"I made more money yesterday than I ever thought I'd make in an entire lifetime. But it's like somebody's going to take it all away from me and I'll be back in Texas, installing them damned irrigation wells. I didn't like that when I was sixteen. And I know I wouldn't like it when I'm eighty"
- Jimmy Dean
About this Quote
This quote by Jimmy Dean talks to the concept of the fleeting nature of success. He is revealing his surprise and happiness at having made more cash than he ever believed possible, however likewise his worry that it could all be removed from him. He is reviewing his past, when he was sixteen and operating in Texas installing irrigation wells, and how he didn't like it then and understands he would not like it when he's eighty. This quote talks to the idea that success is often short lived which it is very important to enjoy it while it lasts. It also speaks to the idea that money isn't whatever which it is very important to discover pleasure in the work that you do, no matter what it is.
This quote is written / told by Jimmy Dean somewhere between August 10, 1928 and today. He was a famous Actor from USA.
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