Roman Abramovich

I was never involved in arms trading. In the Russian Federation, arms trading is the prerogative of the state.

I have no Napoleonic dream. I’m just hard working and pragmatic.

I’m realising my dream of owning a top football club. Some will doubt my motives, others will think I’m crazy.

It’s a new endeavour for me. I’ve never run a territory. I’ve never talked publicly to people. I’ve got to try it just to see whether I like it.

I have no Napoleonic dream. I’m just hard-working and pragmatic.

I decided to sit quietly and do business and don’t stick your neck out and tell everybody everything belongs to me. That would only cause problems for myself. Therefore I never told these stories or declared all these things to anyone.

Money is something you have to make in case you don’t die.

Scientists have odious manners, except when you prop up their theory; then you can borrow money of them.

I rob banks because that’s where the money is.

In spite of the cost of living, it’s still popular.

We’re not motivated to make more money. We all have too much already. We want to do good work.

Hobbies cost money but interests are free

The want of money is the root of all evil.

Inflation is when you pay fifteen dollars for the ten-dollar haircut you used to get for five dollars when you had hair.

The propensity to truck, barter and exchange one thing for another is common to all men, and to be found in no other race of animals.

I’ve earned all this money. I’ve worked for it. I didn’t cheat anybody. I didn’t issue junk bonds and put people out of work. I earned it. And I live relatively modestly given my level of success and wealth.

Steve Jobs didn’t give a shit about money, and I do give a shit about money. I wanted to have a lot of money. I thought it would change my life, which it did, but not in the ways I expected.

More and more these days I find myself pondering how to reconcile my net income with my gross habits.

I have no interest in becoming a tax exile and living somewhere I don’t want to – I just want to be at home with my family.

Money is not the most important thing in the world. Love is. Fortunately, I love money.

The only way you will ever permanently take control of your financial life is to dig deep and fix the root problem.