Literature
"Good, good. It can be tiring to do nothing all day long, but that is the price we pay for being super rich."
—Lord Capulet, Romeo and/or Juliet
"All I seem to want to do now is work out, lifting weights, mostly, and secure reservations at new restaurants I’ve already been to, then cancel them."
—Pat Bateman, American Psycho
Theatre
If I were a rich man,
Yubby dibby dibby dibby dibby dibby dibby dum
All day long I'd biddy biddy bum
If I were a wealthy man
Yubby dibby dibby dibby dibby dibby dibby dum
All day long I'd biddy biddy bum
If I were a wealthy man
—Fiddler on the Roof, "If I Were a Rich Man"
When a rich man doesn't want to work
He's a bon vivant, yes, he's a bon vivant
But when a poor man doesn't want to work
He's a loafer, he's a lounger
He's a lazy good for nothing, he's a jerk
He's a bon vivant, yes, he's a bon vivant
But when a poor man doesn't want to work
He's a loafer, he's a lounger
He's a lazy good for nothing, he's a jerk
— Finian's Rainbow, "Idle Poor"
Video Games
Trevor: I'm the CEO of a big international corporation, it's very time-consuming. Nothing, of course, you'd understand, being a gentleman of leisure. Y'know-y'know, Franklin, if there's one thing that you're gonna learn from being around us—
Michael: Plead fuckin' insanity. Then they can't fry you.
Trevor: If you want something done, go to the busy man. This rich fuck is useless!
Michael: Plead fuckin' insanity. Then they can't fry you.
Trevor: If you want something done, go to the busy man. This rich fuck is useless!
Gray Mann: Unlike you two pampered imbeciles, I built my empire. I have studied. I have plotted. I have waited. And for a hundred-and-fifty years I have watched you squander my father's fortune. For Gods' sake, you bought The Alamo and flew it to New Mexico. For a meeting.
Redmond Mann: Well, technically we rented it...
Redmond Mann: Well, technically we rented it...
Web Original
Here's one today that suggests rich people are just plain old having a better time in the sack. Guess it's a lot easier to switch off your brain and enjoy the sensations when you're not constantly calculating the interest incurred by making minimum payments on your credit cards...So you're telling me that soap operas and romance novels about socialites are basically documentaries, and wealthy idlers really do while away the hours spent on private jets sexing amid bags from Hermès? Well that just figures.
