Affluence Quotes

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Affluence separates people. Poverty knits 'em together. You got some sugar and I don't; I borrow some of yours. Next month you might not have… — Ray Charles
The gratification which affluence of wealth, extent of power, and eminence of reputation confer, must be always, by their own nature, confined to a very… — Samuel Johnson
The prospect of penury in age is so gloomy and terrifying that every man who looks before him must resolve to avoid it; and it… — Lyndon B. Johnson
There is no question that Francis was in advance of his age, as he anticipated all that is liberal and sympathetic in modern times: the… — Henryk Skolimowski
A short time ago the demagogues blamed capitalism for the poverty of the masses. Today they rather blame capitalism for the "affluence" that it bestows… — Ludwig von Mises
It is not our affluence, or our plumbing, or our clogged freeways that grip the imagination of others. Rather, it is the values upon which… — J. William Fulbright
It is not a charity but a right, not bounty but justice, that I am pleading for. The present state of civilization is as odious… — Thomas Paine
A pool is, for many of us in the West, a symbol not of affluence but of order, of control over the uncontrollable. A pool… — Joan Didion
It's a cultural disability in America that we worship pleasure, leisure, and affluence. I think the church is doubly damned when they use Jesus as… — Rich Mullins
From the fact of general well-being came the new position of the poor. They were now in most communities a minority. The voice of the… — John Kenneth Galbraith
The most remarkable aspect of the transition we are living through is not so much the passage from want to affluence as the passage from… — Henri Lefebvre
I am unpersuaded that relative poverty and hard work are greater adversities than relative affluence and free time. — Dallin H. Oaks
Affluence includes money but is not just money. It is the abundance, the flow, the generosity of the universe, where every desire we have must… — Deepak Chopra
Success in life could be defined as the continued expansion of happiness and the progressive realization of worthy goals. Success is the ability to fulfill… — Deepak Chopra
Sadly, many individuals don't know where to find God, and exclude him from their lives. When spiritual needs arise, they may look to the left,… — Russell M. Nelson
It is generally agreed, that few men are made better by affluence or exaltation. — Samuel Johnson
Consider the cost when Christians ignore Jesus commands to sell their possessions and give to the poor and instead choose to spend their resources on… — David Platt
My main mistake was to have made an ancient people advance by forced marches toward independence, health, culture, affluence, comfort. — Mohammed Reza Pahlavi
Slumism is the pent-up anger of people living on the outside of affluence. Slumism is decay of structure and deterioration of the human spirit. Slumism… — Hubert H. Humphrey
The great proliferation of museums in the nineteenth century was a product of the marriage of the exhibition as a way of awakening intelligent interest… — Richard Fortey

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