“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.”
“So many problems, however infinitely varied they first appear, turn out to be matters of money. I can t tell you how much this offends me. The value of money is a scam perpetrated by those who have it over those who dont; it s the Emperor s New Clothes gone global.”
“بالمليم يكسب الرجل والجنيه تنفق المرأة”
“If you care for money too much, it is only the money you see, everything else is in shadow.”
“We spent as much money as we could, and got as little for it as people could make up their minds to give us. We were always more or less miserable, and most of our acquaintance were in the same condition. There was a gay fiction among us that we were constantly enjoying ourselves, and a skeleton truth that we never did. To the best of my belief, our case was in the last aspect a rather common one.”
“When you have more than you need, make your table longer, not your fence higher.”