Billionaires Quotes · Page 2

The billionaires pay an effective tax rate lower than nurses or truck drivers. That makes no sense at all. There has to…

— Bernie Sanders

“As “voyeurs of billionaires” (Goolsbee, 2007) material excess has become our metronome of modern living.”

— Dr. Brian Ogawa

I think the latest estimates were that we have about 250,000 millionaires and billionaires. President Obama wants to increase their taxes 13 percent.

— Joe Walsh

The smartest billionaires I know never finished high school. I got my degree and my doctorate on the street and an advanced…

— Tommy Chong

The existence of billionaires should sound an alarm: they are the most extreme manifestation of wealth generated by the efforts of millions…

— Owen Jones

Of particular note, Palm Beach is one of the safest places in the world to live or visit. Proof of this is…

— Tinsley Mortimer

When you look at Mark Zuckerberg and Snapchat and all these twentysomething billionaires, it's really kind of fascinating; a classic tale of…

— Steven Bochco

Be yourself. That's it. I got about 45 [billionaires] . They are all different, all unique, and they are all self-made.

— Tony Robbins

For daughters of the new American billionaires of the 19th century, it was the ultimate deal: marriage to a cash-strapped British Aristocrat…

— Daisy Goodwin

When I was in South Korea, the books that I read about Americans were actually Oprah Winfrey and Michelle Obama. If this…

— Park Yeon-mi

I am not interesting in making money. I go to the most expensive restaurant in Boston to have dinner. It is where…

— Pranav Mistry

As a parent and a citizen, I'll take a Bill Gates (or Warren Buffett) over Steve Jobs every time. If we must…

— Eric Alterman

I'm a wealth creator. I'm not interested in saving in the least. While I do spend a lot, I don't spend money…

— John Caudwell

“Much like the kākāpō who waddles up a hill, digs a hole and bellows into it to attract a mate, billionaires may…

— Natalie Kyriacou

Billionaires like the Koch brothers, casino mogul Sheldon Adelson, and political puppet master Karl Rove should not be able to buy our…

— Hank Johnson

“Despite Marc Andreessen’s and Peter Thiel’s belief that the outsize gains of tech billionaires are the result of a genius entrepreneur culture,…

— Jonathan Taplin

Billionaires who want to influence politics could get better 'returns on investment' than from early stage Amazon.

— Dominic Cummings

Technologically we now have four [seven!] billion billionaires on board Spaceship Earth who are entirely unaware of their good fortune.

— R. Buckminster Fuller

I'm more interested in photographing people who have done something, like writers or directors - even billionaires - as long as I…

— Francesco Carrozzini

One of the many qualities that separate self-made billionaires from the rest of us is their ability to ask the right questions.

— Justine Musk

“Take your million smiles through billion miles; life will never get boring for you even for a while.”

— Israelmore Ayivor

I'm really, truly, deep down happy for my friends when they do well. I want them to all succeed and be billionaires.

— Teresa Giudice

The middle class should not continue to foot the bill for tax breaks for millionaires and billionaires.

— Keith Ellison

Billionaires prefer Black women. They are loyal and guard your interests. Black wives are for grown ups.

— Ben Horowitz

It's an absurd world - you know, billionaires in Birkenstocks. But I'd rather have nerdy tech guys as the next Carnegie than…

— Thomas Middleditch

Of the billionaires I have known, money just brings out the basic traits in them. If they were jerks before they had…

— Warren Buffett

“Ruthless billionaires and small interest groups flourish in today’s chaotic world not because they read the map better than anyone else, but…

— Yuval Noah Harari

I find the fact that billionaires are quoted as if the fact that they are billionaires gives them some kind of wisdom…

— Ben Elton

When you look at billionaires, many of them share one characteristic: They were not born billionaires.

— Sergio Ermotti

The owners of the Premier League sides are like in the NBA, they're not millionaires, they're billionaires.

— Willy Caballero

“No one-not rock stars, not professional athletes, not software billionaires, and not even geniuses-ever makes it alone”

— Malcolm Gladwell

Plot idea: 97% of the world's scientists contrive an environmental crisis, but are exposed by a plucky band of billionaires & oil companies.

— Scott Westerfeld

The millionaires and billionaires who chose to invest in Australia are actually those who most help the poor and our young. This…

— Gina Rinehart

I never wanted to be on any billionaires list. I never define myself by net worth. I always try to define myself…

— Howard Schultz

Many hedge fund managers have become billionaires; perhaps this - plus their reputations as the smartest guys in the room - is…

— Barry Ritholtz

American families cannot compete with billionaires. Our involvement in government should not be dependent on our bank account balances

— Harry Reid

I know it's bad to generalize, but when you think about billionaires, you just think this guy is going to walk into…

— Sabrina Bryan

Arnold Schwarzenegger cut teacher's salaries and parks and libraries rather than raise taxes for the many California millionaires and billionaires.

— Adam McKay

Why are the Kardashians still on TV? They're billionaires! It's because they know that being on camera is going to move product.

— Spencer Pratt

I certainly don't support billionaires bankrupting media organizations. Even if you don't like the people involved, that sets a dangerous precedent.

— Mike Cernovich