Wealthy Quotes
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Referring to a wealthy miser he said, "He has not acquired a fortune; the fortune has acquired him."
bion of borysthenes— As quoted by Diogenes Laërtius, iv. 50.
Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.
Benjamin Franklin— Meaning: "A lifestyle that involves neither staying up late nor sleeping late is good for body and mind and leads to financial success."
— Source for meaning: Martin H. Manser (2007). The Facts on File Dictionary of Proverbs. Infobase Publishing. p. 70. Retrieved on 5 September 2013.
— Benjamin Franklin, Poor Richard's Almanack (1735 edition), "October"
It is uncomfortable to ask condemned people about their sentences just as it is awkward to ask wealthy people why they need so much money, why they use their wealth so poorly, and why they don’t just get rid of it when they recognize that it is the cause of their unhappiness.
Anton Chekhov— Episode from a Practice
Has knowledge of birth control, so carefully guarded and so secretly practiced by the women of the wealthy class – and so tenaciously withheld from the working women – brought them misery? Rather, has it not promoted greater happiness, greater freedom, greater prosperity and more harmony among them? The women who have this knowledge are the women who have been free to develop, free to enjoy in its best sense, and free to advance the interests of the community.
margaret sanger— "Morality and Birth Control", February-March, 1918, pp. 11,14.
Since biblical times, and probably before, the wealthy have been envied and condemned.
conrad black— In: Clark, Andrew "At some level, he's still asking the same question as he was when he was seven or eight - who am I?" The Guardian, March 16, 2007
— At the time of his fraud trial in 2007, Black was aware of the disdain much of the public held towards him because of his wealth.
He was the wealthiest of all scholars (savants) and probably also the most scholarly of all the wealthy.
henry cavendish— Biographie Universelle Ancienne et Moderne, Jean-Baptiste Biot as quoted by John Maxson Stillman, The Story of Early Chemistry (1924)
The democracy which shows up in the United States and in England is not an ideal democracy, because the will of the people is under the pressure of property, which is in the hands of the wealthy capitalists.
hans fritzsche— To Leon Goldensohn, May 8, 1946, from "The Nuremberg Interviews" - by Leon Goldensohn, Robert Gellately - History - 2004
If I was wealthy I'd never do anything but poke around in ruined cities all over the world - and probably get snake-bit.
robert e. howard— From a letter to H. P. Lovecraft (1931)
You, faulty men! Not only got lost on the way of charlatains, but contravened against the divine nature. Weren't settled for the wealthy, clear air, you bewitched it with smoke and burnt smell, you weren't settled for the best spring water, you filled up yourself with several kinds of hard drinks, the sun shined for you in vain, you didn't behold it ...
tivadar csontváry kosztka— The Positivum. Written between 1910 - 1920.
A thought crossed his mind: How do you make poor people feel wealthy when wages are stagnant? You give them cheap loans.
michael lewis— Chapter One, A Secret Origin Story, p. 14
'There is a major difference between you and me,' I told him. 'Yes, I am rich. But you are wealthy. And that is why you can buy such (expensive jewelry (for your wife and why I cannot.'
akio morita— p. 136 (Made in Japan (1986))
Africa is wealthy in natural resources; the problem is they are not optimally utilized.
yoweri museveni— 23 September 2005 [5]
Among civilized peoples, especially the very wealthy population of the United States of America, women have become objects of luxury who consume but do not produce.
vilfredo pareto— page 297 (Manual of Political Economy)
A nation's wealth is too serious a matter to be left to the wealthy. The riches of a nation belong to all, to be shared among all for the general welfare.
pierre stephen robert payne— Pierre Stephen Robert Payne, The Corrupt Society - From Ancient Greece To Present-Day America, A Vision of the Uncorrupted Society, p. 284 (1975)
The life in Italy is the life of a wealthy country, consumptions haven't diminished, it's hard to find seats on planes, our restaurants are full of people.
Silvio Berlusconi— Denying the heaviness of the Italian crisis, during the news conference after the end of the G20 summit held in Cannes (3-4 November 2011), as reported in "Napolitano ammonisce: attuare impegni. Premier: la crisi non c'è, ristoranti pieni" in Il Messaggero (4 November 2011), and "Silvio Berlusconi shrugs off IMF's financial checks on Italy. Prime minister insists Italy is in good health, with debts under control, and points to full restaurants as proof of strength" in The Guardian (4 November 2011)
The Angel of Death has been abroad throughout the land; you may almost hear the beating of his wings. There is no one, as when the first-born were slain of old, to sprinkle with blood the lintel and the two side-posts of our doors, that he may spare and pass on; he takes his victims from the castle of the noble, the mansion of the wealthy, and the cottage of the poor and lowly.
john bright— Speech before the House of Commons opposing the Crimean War (23 February 1855)
The wealthy man is not he who has money, but he who has the means to live in the luxurious state of early spring.
