“I want to build / and raise anew / Theseus Temple and the Stadiums / and where Pericles lived But there s no money, too much spent today / I had a guest over and we sat together.”
“Politics knows no currency.”
“The gentleman understands what is moral. The small man understands what is profitable.”
“Woyzeck Us poor people. Yes, money, money. You see, Captain, if you have no money. Try raising someone like me in this world on morals alone. Man is also flesh and blood.”
“There is more to life than living to earn money.”
“There is grace for survival; I survived two years without a regular salary.”
“Insurances are like very expensive flat rates, except that you have to live by their rules in hope to get back a small share of your money.”
“Money cannot buy you HEALTH.”
“Policymakers cannot take the situation lightly, for at its worst, it speaks to “intergenerational inequity” – a breaking of the social contract between two generations.”
“Actions that exemplify the limitations of a singular devotion to the profit motive, also draw a troublesome distinction between what is legal and what is moral.”
“The value of time is immeasurable.”
“Good books do not waste our time as most people do ... collect a great quantity of books, build a library worthy of your noble soul, and spend without stint all the money necessary for it.”
“Isn t it incredible?, I said. There was nothing incredible about it, she said. I thought it was so because I spoke English, because I read books, and because my parents paid for my education and my upkeep. For me everything was surprising, the world was full of wonder, the most random idiotic occurrence was incredible because my luck made it so. For people like her, for the poor, the only incredible thing in the whole world was money and the mysterious ways in which it worked.”
“There was a product which seemed attractive, expensive, portable, beautiful and simple. Everybody talked about its beauty but they bought it for it s simplicity.”
“Greatness is not found in power, it is not found in money, it is not found in the ability to conquer. Greatness is found in humility, in compassion, and in the ability to think outside oneself.”
“Money doesn t make a bad life good, it makes a good life great.”
“Once you deposit that money in your checking account, it becomes the bank’s money and you’re just another one of their creditors.”