Celebrities have to be very mindful of what they say. After all, there’s little privacy left even for us regular people, so living in the spotlight means every word a celebrity utters becomes public record–and when you’re rich and famous, you’re often talking about your money.
From funny, to ironic to downright ridiculous, celebrities have been speaking openly about their finances and we’ve been listening.
The following is a collection of the most memorable quotes to-date. Maybe we can all learn a thing or two about the world of wealth, like what not to say when we have it!
About Having Money:
I never completed high school and I am very rich and very successful. -Tre Cool
Crack is cheap. I make too much money to ever smoke crack. Let’s get that straight. OK? We don’t do crack. We don’t do that. Crack is whack. -Whitney Houston
If I didn’t have some kind of education, I wouldn’t be able to count my money! -Missy Elliott
I’m so naive about finances. Once when my mother mentioned an amount and I realized I didn’t understand, she had to explain: ‘That’s like three Mercedes.’ Then I understood. -Brooke Shields
I’m rich, freakin’ rich. It’s crazy. -Britney Spears
Money doesn’t make you happy. It just makes you feel better. - Tweet by P. Diddy
About Making Money:
This town is a back-stabbing, scum-sucking, small-minded town, but thanks for the money. -Roseanne Barr
Somebody said to me, ‘But the Beatles were anti-materialistic.’ That’s a huge myth. John and I literally used to sit down and say, ‘Now, let’s write a swimming pool.’ -Paul McCartney
My mother always said don’t marry for money, divorce for money. -Wendy Liebman
About Spending Money:
Whoever said money can’t buy happiness simply didn’t know where to go shopping. -Bo Derek
It costs a lot of money to look this cheap. -Dolly Parton
What’s Wal-Mart? Do they sell like, wall stuff? -Paris Hilton
Ever wonder about those people who spend $2 apiece on those little bottles of Evian water? Try spelling Evian backward. -George Carlin
I was in a store in Las Vegas and they give celeb discounts. I gave my credit card and the clerk was like, ‘Oh, I’m so sorry. I thought you were Jason Bateman.’ -Jerry O’Connell
Also, thanks to Personal Dividends for including our article Using Google Finance to Follow Stocks in their Carnival of Wealth #4–The Family Finances Edition.
