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

No man can be a patriot on an empty stomach.

William Cowper, in Law and Politics and Wealth and Poverty

Corporation: An ingenious device for obtaining individual profit without individual responsibility.

Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary, in Wealth and Poverty

A young man with good health and a poor appetite can save up money.

James Montgomery Bailey, in Wealth and Poverty

If the wolf had ever come to our back door, he'd have had to bring a picnic lunch.

Bill Anderson, (from the song "Poor Folks"), in Wealth and Poverty

A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of.

Jane Austen, in Wealth and Poverty

Money is better than poverty, if only for financial reasons.

Woody Allen, in 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 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

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

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

I'd rather be rich than stupid.

Unknown, in Success and Failure and Wealth and Poverty

Change is good, but dollars are better.

Unknown, in Wealth and Poverty

Always borrow money from a pessimist; he doesn't expect to be paid back.

Unknown, 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

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

Frank Lloyd Wright, in Wealth and Poverty

You can't have everything. Where would you put it?

Stephen Wright, 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