Anton Chekhov— Letter to L.A. Avilova (April 29, 1892)
Four hundred obscenely wealthy individuals, 400 little Mubaraks -- most of whom benefited in some way from the multi-trillion-dollar taxpayer bailout of 2008 -- now have more cash, stock and property than the assets of 155 million Americans combined.
Michael Moore— Speech delivered at Wisconsin Capitol in Madison (5 March 2011) Claim found to be "true" by PolitiFact and others.
When nobody in the world loves any other, naturally the strong will overpower the weak, the many will oppress the few, the wealthy will mock the poor, the honoured will disdain the humble, the cunning will deceive the simple. Therefore all the calamities, strifes, complaints, and hatred in the world have arisen out of want of mutual love. Therefore the benevolent disapproved of this want.
mozi— Book 4; Universal Love II
If the rulers sincerely desire the empire to be wealthy and dislike to have it poor, desire to have it orderly and dislike to have it chaotic, they should bring about universal love and mutual aid. This is the way of the sage-kings and the way to order for the world, and it should not be neglected.
mozi— Book 4; Universal Love II
What rights have women? ... [they are] punished for breaking laws which they have no voice in making. All avenues to enterprise and honors are closed against them. If poor, they must drudge for a mere pittance if of the wealthy classes, they must be dressed dolls of fashion parlor puppets...
ernestine rose— At the Social Reform Convention, Boston (1844), quoted in Kolmerten, Carol A., The American Life of Ernestine L. Rose, Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, 1999, p. 49.
One percent of the nation owns a third of the wealth. The rest of the wealth is distributed in such a way as to turn those in the 99 percent against one another: small property owners against the propertyless, black against white, native-born against foreign-born, intellectuals and professionals against the uneducated and the unskilled. These groups have resented one another and warred against one another with such vehemence and violence as to obscure their common position as sharers of leftovers in a very wealthy country.
howard zinn— Ch. 24 (A People's History of the United States (1980))
Extreme poverty, the increasing availability of high-speed internet and the existence of a vast and comparatively wealthy overseas customer base has led to organised crime groups exploiting children for financial gain.
— The National Crime Agency, quoted on BBC News, "Philippines web abuse ring smashed in UK-led operation", January 15, 2014.
The idea that the euro has "failed" is dangerously naive. The euro is doing exactly what its progenitor – and the wealthy 1%-ers who adopted it – predicted and planned for it to do.
— Greg Palast, "Robert Mundell, evil genius of the euro", The Guardian, 26 June 2012
— "The Euro is a Big Success - No Kidding", gregpalast.com
What are called 'public schools' in many of America's wealthy communities aren't really 'public' at all. In effect, they're private schools, whose tuition is hidden away in the purchase price of upscale homes there, and in the corresponding property taxes.
Robert Reich— American political commentator, professor, and author
Businesses owned by responsible and organized merchants shall eventually surpass those owned by wealthy rulers.
— Arguing in favor of proto-economic liberalism
To the Legislative Assembly belongs the consideration of measures which may best tend to the development of the resources of the Territory. Oregon possesses within herself many of these, which with enterprise and industry will most surely render her a wealthy, powerful, and prosperous State. She has a fertile soil, and genial climate; she has [vast] forests and abundant fisheries, unlimited water power, pastures upon which even during winter, innumerable flocks and herds can subsist, with no other care than the mere herding; and prairies which could with only moderate labor, furnish the whole of our Pacific Territories with bread.
— John P. Gaines (December 1852) "Governor John P. Gaines Legislative Message, 1852", Oregon State Archives, Oregon Secretary of State, Oregon Provisional and Territorial Records, 1852, Calendar No. 9375.
Allah has imposed fasting so that the wealthy might suffer hunger and be kind to the poor.
— al-Shaykh al-Sad?q, Man l? Yahdharul Faq?h, vol.2, p.43
Well, as you know, there are many things in life that are not fair, that wealthy people can afford and poor people can't. But I don't believe that the Federal Government should take action to try to make these opportunities exactly equal, particularly when there is a moral factor involved.
— Jimmy Carter, when asked whether it is fair that women who can afford abortions can get them while women who cannot afford them are precluded, news conference, Washington, D.C. (July 12, 1977). Reported in Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Jimmy Carter, 1977, Book 2, p. 1237.
