Seriously, man. It’s a little insulting, too.” He leaned forward, looked into Chad’s eyes, and held his hand. “Look, I know how hard it is for selfish men like you to understand empathy. Lord knows I’ve been with enough of them. ↗

— Ryan Field

#rakes #the-vegas-shark #men