Some people think they are worth a lot of money just because they have it.
Fannie Hurst (1889-1968) American novelist
(Attributed)
This is sometimes cited to an unknown issue of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency in 1952, but a search of the site does not turn it up.
Quotations by:
Hurst, Fannie
SID: It is not what you are; it’s what you don’t become that hurts.
Fannie Hurst (1889-1968) American novelist
Humoresque [film] (1946) [screenplay Clifford Odets, Zachary Gold]
Spoken by Oscar Levant.