Wealth and Poverty

One of the strangest things about life is that the poor, who need money the most, are the very ones that never have it.

Finley Peter Dunne, in Wealth and Poverty

Anyone who believes exponential growth can go on forever in a finite world is either a madman or an economist.

Kenneth Boulding, in Wealth and Poverty

I believe that every right implies a responsibility; every opportunity, an obligation; every possession, a duty.

John D. Rockefeller, in Vice and Virtue and Wealth and Poverty

It is odd, is it not, that a person's worth to society is measured by their wealth, when instead their wealth should be measured by their worth to society.

A. Cygni, in Law and Politics and Wealth and Poverty

Treasure your relationships, not your possessions.

Anthony J. D'Angelo, The College Blue Book, in Love and Hate and Wealth and Poverty

While money can't buy happiness, it certainly lets you choose your own form of misery.

Unknown, in Wealth and Poverty

The way to make a small fortune in the commodities market is to start with a large fortune.

Unknown, in Wealth and Poverty

The easiest way to figure the cost of living is to take your income and add ten percent.

Unknown, in Wealth and Poverty

The strong take from the weak, but the smart take from the strong.

Unknown, in Wealth and Poverty

Money is the root of all evil, and man needs roots.

Unknown, in Altruism and Cynicism and Wealth and Poverty

Money can't buy happiness -- but somehow it's more comfortable to cry in a Porsche than in a Lada.

Unknown, in Success and Failure and Wealth and Poverty

Figure it out. Work a lifetime to pay off a house. You finally own it and there's no one to live in it.

Arthur Miller, Death of a Salesman, in Life and Death and Wealth and Poverty

Every day I get up and look through the Forbes list of the richest people in America. If I'm not there, I go to work.

Robert Orben, in Wealth and Poverty and Work and Recreation

No man can be a patriot on an empty stomach.

William Cowper, in Law and Politics and Wealth and Poverty

I'd rather be rich than stupid.

Unknown, in Success and Failure and Wealth and Poverty

All I ask is a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.

Spike Milligan, in Wealth and Poverty

There are only two tragedies in life: one is not getting what one wants, the other is getting it.

Oscar Wilde, in Wealth and Poverty

A budget is just a method of worrying before you spend money, as well as afterward.

Unknown, in Wealth and Poverty

Give me the luxuries of life and I will willingly do without the necessities.

Frank Lloyd Wright, in Wealth and Poverty

Nothing is more admirable than the fortitude with which millionaires tolerate the disadvantages of their wealth.

Nero Wolfe, in Wealth and Poverty