Quotes for All
Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgastic future that year by year recedes before us. It eluded us then, but that’s no matter – to-morrow we will run faster, stretch out our arms farther … And one fine morning — F. Scott Fitzgerald
Tomorrow we will run faster, stretch out our arms farther. F. Scott Fitzgerald
There are people who have money and people who are rich. Coco Chanel
Money is power, freedom, a cushion, the root of all evil, the sum of blessings. Carl Sandburg
It doesn’t matter about money; having it, not having it. Or having clothes, or not having them. You’re still left alone with yourself in the end. Billy Idol
Contrary to Piketty’s rentier hypothesis, I don’t see anyone on the [Forbes 400 list of the wealthiest Americans] whose ancestors bought a great parcel of land in 1780 and have been accumulating family wealth by collecting rents ever since. In America, that old money is long gone – through instability, inflation, taxes, philanthropy, and spending. … Read more
If you look carefully, almost all Old Money secrets can be traced to a single source: a longer-term outlook. Bill Bonner
The real measure of your wealth is how much you’d be worth if you lost all your money. Bernard Meltzer
Money has never made man happy, nor will it, there is nothing in its nature to produce happiness. The more of it one has the more one wants. Benjamin Franklin
My philosophy has always been, do what you love and the money will follow. Amy Weber