“First our desire for money is never satisfied. Our pursuit of money is infinite. We can never say: this is enough.... There is never any limit, since in order to set a limit or a stopping point, one would need self-control and wisdom. And if one had these at the outset, he would not have had such a passion for money.”
“If Congress has the right under the constitution to issue paper money, it was given them to be used by themselves, not to be delegated to individuals or corporations.”
“...[A] purse is but a rag unless you have something in it.”
“The idea of dating anyone for money wasn t considered respectable, even though that was something practiced since the beginning of time.”
“The sad truth is that money has corrupted science as well as politics.”
“Isn t love at least as important in life as money? And aren t the objects of the romantic and sexual fantasies of the masses as dependent upon society for their desirable status as surely as the super-rich are for their material wealth? If a billionaire like Bill Gates or Oprah Winfrey has to pay lots of money in taxes so that economically disadvantaged people s needs can be met, why shouldn t billionaires of love like Pamela Anderson and Brad Pitt have to provide romantic walks on the beach and hot makeout sessions so that the needs of the romantically and sexually disadvantaged can likewise be met? Who are we as a society to judge that it is more wrong to force someone to be sexually intimate than to take their resources by force? The fact is that some people feel more violated by being robbed than by being groped. If we re going to have a redistributionist system based on aggression, wouldn t it be fairer, when Tax Day comes around, to at least give each victim a choice? Pay up or put out!”
“Most rich people will always have that singular problem money can solve!!!”
“Those with a nose for success will always be distracted by the whiff of lucre.”
“At the young age of thirty-two, retirement is not much of a consideration, but when considering a thirty-year transaction it should be.”
“Money is precisely an object whose status depends on how we think about it: if people no longer treat this piece of metal as money, if they no longer believe in it as money, it no longer is money.”
“The ultimate expression of this Christian attitude toward the power of money is what we will call profanation. To profane money, like all other powers, is to take away its sacred character.... Giving to God is the act of profanation par excellence.... We need to regain an appreciation of gifts that are not utilitarian. We should meditate on the story in the Gospel of John where Mary wastes precious ointment on Jesus. The one who protests against this free gift is Judas. He would have preferred it to be used for good works, for the poor. He wanted such an enormous sum of money to be spent usefully. Giving to God introduces the useless into the world of efficiency, and this is an essential witness to faith in today s world.”
“A faithful steward loves God first.”
“Nothing is so cold and so calculating as money in a void where love and hope had been.”
“Most men each have a to-do list of women that they plan on executing if and when they get rich or famous.”
“When you have to kill to get it, you’re gonna get killed If you keep it. That’s Karma”
“God is looking for a faithful steward--someone He can trust to obey Him.”
“Like he’s trying to control you with money, even though he has so much.”