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The entire essence of America is the hope to first make money -- then make money with money -- then read more
The entire essence of America is the hope to first make money -- then make money with money -- then make lots of money with lots of money.
The rich adopt novelties and become accustomed to their use. This sets a fashion which others imitate. Once the richer read more
The rich adopt novelties and become accustomed to their use. This sets a fashion which others imitate. Once the richer classes have adopted a certain way of living, producers have an incentive to improve the methods of manufacture so that soon it is possible for the poorer classes to follow suit. Thus luxury furthers progress. Innovation "is the whim of an elite before it becomes a need of the public. The luxury today is the necessity of tomorrow." Luxury is the roadmaker of progress: it develops latent needs and makes people discontented. In so far as they think consistently, moralists who condemn luxury must recommend the comparatively desireless existence of the wild life roaming in the woods as the ultimate ideal of civilized life.
Money is a terrible master but an excellent servant.
Money is a terrible master but an excellent servant.
Whether he admits it or not, a man has been brought up to look at money as a sign of read more
Whether he admits it or not, a man has been brought up to look at money as a sign of his virility, a symbol of his power, a bigger phallic symbol than a Porsche.
A compromise is the art of dividing a cake in such a way that everyone believes that he has got read more
A compromise is the art of dividing a cake in such a way that everyone believes that he has got the biggest piece.
Location, location, location.
Location, location, location.
Bulls make money. Bears make money. Pigs get slaughtered.
Bulls make money. Bears make money. Pigs get slaughtered.
The highest use of capital is not to make more money, but to make money do more for the betterment read more
The highest use of capital is not to make more money, but to make money do more for the betterment of life.
Some great men owe most of their greatness to the ability of detecting in those they destine for their tools read more
Some great men owe most of their greatness to the ability of detecting in those they destine for their tools the exact quality of strength that matters for their work.