I have seen an entire family lifted out of poverty and into affluence by the simple boon of a broken leg. I… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Given, a man with moderate intellect, a moral standard not higher than the average, some rhetorical affluence and a great glibness of… — George Eliot Copy Share Image
“The Vikings thought they were big shots because they had boats. You know how obnoxious people get when they own a boat.… — Colin Quinn Copy Share Image
There's nothing at the center of what we do...No center. It doesn't exist. All of us-look at our lives: We have an… — Douglas Coupland Copy Share Image
In this era of affluence and of permissiveness, we have, in all but cultural areas, bred a nation of overprivileged youngsters, saturated… — Judith Crist Copy Share Image
We talk a lot about infrastructure in cities, and it's talking about highways and it's talking about trains, but I think more… — Katherine Boo Copy Share Image
There's only one honest way to measure affluence; that's by comparing the capability of producing goods and services with the desire of… — Louis O. Kelso Copy Share Image
For that reason the simple test of the slogan 'Consume Less' as a basis for social action on the environment would be… — Barry Commoner Copy Share Image
In my experience, the more people have, the less likely they are to be contented. Indeed, there is abundant evidence that depression… — Andrew Weil Copy Share Image
The scientific community having made a rapid ascent from deep poverty to great affluence, from academe's cloisters to Washington's high councils, still… — Daniel S Greenberg Copy Share Image
A way has to be found to enable everyone to benefit from the fruits of the earth, and not simply to close… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
My main mistake was to have made an ancient people advance by forced marches toward independence, health, culture, affluence, comfort. — Mohammed Reza Pahlavi Copy Share Image
Wherever there is great property there is great inequality. For one very rich man there must be at least five hundred poor,… — Adam Smith Copy Share Image
Modern elites live in bubbles of liberal affluence like Ann Arbor, Brookline, the Upper West Side, Palo Alto, or Chevy Chase. These… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
There's no question that in my lifetime, the contrast between what I called private affluence and public squalor has become very much… — John Kenneth Galbraith Copy Share Image
“Talents are seeds of greatness. With big dreams well dispensed in form of achievements, you can pick money from people’s pockets and… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
Many a painter has lived in affluence, in high esteem, who lacked the divine spark, and who is utterly forgotten to-day. — Walter J. Phillips Copy Share Image
The gratification which affluence of wealth, extent of power, and eminence of reputation confer, must be always, by their own nature, confined… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Many who seem to be struggling with adversity are happy; many, amid great affluence, are utterly miserable. — Tacitus Copy Share Image
“Granted, many of them replied, that socialism may not result in riches for all but rather in a smaller production of wealth;… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
