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I’m not technically rich, but I do have a lot of shit that I don’t need, and I refuse to share with others.
Maria Bamfordborn 1970The Now Show (2006)
- Comedy
One of the wisest things anybody ever said to me was that if all you ever care about is money, money is all that will ever care for you.
Iain Banks1954–2013Transition (2009), Chapter 4 (p. 65)
A corporation, essentially, is a pile of money to which a number of persons have sold their moral allegiance.
Wendell Berry1934–2026“The Total Economy”, in Citizenship Papers (2003)
- Business
I have made an extreme effort to stay true to my boundaries and protect myself and my family. No amount of money is worth my peace.
Beyoncéborn 1981Beyoncé Says She Builds Her Work Schedule ‘Around My Family’: ‘No Amount of Money Is Worth My Peace’ People (September 10, 2024).
The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.
The Bible (King James Version)Proverbs 22:7 (KJV)In context
The sleep of a labouring man is sweet, whether he eat little or much: but the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.
The Bible (King James Version)Ecclesiastes 5:12 (KJV)In context
- Sleep
- Work
The gambling known as business looks with austere disfavor upon the business known as gambling.
Ambrose Bierce1842–1914“Diversions of an Idler: Some Negligible Epigrams”, in Cosmopolitan, vol. 39, no. 4 (August 1905) p. 444
Kleptomaniac, n. A rich thief.
Ambrose Bierce1842–1914The Devil’s Dictionary (1911)
- Comedy
Forgetfulness, A gift of God bestowed upon debtors in compensation for their destitution of conscience.
Ambrose Bierce1842–1914The Devil’s Dictionary (1911)
- Comedy
Is this a holy thing to see
In a rich and fruitful land,
Babes reduced to misery
Fed with cold and usurous hand?
William Blake1757–1827Holy Thursday (1794)In context
- Children
Time can’t be measured in days the way money is measured in pesos and centavos, because all pesos are equal, while every day, perhaps every hour, is different.
Jorge Luis Borges1899–1986“Juan Muraña”, in Brodie’s Report (1970); tr. Andrew Hurley, Collected Fictions (1998)
- Time
Never confuse the size of your paycheck with the size of your talent.
Marlon Brando1924–2004
A poor but humble man who gives nothing to charity is preferrable to a rich but haughty man who does.
NBNachman of Bratslav
- Charity
A man’s drive for profit should be prompted by the desire to give charity.
NBNachman of Bratslav
- Charity
Just for a handful of silver he left us,
Just for a riband to stick in his coat.
Robert Browning1812–1889Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)