Quotes About Wealth

No profit was too small to despise; no loss was too small to abhor.

Who hath a book Hath friends at hand, And gold and gear At his command; And rich estates, If he but look, Are held by him Who hath a book. "Who hath a book Hath but to read And he may be A king, indeed. His kingdom is His inglenook- All this is his Who hath a book.

There's nothing so aphrodisiacal for a woman as money and success.

They do say that socialism is the ideal philosophy-just as long as you have capitalists to pay for it.

But those set to guard a treasure, are too often those who loot it.

What use will money be to him in the Sands.

Fame, I have already. Now I need the money.

Anything you can imagine is probably true. And the worst you can imagine is probably worth money.

There is nothing in socialism that a little age or a little money will not cure.

Bankers know that history is inflationary and that money is the last thing a wise man will hoard.

The health of nations is more important than the wealth of nations.

In progressive societies the concentration[of wealth] may reach a point where the strength of number in the many poor rivals the strength of ability in the few rich; then the unstable equilibrium generates a critical situation, which history has diversely met by legislation redistributing wealth or by revolution distributing poverty.

Burton Malkiel's wonderful book A Random Walk Down Wall Street.

For the billionaire looking for the extra billion, and indeed for the participant in an experimental economics project looking for the extra dollar, money is a proxy for points on a scale of self-regard and achievement. These rewards and punishments, promises and threats, are all in our heads.

plausible interpretation is that higher income is associated with a reduced ability to enjoy the small pleasures of life. There is suggestive evidence in favor of this idea: priming students with the idea of wealth reduces the pleasure their face expresses as they eat a bar of chocolate!

The reason you like the idea of gaining $100 and dislike the idea of losing $100 is not that these amounts change your wealth. You just like winning and dislike losing—and you almost certainly dislike losing more than you like winning.

In a paper titled "Trading Is Hazardous to Your Wealth," they showed that, on average, the most active traders had the poorest results, while the investors who traded the least earned the highest returns.

the wealth and poverty gap observed between countries is predominately the result of differences in culture.

money isn't just physical; it's a spiritual reality. It's "spiritual" in that it isn't about folded pieces of paper, and it isn't about what those little slips of paper can buy. It is about people and relationships. Money is the buzz; the connection that makes our interpersonal networks rich and fulfilling.

Deep within traditional Jewish culture lies the conviction that the only real way to achieve wealth is to attend diligently to the needs of others and to conduct oneself in an honorable and trustworthy fashion.

God only allows his Divine Presence to rest on someone who is strong, wealthy, wise, and humble.

So what motivates people to work hard every day to do things that will satisfy the economy's needs but not their own? Like so many thinkers, Smith believed that people want just one thing—happiness—hence economies can blossom and grow only if people are deluded into believing that the production of wealth will make them happy.14 If and only if people hold this false belief will they do enough producing, procuring, and consuming to sustain their economies.

Beyond the satiation level of income, you can buy more pleasurable experiences, but you will lose some of your ability to enjoy the less expensive ones.

what we objectively get (wealth) is not the same as what we subjectively experience when we get it (utility).