Quotes About Wealth

Pell thought both aristocrats and big businessmen to be "totally selfish," as Arthur Schlesinger, jr., has put it, "but the aristocrat at least thought of his grandsons, while the bourgeois thought only of himself."2

Although well played by Billy Zane, Cal in the screenplay is one of the weakest part of the design, and would have been a more effective rival if he were more seductive, a better match for Rose, real competition for Jack, and not such an obvious monster. Then it would have been a real contest, and not a one-sided match between the most attractive young man in the universe and a leering, abusive cad with a bag of money in one hand and a pistol in the other.

And after I make a lot of money, I'll be able to afford running for office.

Sounds descriptive of some TV evangelists from the "name it and claim it" crowd. They certainly are "rich and increased with goods . . .")

The things you own end up owning you. It's only after you lose everything that you're free to do anything.

I have a lot of money.

The things you used to own, now they own you.

We live in a generation where people will gladly choose a gold plaited piece of wood,over a mud clustered bag of diamonds . That's 21st century !!

To be content with what one has is the greatest and truest of riches.

Yang kaya dalam semangat, membantu yang miskin dalam persaudaraan yang besar - Injil

L.A. circles the drain of Fame while Washington circles the drain of Power while Wall Street circles the drain of Money, but the biggest players in all three locales are the morbid narcissists, because you just can't tear your eyes off them. Not

Plotinus befriended a Roman senator who had freed his slaves, renounced his wealth, and who ate and slept at the houses of friends, for he no longer owned anything. This senator, from the "official" point of view, was deranged, and his case would be regarded as distressing, which indeed it was: a saint in the senate.... His presence, even his possibility—what an omen! The hordes were not far....

Money can't buy happiness, but it can make you awfully comfortable while you're being miserable.

Money has been the most serious handicap that we have ever met. There are times when poverty is fortunate

A moderate addiction to money may not always be hurtful but when taken in excess it is nearly always bad for the health.

For the mistletoe of prejudice thrives nowhere better than on the economic oak.

And even sadness was also something for rich people, for people who could afford it, for people who didn't have anything better to do. Sadness was a luxury.

And even sadness was also something for rich people, for people who could afford it, for people who didn't have anything better to do. Sadness was a luxury.

There are those who have. And there are those who have not. It's very simple: the girl had not. Hadn't what? Simply this: she had not. If you get my meaning that's fine. If you don't, it's still fine.

Thought is the original source of all wealth, all success, all material gain, all great discoveries and inventions, and of all achievement.

He who desires is always poor.

Go out and fight so life shouldn't be printed on dollar bills.

Life shouldn't be printed on dollar bills.

Money attracts money like a magnet. It doesn't trickle down. It is sucked up.