Wealthy Quotes - Page 10

• Human beings consider themselves satisfied only compared to some other condition. A man who has owned nothing but a bicycle all of his life feels suddenly wealthy the moment he buys an automobile...But this happy sensation wears off. After a while the car becomes just another thing that he owns. Moreover, when his neighbor next door buys two cars, in an instant our man feels wretchedly poor and deprived.

  Alan Lightman

  Men, Two, Doors

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• I've always been outspoken about the fact that I have no care for material things. I'm not going to post a picture of being inside a fancy jet. It doesn't mean anything to me. But I find it funny that - in an organic way - sometimes I find myself in this room with these wealthy businessmen drinking thousand dollar bottles of wine because of where I've gotten in my career.

  Kip Moore

  Drinking, Wine, Mean

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• South Africa is labouring to find its revolutionary path; the colours of the Rainbow Nation have difficulty blending together; the wealthy elites (white, black or Indian) profit from de facto segregation.

  Tariq Ramadan

  White, Rainbow, Black

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• I am the wealthiest man, not just in Europe, but in the whole world. I collect emotions.

  Vladimir Putin

  Believe, Men, Greatest Wealth

  "Putin: The New Tsar review - a portrait of a lonely, lying narcissist" by Sam Wollaston, www.theguardian.com. March 10, 2018.

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• My deal is have a flat, simple tax. And - Americans want - Americans I hope - aspire to be - be wealthy. I hope they aspire to have a better quality of life. And we have this class warfare that's going on now. And I don't agree with that. I'm interested in people getting to work.

  Rick Perry

  Simple, Class, People

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• Some things I won't do for any amount of money. That's so demoralizing and goes against every principle that I hold. It's like, okay, some rich people can buy me because I'm a talented guy. They can buy talent. You can't buy it for yourself, but you can buy other people's talent to serve your purposes. And once an artist does that, he becomes like a plaything of the rich. You know, some of these wealthy collectors have paid lots of money for artwork that I already did, but I didn't do it with the intention of catering to them.

  Robert Crumb

  Artist, People, Guy

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• Rappers aren't the really rich ones. We all have nice houses with studios and cars, but you need a piece of someone's business to be super wealthy.

  Drake

  Nice, Rapper, Car

  "How to Drake It in America" by Michael Paterniti, www.gq.com. June 18, 2013.

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• Far less wealthy industrialized countries have committed to end child poverty, while the United States is sliding backwards. We can do better. We must demand that our leaders do better.

  Marian Wright Edelman

  Country, Children, Leader

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• There are many Saudi women doctors, and there are many wealthy and powerful and well-educated Saudi women who circumvent the restrictions put upon them, quietly or otherwise.

  Dave Eggers

  Powerful, Doctors, Restriction

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• I don't know anyone, from any class, who's had a perfectly easy life. I've met people born into wealthy families who feel like they didn't have much emotional support, and people who come from working-class families who had loads of love but no money.

  Paloma Faith

  Emotional, Class, People

  "Paloma Faith: 'I have an inability to lie'". Interview with Tom Lamont, www.theguardian.com. May 12, 2012.

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• I've gone from being quite wealthy, when I was defending women, to being quite poor defending men.

  Warren Farrell

  Men, Gone, Poor

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• The truth is that since the first book, I have wanted to emulate Benjamin Franklin and put together a healthy, wealthy and wise trilogy and so healthy was 'The 4-Hour Body,' wealthy was 'The 4-Hour Workweek' and then wise is 'The 4-Hour Chef.'

  Tim Ferriss

  Wise, Book, Healthy

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• The conspicuously wealthy turn up urging the character building values of the privation of the poor.

  John Kenneth Galbraith

  Character, Wealth, Building

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• And before our current legislature adjourns, we intend to become the first state of full and true choice by saying to every low and middle-income Hoosier family, if you think a non-government school is the right one for your child, you're as entitled to that option as any wealthy family; here's a voucher, go sign up.

  Mitch Daniels

  Children, School, Thinking

  Keynote Speech to the Conservative Political Action Committee, delivered 11 February 2011, Ronald Reagan Centennial Dinner, Washington, D.C.

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• Elections have to have at least a little meaning. Obama ran on income tax hikes for the wealthy. People knew they were voting for that. They want that. And it's good policy.

  Gail Collins

  People, Voting, Income

  "Grand Bargain Express". Interview with David Brooks, opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com. December 5, 2012.

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• You have to take away some of tax breaks for the wealthy, and you have to cut back on some entitlements. Because, unless we do all of these things, it just doesn't work. And what's good theater and what's good politics isn't necessarily good economic policy.

  Michael Bloomberg

  Cutting, Entitlement, Economic

  "Meet the Press" with David Gregory, www.nbcnews.com. September 25, 2011.

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• You can't define what's middle class, what is wealthy, what is poor.

  Michael Bloomberg

  Class, Poor, Middle

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• You don't really see ugly people that are old, or a bit grotty and smelly, in the media. If a Martian came down, they would think we were all tall, thin, attractive and wealthy.

  Jo Brand

  Thinking, Media, People

  "Sheridan Smith goes BRUNETTE and is barely recognisable as she starts filming movie The More You Ignore Me" by Bethany Minelle, www.mirror.co.uk. November 20, 2016.

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• I believe that a newspaper is a great civic asset and that ownership is best in the hands of foundations or wealthy families that want to own it for reasons other than maximizing profits. I also believe newspapers should remain in local hands.

  Eli Broad

  Believe, Hands, Foundation

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• I think that what was genius about the politics of Trump's campaign is that he focused on workers and he focused on jobs. It wasn't about the wealthy entrepreneur with a private jet. It wasn't about a government handout. It was about the folks in the middle.

  James Vance

  Thinking, Entrepreneur, Genius

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• I refuse to feel guilty. I feel guilty about too much in my life but not about money. I went through periods when I had nothing, so somebody in my family has to get stinkin' wealthy.

  Jim Carrey

  Money, Too Much, Guilty

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• The wealthy are always surrounded by hangers-on; science and art are as well.

  Anton Chekhov

  Art, Wells, Hangers

  "A Dreary Story". Short story by Anton Chekhov, 1889.

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• When Donald Trump was running for office, he made big claims about how he was going to fight for workers. But since in office, he has consistently moved against the interest of workers in favor of corporate interests - by rolling back important worker protections, advancing nominees to key posts with records of enabling the exploitation of working people, pushing for the dismantling of Obamacare, fighting for a tax bill that overwhelmingly favors the wealthy, etc.

  Heidi Shierholz

  Running, Fighting, People

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• The struggle against poverty in the world and the challenge of cutting wealthy country emissions all has a single, very simple solution... Here it is: Put a price on carbon.

  Al Gore

  Country, Struggle, Cutting

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• The laws are stacked for the wealthy.

  Jesse Jackson

  Law

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