--- title: "12 Rockefellers Quotes by 9 authors" description: "Browse 12 Rockefellers quotes by 9 authors. Discover the best Rockefellers sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/354/william-h-gates-sr-70353_cases_it-seems-like-every-new-corner-we-turn-t_1781130.jpg" --- > [It seems like every new corner we turn, the Rockefellers are already there. And in some cases, they have been there for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-h-gates-sr/it-seems-like-every-new-corner-we-turn-the-rockefellers-are-already/) [William H. Gates, Sr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-h-gates-sr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/354/william-h-gates-sr-70353_cases_it-seems-like-every-new-corner-we-turn-t_1781130.jpg) > [The early Rockefellers made their wealth from being in certain businesses and remained personally very wealthy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ratan-tata/the-early-rockefellers-made-their-wealth-from-being-in-certain-2/) [Ratan Tata](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ratan-tata/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2f9/ratan-tata-7750_being_the-early-rockefellers-made-their-wealth_2271372.jpg) > [Where would the Rockefellers be today if old John D. had gone on selling short-weight kerosene ... to widows and orphans instead…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/s-j-perelman/where-would-the-rockefellers-be-today-if-old-john-d-had-gone-on/) [S. J. Perelman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/s-j-perelman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f5e/s-j-perelman-17797_climate_where-would-the-rockefellers-be-today-if_1621963.png) > [As long these Families, Rockefellers Rothschilds and Morgans stay in power, There will not be freedom on this planet.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ratedmusic/as-long-these-families-rockefellers-rothschilds-and-morgans-stay-in/) [Ratedmusic](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ratedmusic/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c0f/ratedmusic-58577_money-power_as-long-these-families-rockefellers-roth_3120139.jpg) > [If you become the first billionaire in U.S, You can buy up everything and make up your own rules, like the Rockefellers…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ratedmusic/if-you-become-the-first-billionaire-in-u-s-you-can-buy-up-everything/) [Ratedmusic](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ratedmusic/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/206/ratedmusic-58577_quote_if-you-become-the-first-billionaire-in-u_1037303.jpg) > [The early Rockefellers made their wealth from being in certain businesses and remained personally very wealthy. Tata's were different in the sense…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ratan-tata/the-early-rockefellers-made-their-wealth-from-being-in-certain/) [Ratan Tata](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ratan-tata/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dd9/ratan-tata-7750_business_the-early-rockefellers-made-their-wealth_117373.jpg) > [The - the early Rockefellers made their wealth from being in certain businesses and - and remained personally very wealthy. Tatas were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ratan-tata/the-the-early-rockefellers-made-their-wealth-from-being-in-certain/) [Ratan Tata](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ratan-tata/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5ae/ratan-tata-7750_business_the-the-early-rockefellers-made-their-we_2804618.jpg) > [Rightfully given near-deity status in the early days of industrial America, the J.P. Morgans, Rockefellers, Carnegies, and Vanderbilts of the world not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/judy-smith/rightfully-given-near-deity-status-in-the-early-days-of-industrial/) [Judy Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/judy-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ecc/judy-smith-11764_america_rightfully-given-near-deity-status-in-th_3116623.jpg) > [When you can identify a specific tax that people don't like, and this is one that was designed for the Rockefellers, for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-gigot/when-you-can-identify-a-specific-tax-that-people-don-t-like-and-this/) [Paul Gigot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-gigot/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a78/paul-gigot-37383_assets_when-you-can-identify-a-specific-tax-tha_2465901.png) > [The Gilded Age robber barons - the Goulds, the Vanderbilts, the Morgans and Rockefellers - did quite well under laissez-faire. Most of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-fountain/the-gilded-age-robber-barons-the-goulds-the-vanderbilts-the-morgans/) [Ben Fountain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-fountain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dce/ben-fountain-3198_age_the-gilded-age-robber-barons-the-goulds_2005438.jpg) > [“Other members of Manhattan’s real estate elite preferred anonymity and usually disdained slapping their names on their buildings. They didn’t buy football…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/timothy-l-o-brien/other-members-of-manhattan-s-real-estate-elite-preferred-anonymity/) [Timothy L. O'Brien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/timothy-l-o-brien/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/398/timothy-l-o-brien-36699_beauty-pageant_other-members-of-manhattan-s-real-estate_321233.jpg) > [“America's industrial success produced a roll call of financial magnificence: Rockefellers, Morgans, Astors, Mellons, Fricks, Carnegies, Goulds, du Ponts, Belmonts, Harrimans, Huntingtons,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-bryson/america-s-industrial-success-produced-a-roll-call-of-financial/) [Bill Bryson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-bryson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c2f/bill-bryson-340_american-life_america-s-industrial-success-produced-a_2877112.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/rockefellers/#itemlist", "name": "Rockefellers Quotes", "numberOfItems": 12, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It seems like every new corner we turn, the Rockefellers are already there. 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Most of the rest of Americans were still stuck in the ditch, with little to no economic security, life expectancy of roughly 45 years, and horrific infant mortality rates that claimed 300 babies per 1,000 in the cities.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ben Fountain" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-fountain/the-gilded-age-robber-barons-the-goulds-the-vanderbilts-the-morgans/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dce/ben-fountain-3198_age_the-gilded-age-robber-barons-the-goulds_2005438.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dce/ben-fountain-3198_age_the-gilded-age-robber-barons-the-goulds_2005438.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dce/ben-fountain-3198_age_the-gilded-age-robber-barons-the-goulds_2005438.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The Gilded Age robber barons - the Goulds, the Vanderbilts, the Morgans and Rockefellers - did quite well…” — Ben Fountain", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 11, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Other members of Manhattan’s real estate elite preferred anonymity and usually disdained slapping their names on their buildings. They didn’t buy football teams or airlines or casinos or beauty pageants. They simply built, waited patiently to get rich, and donated huge sums to philanthropies. For the most part, no one in this crowd considered Donald a peer, either in terms of his tastes or his accomplishments. The Rockefellers, assessing Donald at his peak, dismissed him.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Timothy L. 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A kind of desperate, vulgar edge became attached to almost everything they did. At one New York dinner party, guests found the table heaped with sand and at each place a little gold spade; upon a signal, they were invited to dig in and search for diamonds and other costly glitter buried within. At another party - possibly the most preposterous ever staged - several dozen horses with padded hooves were led into the ballroom of Sherry's, a vast and esteemed eating establishment, and tethered around the tables so that the guests, dressed as cowboys and cowgirls, could enjoy the novel and sublimely pointless pleasure of dining in a New York ballroom on horseback.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Bill Bryson" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-bryson/america-s-industrial-success-produced-a-roll-call-of-financial/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c2f/bill-bryson-340_american-life_america-s-industrial-success-produced-a_2877112.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c2f/bill-bryson-340_american-life_america-s-industrial-success-produced-a_2877112.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c2f/bill-bryson-340_american-life_america-s-industrial-success-produced-a_2877112.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“America's industrial success produced a roll call of financial magnificence: Rockefellers, Morgans, Astors…” — Bill Bryson", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/rockefellers/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/rockefellers/", "name": "Rockefellers Quotes", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/rockefellers/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/354/william-h-gates-sr-70353_cases_it-seems-like-every-new-corner-we-turn-t_1781130.jpg" }, "description": "Browse 12 Rockefellers quotes by 9 authors. 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