Quotes About Affluence

The Corsair was a therapeutic, if expensive, toy for Pierpont.

Great wealth is a great burden, a great responsibility.

The changes in the human condition are uncertain and frequent. Many, on whom fortune has bestowed her favours, may trace their family to a more unprosperous station; and many who are now in obscurity, may look back upon the affluence and exalted rank of their ancestors.

while he was always surrounded by people, Rockefeller had few, if any, real friends and was isolated by his wealth.

There was now a self-perpetuating quality to his wealth.

The rich are obscure to us, finding ways to be unhappy when all the normal causes of unhappiness are removed.

Ask me how I can afford it." Riya fell into the trap and asked. "Oh, I'm now a transbillionaire," came the reply. "I identify as rich and so consequently I am.

Stress the thought of plenty. Thoughts of plenty help create plenty.

If you have to ask how much it costs, you can't afford it.

Wealth is the sinews of success.

Things, things, things. Always more things, and success is seen as the abundance of things.

I know of no country, indeed, where the love of money has taken a stronger hold on the affections of men.

The rich can get whatever they want put into the papers.

I am prosperous. I am coming into overflow.

Whatever may be said in praise of poverty, the fact remains that it is not possible to live a really complete or successful life unless one is rich.

I have nothing against rich people. In fact, I've been struggling most of my life to join them.

Who has connections to Connecticut? That's where rich people go to live the rest of their life in the woods.

The most valuable of all human possessions, next to a superior and disdainful air, is the reputation of being well-to-do.

People with money love Gershwin.

but she's got power—because she's got money.

Any person who contributes to prosperity must prosper in turn.

Les gens qui ont de l'argent sont libres, après tout, d'être aussi bizarres qu'ils le veulent.

Wealth maketh many friends.

Chocolate, men, coffee — some things are better rich.