Age Quote by Ben Fountain

In the Eisenhower era, when earnings over $400,000 were subject to 91 percent taxes and the world was a smaller place, you could count…

— Michael Shnayerson

The early Rockefellers made their wealth from being in certain businesses and remained personally very wealthy.

— Ratan Tata

We were not as rich as the Rockefellers or Mellons, but we were rich enough to know how rich they were.

— Louis Auchincloss

“Krugman himself acknowledges, “[T]he growth of the U.S. economy during the Long Gilded Age benefited all classes: Most Americans were much better off in…

— Don Watkins

Look at the Quakers - they were excellent business people that never lied, never stole; they cared for their employees and the community which…

— Anita Roddick

Contrary to Piketty’s rentier hypothesis, I don’t see anyone on the [Forbes 400 list of the wealthiest Americans] whose ancestors bought a great parcel…

— Bill Gates

Where would the Rockefellers be today if old John D. had gone on selling short-weight kerosene ... to widows and orphans instead of wisely…

— S. J. Perelman

“Cornelius Vanderbilt and his fellow tycoon John D. Rockefeller were often called 'robber barons'. Newspapers said they were evil, and ran cartoons showing Vanderbilt…

— John Stossel

While some multimillionaires started in poverty, most did not. A study of the origins of 303 textile, railroad and steel executives of the 1870s…

— Howard Zinn

John D. Rockefeller apparently became more of a tightwad the richer he got. I don't know if it is true, but one story I…

— Robert Kiyosaki

My final comment is that I still believe this man [John D. Rockefeller] is corrupt and he used unfair ways to become wealthy, all…

— Ida Tarbell

[John D. Rockefeller] didn't care about anyone he did anything just to be rich and be the only company standing without any competition. He…

— Ida Tarbell