Yuval Noah Harari on money

Animals are the main victims of history, and the treatment of domesticated animals in industrial farms is perhaps the worst crime in history.

We have the dubious distinction of being the deadliest species in the annals of biology.

How do you cause people to believe in an imagined order such as Christianity, democracy or capitalism? First, you never admit that the order is imagined.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

Benjamin Franklin1706–1790Preface, Poor Richard’s Almanack (1758)

If you’re given a choice between money and sex appeal, take the money. As you get older, the money will become your sex appeal.

Katharine Hepburn1907–2003

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Cocaine is God’s way of telling someone that they’re too rich.

Robin Williams1951–2014

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