Money Quote by Big Sean

I didn't leave business school to go bankrupt.

— Steve Ballmer

My first job in construction paid my way through art school. I was building to pay my bills.

— Ty Pennington

I went back to work because someone had to pay for the groceries.

— Bette Davis

I've built my career on unpaid interns, and the interns told me it was great - I learned more from you than I did…

— John Stossel

I didn't start the business to make a pile of money. I did it to preserve myself for old age.

— Elrey Borge Jeppesen

To make money I picked up work as a busboy, valet parker, skateboard shop employee.

— David Spade

My undergraduate degree was in art history! Raising money for Chipotle was really my MBA. The money for my first restaurant came from my…

— Steve Ells

In the beginning I just wanted to survive. For the first three years, we made zero revenue. I remember many times when I was…

— Jack Ma

I was hired at CNBC TV by a financial news anchor named Louis Rukeyser who had spent decades as a foreign correspondent in the…

— Margaret Brennan

I saved $8,000 and created a construction company when I was 25.

— Bob Corker

When I moved to London I couldn't afford to rent anywhere. So I housesat for a friend of my mum and dad's - and…

— Alice Levine

I got through college realizing business was repugnant.

— Bruce McCulloch