For Geoff Yang, life is not about having enough money to live well. Its about what his obit will say, what he’ll think of
Quotes
Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962) American First Lady and Political Activist
You must do the thing you think you cannot do.
Geoff Yang/Alan Deutschman
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.
Chris Hennemeyer, Relief worker
I do this job because I like this job, and part of what I like about it is the intensity of emotions you feel,
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
Matthew 16:26, KJV
What is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?
Mark Twain
How unfortunate and how narrowing a thing it is for a man to have wealth who makes a god of it instead of a
Anzia Yezierska
In America, money takes the place of God.
David Brinkley
They use (how much) money they’ve spent as a measure of success because there’s very little else to measure.
John D. Rockefeller, Jr.
I had no ambition to make a fortune. Mere moneymaking has never been my goal. I had an ambition to build.