Money & Finance: Wealth Quotes

"We have seen... that, although England is by far the richest nation of Europe, we have already outstripped her in the race after wealth, and we have only begun the development of our vast resources"

Josiah Strong, Clergyman

"If we have wealth, it will be protected from inflation and possibly even enhanced in value"

William Greider, Author

"I'm delighted about the track's success in the sports world, but the frustrating thing is, I don't think I got rich on it. The labels and publishers did very cheap deals on our songs"

Alan Parsons, Musician

"There were very, very large sums of money that I made when I was very young - 15 million published works and a great many successful movies don't make nothin'"

L. Ron Hubbard, Author

"The world at large does not judge us by who we are and what we know; it judges us by what we have"

Joyce Brothers, Psychologist

"And I would argue the second greatest force in the universe is ownership"

Chris Chocola, Politician

"You can't tell a millionaire's son from a billionaire's"

Vance Packard, Writer

"The rich are different from you and me because they have more credit"

John Leonard, Poet

"Some of the greatest social reformers of our time were wealthy"

Jerry Rubin, Activist

"They're making a ton of money, and no one is getting a nickel"

Ruben Blades, Musician

"If you want to know how rich you really are, find out what would be left of you tomorrow if you should lose every dollar you own tonight"

William J. H. Boetcker, Clergyman

"I've had Range Rovers for a few years, actually"

Mick Ralphs, Musician

"The main purpose of Social Security is to redistribute wealth, to make an increasingly large number of Americans dependent on government for their basic needs in their retirement years"

Neal Boortz, Journalist

"While the wealthiest families completely benefit from the tax cuts targeted towards the upper brackets, middle-income families were hit with the unwelcome surprise of higher taxes on tax day"

Tim Bishop, Politician

"But wealth is a great means of refinement; and it is a security for gentleness, since it removes disturbing anxieties"

Donald G. Mitchell, Writer

"Everyone is encouraged to see their lives, the world, through the eyes of the rich"

Richard Linklater, Director

"What is wealth? A dream of fools"

Abraham Cahan, Author

"It's time we permanently repeal the tax on possessions that people leave to their children"

Bill Nelson, Politician

"Nothing is more fallacious than wealth. It is a hostile comrade, a domestic enemy"

John Chrysostom, Clergyman

"All those predictions about how much economic growth will be created by this, all of those new jobs, would be created by the things we wanted - the extension of unemployment insurance and middle class tax cuts. An estate tax for millionaires adds exactly zero jobs. A tax cut for billionaires - virtually none"

Anthony Weiner, Politician

"To despise riches, may, indeed, be philosophic, but to dispense them worthily, must surely be more beneficial to mankind"

Fanny Burney, Novelist

"All my life I've been prejudiced against wealthy people"

Ethel Waters, Musician

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

Don Johnson, Actor

"We may seek a fortune for no greater reason than to secure the respect and attention of people who would otherwise look straight through us"

Alain de Botton, Writer

"The greatest luxury of riches is that they enable you to escape so much good advice"

Arthur Helps, Historian

"Wealth and want equally harden the human heart"

Theodore Parker, Theologian

"With respect to the first of these obstacles, it has often been made a matter of grave complaint against Political Economists, that they confine their attention to Wealth, and disregard all consideration of Happiness or Virtue"

Nassau William Senior, Economist

"We propose in the following Treatise to give an outline of the Science which treats of the Nature, the Production, and the Distribution of Wealth. To that Science we give the name of Political Economy"

Nassau William Senior, Economist

"The first, or theoretic branch, that which explains the nature, production, and distribution of wealth, will be found to rest on a very few general propositions, which are the result of observation, or consciousness"

Nassau William Senior, Economist

"That every person is desirous to obtain, with as little sacrifice as possible, as much as possible of the articles of wealth"

Nassau William Senior, Economist

"What the Ivorian wants is the sharing of wealth and not misery, and to do so, he must, above all, contribute to creating these riches"

Félix Houphouët-Boigny, President

"The most important skill for getting rich is becoming a perpetual learner"

Naval Ravikant, Entrepreneur

"Wealth is assets that earn while you sleep"

Naval Ravikant, Entrepreneur

"Seek wealth, not money or status"

Naval Ravikant, Entrepreneur

"Look at all the billionaires. If I know 15 billionaires, I know 13 unhappy people"

Russell Simmons, Businessman

"In America, if you don't do a 100 million dollars, you've done nothing"

Norman Spinrad, Author

"A miser grows rich by seeming poor; an extravagant man grows poor by seeming rich"

William Shenstone, Poet

"I have spoken to a whole group of millionaires, head executives at Microsoft. Boy did I chew those guys out"

Jack LaLanne, Athlete

"Well, it's the last step of the civil rights movement: You know, wrap your hands around some money, right?"

Russell Simmons, Businessman

"In its best prewar year, Europe, with almost 300 million people, had a gross national product of 150 billion dollars. In that same year, the United States, with 150 million people, had a gross national product of 300 billion dollars"

Paul Hoffman, Celebrity

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