Quotes About Wealth

By securing the Rockefeller Foundation charter in 1913, Rockefeller insulated a large portion of his wealth from inheritance taxes.

the wealth of the Rothschilds consisted of the bankruptcy of nations.

Rockefeller desperately needed intelligent assistance in donating his money at a time when he could not draw on a profession of philanthropic experts.

That he would give $100,000 one minute to charity and turn around and haggle over the price of a ton of coal.

With Peabody gone, he urgently needed to replenish his capital base

Having known many rich people, Gates was impressed that Rockefeller had no private yachts or railroad cars.

From Vanderbilt, Morgan had learned the trick of basing value not on current assets but on projected earnings.

Rockefeller knew that he now needed a larger and more efficient method for disposing of his fortune.

John D. Rockefeller was the Protestant work ethic in its purest form, leading a life so consistent with Weber's classic essay that it reads like his spiritual biography.

Of course, Rockefeller's poker face concealed deep rage.

Significantly, Rockefeller surrounded himself in the early 1890s with brand-new men who could defend his past with total sincerity—and total ignorance

He offered to pay Corrigan $168 or $169 per share for his 2,500 shares of Standard Oil, which would yield enough to retire his $400,000 in debt.

He preferred to portray his fortune as a pleasant accident, the unsought by-product of hard work.

To give away the Rockefeller fortune with a clear conscience, he had to convince himself that it had been earned fairly.

Led by Gates, these subordinates guaranteed that the Rockefeller millions were donated or invested scrupulously.

I think you like money better than anything else in the whole world, and I do not. I like to have a little fun along with business as I go through life.

To the dismay of critics, Standard Oil and other trusts fared quite well during the prolonged downturn.

That is, the man who would be rich must be thrifty.

This contradiction posed a central dilemma for John D. Rockefeller and his descendants, who would struggle tirelessly against the baneful effects of wealth.

Standard Oil again benefited from hard times to extend its powerful reach.

As Rockefeller moved into retirement, his wealth was accumulating at an astonishing rate.

Golf was his greatest indulgence.

Junius pocketed a fortune from this sudden windfall.

It was a rare case of Rockefeller boasting about his wealth, but it was clearly meant to lift public morale.