Fame is important, but to be rich is more important.

Never underestimate the power of being popular in pop culture. You have to be able to do something. You can have a good seat…

— Gene Simmons

To be rich is important, but to be rich when you are poor is very important.

— Vikrant Parsai

Of course, to have money is just great because you can do what you think is important to you. I always was a rich…

— Paulo Coelho

Its easy to have principles when you're rich. The important thing is to have principles when you're poor.

— Ray Kroc

It's easy to have principles when you're rich. The important thing is to have principles when you're poor.

— Ray Kroc

My mother always says people should be able to take care of themselves, even if they're rich and important.

— Frances Hodgson Burnett

We are certainly influenced by role models, and if we are surrounded by images of beautiful rich people, we will start to think that…

— Alain de Botton

They say fame is important and that maintaining your fame is even more important. But to me, the most important thing is to deserve…

— Juan Gabriel

I think one of the most important lessons to learn in the music industry is to understand who your real friends are. There are…

— Chingy

To all the young people out there who think money and fame is important: that's only a small piece of the pie. You need…

— Shaquille O'Neal

Is the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame that important to me? No. Is it something I've aspired towards? No.

— Duff McKagan

Fame has become less and less important to me, it's more of a burden than anything else.

— Fala Chen

Wealth and fame can only be so important in the face of musical magic

— Graham Nash

Is the Pro Football Hall of Fame important to players to feel they belong? Of course it is. It's the pinnacle but it doesn't…

— Morten Andersen

Never underestimate the power of the human mind to believe what it wants to believe, no matter the conflicting evidence.

— Brian Herbert