Wealth and Poverty

Ask your child what he wants for dinner only if he is buying.

Fran Lebowitz, in Wealth and Poverty

The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich, as well as the poor, to sleep under the bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal bread.

Anatole France, in Wealth and Poverty

Money is like an arm or leg: use it or lose it.

Henry Ford, in Wealth and Poverty

Anyone who believes exponential growth can go on forever in a finite world is either a madman or an economist.

Kenneth Boulding, in Wealth and Poverty

One of the strangest things about life is that the poor, who need money the most, are the very ones that never have it.

Finley Peter Dunne, in Wealth and Poverty

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

Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary, 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 way to make a small fortune in the commodities market is to start with a large fortune.

Unknown, in Wealth and Poverty

The strong take from the weak, but the smart take from the strong.

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

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

Treasure your relationships, not your possessions.

Anthony J. D'Angelo, The College Blue Book, in Love and Hate and 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

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

All I ask is a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.

Spike Milligan, in Wealth and Poverty

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

Unknown, in Wealth and Poverty

All this wheeling and dealing around, why, it isn't for money, it's for fun. Money's just the way we keep score.

Unknown, 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