My life with Roman was not the fairytale that the papers reported.
No man’s fortune can be an end worthy of his being.
Philanthropy is involved with basic innovations that transform society, not simply maintaining the status quo or filling basic social needs that were formerly the province of the public sector.
Guilt for being rich, and guilt thinking that perhaps love and peace isn’t enough and you have to go and get shot or something.
Abramovich’s got six yachts which are just gigantic and you think, ‘What a waste of money. He could transform so many people’s lives if he put that money to good use.
My grandfather, along with Carnegie, was a pioneer in philanthropy, which my father then practiced on a very large scale.
He is richest who is content with the least.
Money can add very much to one’s ability to lead a constructive life, not only pleasant for oneself, but, hopefully, beneficial to others.
The Japanese banks are not having an easy time as they once had.
You know, gentlemen, that I do not owe any personal income tax. But nevertheless, I send a small check, now and then, to the Internal Revenue Service out of the kindness of my heart.
I am the wealthiest man, not just in Europe, but in the whole world. I collect emotions. I am wealthy in that the people of Russia have twice entrusted me with the leadership of a great nation such as Russia – I believe that is my greatest wealth.
Riches are a good hand maiden, but a poor mistress.
Of great wealth there is no real use, except in its distribution, the rest is just conceit.
We went to theatres and museums with a crowd of bodyguards.
I think it’s sad when people make a lot of money and they want the biggest boat or the biggest car or the biggest plane.
Much corporate giving is charitable in nature rather than philanthropic.
If necessity is the mother of invention, discontent is the father of progress.
I always knew I was going to be rich. I don’t think I ever doubted it for a minute.
When I see something I like, I buy it, but I do not look for it madly.
When you have a lot of resources, the most important thing is to have had good parents and to have been brought up by people who gave one the proper values.
very day I get up and look through the Forbes list of the richest people in America. If I’m not there, I go to work.
