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The buck stops with the guy who signs the checks.
The buck stops with the guy who signs the checks.
This world is run with far too tight a rein for luck to interfere. Fortune sells her wares; she never read more
This world is run with far too tight a rein for luck to interfere. Fortune sells her wares; she never gives them. In some form or other, we pay for her favors; or we go empty away.
Because bankers measure their self-worth in money, and pay themselves a lot of it, they think they're fine fellows and read more
Because bankers measure their self-worth in money, and pay themselves a lot of it, they think they're fine fellows and don't need to explain themselves.
Every individual is the architect of his own fortune.
Every individual is the architect of his own fortune.
What difference does it make how much you have? What you do not have amounts to much more.
What difference does it make how much you have? What you do not have amounts to much more.
The rich swell up with pride, the poor from hunger.
The rich swell up with pride, the poor from hunger.
Perhaps the most widespread misunderstanding of economics is that it applies solely to financial transactions. Frequently this leads to statements read more
Perhaps the most widespread misunderstanding of economics is that it applies solely to financial transactions. Frequently this leads to statements that "there are noneconomic values" to consider. There are, of course, noneconomic values. Indeed, there are only noneconomic values. Economics is not a value itself but merely a method of trading off one value against another.
A rich man is nothing but a poor man with money.
A rich man is nothing but a poor man with money.
Money is better than poverty, if only for financial reasons.
Money is better than poverty, if only for financial reasons.
