“Than farewell riches, the fat is in the fire,
And neuer shall I to like riches aspire.”

“They say it is better to be poor and happy than rich and miserable, but how about a compromise like moderately rich and just moody?”

“Genius is the fire that lights itself. -Commenting on Buddy Rich.”

“Then brought they a fagot kindled with fire, and layd the same downe at D. Ridleys feete. To whome Maister Latymer spake in this maner: Be of good comfort maister Ridley, and play the man: wee shall this day light such a candle by Gods grace in England, as (I trust) shall neuer be put out.”

“I have fed like a farmer: I shall grow as fat as a porpoise.”

“I always like to say to people who want to be rich and famous, try being rich first. See if that doesn't cover most of it.”

“I choose the likely man in preference to the rich man; I want a man without money rather than money without a man.”

“I'd rather hop freights around the country and cook my food out of tin cans over wood fires, than be rich and have a home or work.”

“I love being single. It's almost like being rich.”

“The dreams of the rich, and the dreams of the poor—they never overlap, do they?See, the poor dream all their lives of getting enough to eat and looking like the rich. And what do the rich dream of?Losing weight and looking like the poor.”