Quotes About Wealth

Now, it's true that some of the protesters are oddly dressed or have silly-sounding slogans, which is inevitable given the open character of the events. But so what? I, at least, am a lot more offended by the sight of exquisitely tailored plutocrats, who owe their continued wealth to government guarantees, whining that President Obama has said mean things about them than I am by the sight of ragtag young people denouncing consumerism.

For most Americans, economic growth is a spectator sport.

Work, work, proletarians, to increase social wealth and your individual poverty; work, work, in order that becoming poorer, you may have more reason to work and become miserable. Such is the inexorable law of capitalist production.

Yoksul uluslarda halk?n rahat? yerindedir. Zengin uluslardaysa, halk, genellikle yoksuldur.

Les philanthropes acclament bienfaiteurs de l'humanité ceux qui, pour s'enrichir en fainéantant, donnent du travail aux pauvres.

Trabajad, trabajad, proletarios, para aumentar la fortuna social y vuestras miserias individuales; trabajad, trabajad para que, haciéndoos cada vez más pobres, tengáis más razón de trabajar y de ser miserables." (1848, 11) Paul Lafargue, The Right to Be Lazy

What dreams we have and how they fly Like rosy clouds across the sky; Of wealth, of fame, of sure success, Of love that comes to cheer and bless; And how they whither, how they fade, The waning wealth, the jilting jade — The fame that for a moment gleams, Then flies forever, — dreams, ah — dreams!

Radix omnium malorum est cupiditas.

I'm a grinder. I am not called to speak at fancy conventions in five-star hotels. The governor has not offered me black robes and elevated me to the bench. I am not interviewed by CNN to comment on the latest trial of the century. And I am not rich.

Success is how other people judge you," he said. "Are you driving that Ferrari, buying that house in Aspen? Excellence can't be measured in dollars. Ideals don't fit into a bank account. It's about judging yourself. Have you lived up to your principles or have you sold out?

I was obsessed with being rich and famous.

Where I come from, you don't really talk about how much you're earning. Those things are private. My dad never told my mum how much he was earning. I'm certainly not going to tell the world. I'm doing well.

When you first get money, you buy all these things so no one thinks you're mean, and you spread it around. You get a chauffeur and you find yourself thrown around the back of this car and you think, I was happier when I had my own little car! I could drive myself!

Somebody said to me, 'But the Beatles were anti-materialistic.' That's a huge myth. John and I literally used to sit down and say, 'Now, let's write a swimming pool.

If your purpose for investing in stocks is to create income, you need to choose stocks that pay dividends.

A healthy bottom line means that a company is making money. And if a company is making money, then you can make money by investing in its stock.

The true net worth of the wise is the wealth that wisdom imparts!

Oh my God. I love rich people. And royalty are the best because they're rich people who can't be fires.

You make a living out of what you get and make a life out of what you give...

Class, she reminded herself, was the real marker in America.

I don't want to get into the 'who's a hostage-taker' discussion here, but what is the estate tax? It's a double tax on death. Economists will tell you that it's really not a tax that soaks the rich, but it's a tax on capital that deprives business investment and therefore job creation.

Never be too amusing. An unfettered sense of humor is on the whole thought to be a good thing only for the poor - for the rich a sense of humor is a disaster.

The financial reward is great and I love the life I have, but all money makes possible is for you to stop worrying about money. Then you have freedom to live your life.

If I say I'm an oil man, you will agree.