They use (how much) money they’ve spent as a measure of success because there’s very little else to measure.
Business Quotes
Matthew 16:26, KJV
What is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?
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
Jack Hitt
The middle class relationship to money derives from the Protestant work ethic, which holds that hard work and saving money will yield a better
Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962) American First Lady and Political Activist
You must do the thing you think you cannot do.
Anzia Yezierska
In America, money takes the place of God.
George Bernard Shaw
We are told that the love of money is the root of all evil, but money itself is one of the most useful contrivances
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Money often costs too much.
Aristotle Onassis
After a certain point, money is meaningless. It ceases to be the goal. The game is what counts.
James Hayes
Money does not motivate but only for a short time and only as long as it serves as a measure of worth or of