of the Pequod was a most wealthy example of these things…

“It so chanced that the doubloon of the Pequod was a most wealthy example of these things. On its round border it bore the…

— Herman Melville

The rich man in goal the poor man in filth. The rich man lay on his lazy boy leather couch. The poor man sits…

— Glen Rambharack

It's just blind luck when a woman is born into a wealthy family and attends the best colleges and joins top sororities.

— Betty Dodson

“For their never-ending endeavours to obtain or retain wealth, countries desperately need companies, because they—unlike most human beings—have the means of production, and human…

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

Capitalism is against the things that we say we believe in - democracy, freedom of choice, fairness. It's not about any of those things…

— Michael Moore

It's crazy for somebody who's kind of empowered and wealthy like myself to say, "Oh, I don't need to be patronized by the state,…

— Irvine Welsh

My father was in real estate, banking, and land management. As family life, it was very conventional, happy, and comfortable. We weren't wealthy, but…

— Julia Child

...in respect of riches, no citizen shall ever be wealthy enough to buy another, and none poor enough to be forced to sell himself.

— Jean-Jacques Rousseau

I feel strongly that the Supreme Court needs to stand on the side of the American people, not on the side of the powerful…

— Hillary Clinton

Since FDR's New Deal, corporations and wealthy families have been non-stop finding new ways to get tax breaks, deregulation and entitlements from the government.

— Adam McKay

“You will get your father's wealth one day but not his legacy.”

— Amit Kalantri

Back in the really olden days, dinner was seldom a ceremonial event for U.S. families. Only the very wealthy had a separate dining room.…

— Nancy Gibbs

“Poor people do not go on holiday; they go home.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“In American terms, the accomplishment of Genghis Khan might be understood if the United States, instead of being created by a group of educated…

— Jack Weatherford

This welfare for wealthy companies wastes taxpayer dollars, harms the environment, and makes a mockery of the recent reductions in federal social spending programs.

— Ralph Nader