Quotes

It used to be that new money was characterized by charmingly tasteless exuberance – think the egotistical, architectural and lifestyle excesses of Donald Trump.

“People here aren’t building their resumes as a stepping stone. They’re here for the ride. It’s such a rush.” Even though she has made

What is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world and lose his own soul?

For Yang, the way to lure talented people to start-ups is to describe the potential for accomplishing great things, not for accumulating more wealth.

Years from now, when he looks back at this brief time of truly historic opportunity, will he say contentedly, “I was in it”, or

The middle class relationship to money derives from the Protestant work ethic, which holds that hard work and saving money will yield a better

…it’s seen as futile and tasteless to try to one up one another by the accumulation of material possessions. “The level of wealth here

According to Mike Oriard, former NFL player and now a professor of literature at Oregon State,…, I hate officials because they inject chance and

There will always be something, someplace for the restless spirit that wants to escape the herd, to be unique, to separate from the multitudes

As a frontier, I see science and technology drawing to a close. Now it is very much a production line… The new frontier, as