Quotes About Wealth

It is like a lake of crystal clear, cool, delicious water. Beautiful, surrounded by good shores, but lying in a savage region. No one can drink from it or bathe in it, or make any use of it at all. Such are the riches of a miser." But if a generous man acquires great wealth, the Buddha said: "His case is like that of the beautiful lake I spoke of, but now it lies near a village or

town where people can draw water and drink from it, bathe in it and use it for any other purpose. His riches go to enjoyment, not to waste."3

People are fascinated by the rich: Shakespeare wrote plays about kings, not beggars.

He knew the kind of people who said "We'll send our plane" when they invited him for weekends in distant places.

Money is a good servant, but a poor master.

33 El pobre es honrado por sus buenas costumbres y santo temor de Dios; y el rico es respetado por las riquezas que tiene. 34 Mas aquel que en medio de la pobreza es honrado, ¿cuánto más lo sería si llegase a ser rico? Pero el que funda su honor en sus riquezas, tiene que temer mucho la pobreza. 11

Poverty must have many satisfactions, else there would not be so many poor people.

I can do whatever I want - I'm rich, I'm famous, and I'm bigger than you.

Hitler's cave was much more than a wine cellar; it was a symbol of cruelty and greed, of Nazi Germany's hunger for wealth and riches.

We pay for the mistakes of our ancestors, and it seems only fair that they should leave us the money to pay with.

There is nothing so habit-forming as money.

When a man tells you that he got rich through hard work, ask him: 'Whose?

When a man tells you that he got rich through hard work, ask him: 'Whose?

Se fosse davvero oro, tutto questo finirebbe! Sarei più ricco, ma non sarei mai più lo stesso! L'aria fresca avrà un profumo migliore? I giorni di Sole saranno più luminosi? Le notte stellate nasconderanno altri segreti? O perderò tutto questo? Ma io davvero voglio essere... ricco? (Capitolo VIII)

Rich or dead. There's worse choices.

Maybe money can't buy happiness, but it can rent it for a long time.

Many a time a poor soul has been put before the dock, to save the neck of the wealthy.

Capitalism places every man in competition with his fellows for a share of the available wealth. A few people accumulate big piles, but most do not. The sense of community falls victim to this struggle.

Capitalism arose and took off its pajamas. Another day, another dollar. Each man is valued at what he will bring in the marketplace. Meaning has been drained from work and assigned instead to remuneration.

Any health care funding plan that is just, equitable, civilized and humane must - must - redistribute wealth from the richer among us to the poorer and the less fortunate. Excellent healthcare is by definition re-distributional.

Since he'd been born rich into a family that had been a long time rich, he'd never known the need to suppress his feelings, so he pouted completely and might even have stamped his foot again, except he sensed that a kind of lumpish stillness might better illustrate the sulk he'd fallen into.

Sure, sure," said Bugs Meany, pushing his way to the front. "I'll be so rich my little sister will have to quit piano lessons and take up playing the cash register!

I'm going, to make money out of the stars.

Howard Hughes was in serious trouble.