(51 quotes found)
“Power is not of a man. Wealth does not center in the person of the wealthy. Celebrity is not inherent in any personality. To be celebrated, to be wealthy, to have power requires access to major institutions.”
C. Wright Mills
“If you'd be wealthy, think of saving, more than of getting: The Indies have not made Spain rich, because her Outgoes equal her Incomes.”
Benjamin Franklin
“[Some of the lands held by Muslims were wealthy. Tariq Ali, the author of] The Book of Saladin, ... Nothing is ever motivated purely by religion or ideology. They wanted the money. It was as simple as that.”
Godfrey of Bouillon
“No, I'm not wealthy.”
Benny Hinn
“The wealthy curled darlings of our nation.”
William Shakespeare
“Angel capital, whether invested through organized angel groups or by wealthy individuals acting independently, is essential to entrepreneurial start-up activity in the United States. Considering that women's financial power and wealth has grown in the past 20 years -approaching half of the nation's net worth - it appears women are under-represented in this type of investing and that we are missing an opportunity for new investments and perspectives. The gap between the potential and actual participation of women as angel investors raises important questions that need to be addressed.”
Carl Schramm
“We aren't able to give as much to people and we aren't as wealthy as we once were, ... This is not a popularity contest and we have to do something.”
Charles Gillespie
“In Maine, it began as a historical thing. You have portraits of Longfellow and Chamberlain, then you had the wealthy people who could afford it.”
Carl Little
“The president is destroying the fabric of America with a combined policy of war, tax cuts for the wealthy and reductions in spending for domestic needs,”
Charles Rangel
“It is pretty much for the wealthy in the sense if you have over $1 million in assets, you've got to have some other things you're doing to keep the government's hands off the money in the process. Of course, the first element of the big estate plan is the will. There may be trusts, some other things built into that. That's not for everybody. It is something you kind of need to think through.”
Dave Ramsey
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