‘The more money becomes the sole center of interest,’ Simniel writes, ‘the more one discovers that honor and conviction, talent and virtue, beauty and
Materialism
Alan Deutschman, Writing about the early Internet economy and Yahoo
If the old status symbol was to have money and spend it on visible possessions, the new status symbol is to have money and
James K. Glassman
When Keynes made his prediction in 1931, he wasn’t saying life would be perfect after the economic problem was solved, only that ‘the economic
Max Weber, On the desire for unlimited gain
The development of the spirit of capitalism is best understood as part of the development of rationalism as a whole, and could be deduced
Peter Mayle
There is no lasting satisfaction to be gained from eating plover’s eggs and wearing four-ply cashmere sweaters if your neighbor, your chauffeur, and the
Peter Mayle
Frank Clifford
He doesn’t own the land. He doesn’t own much of anything. But he owns his life in a way most of us do not.
Pliny the Younger (61-112 BC)
Emile Henry Gauvreau
I was part of that strange race of people aptly described as spending their lives doing things they detest to make money they don’t
Albert L. Williams
It is better to lay your life upon the altar of worthy endeavor than to luxuriate and perish as a weed.