Irina Abramovich

I had grown up without a father and that is why it was so important to me that my children would never be in need of anything.

We were afraid of attempts of kidnapping.

My life with Roman was not the fairytale that the papers reported.

90% of all millionaires become so through owning real estate.

He is richest who is content with the least.

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.

Wealth – any income that is at least one hundred dollars more a year than the income of one’s wife’s sister’s husband.

My life with Roman was not the fairytale that the papers reported.

If necessity is the mother of invention, discontent is the father of progress.

I am convinced that material things can contribute a lot to making one’s life pleasant, but, basically, if you do not have very good friends and relatives who matter to you, life will be really empty and sad and material things cease to be important.

Much corporate giving is charitable in nature rather than philanthropic.

The only wealth I have to give is not material and if you need much more than that, I’m not available.

Someday I want to be rich. Some people get so rich they lose all respect for humanity. That’s how rich I want to be.

Money can add very much to one’s ability to lead a constructive life, not only pleasant for oneself, but, hopefully, beneficial to others.

When I see something I like, I buy it, but I do not look for it madly.

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.

I always knew I was going to be rich. I don’t think I ever doubted it for a minute.