America Quote by Charlie Munger

Among politicians the esteem of religion is profitable; the principles of it are troublesome.

— Benjamin Whichcote

To use ones religion as a rationalization for lack of financial success demeans that faith.

— James Cook

The experience of the past lives little doubt that every economic system must sooner or later rely upon some form of the profit motive…

— Will Durant

One tech-related concern with religion is that it appears to be a positive feedback loop to the accelerating rich-poor gap, as the disenfranchised opt…

— Steve Jurvetson

“Whether we understand work spiritually depends in large part on whether we understand the economy spiritually. If we view the economy materialistically, thinking that…

— Greg Forster

The very fact that we find it hard to conceive of an alternative to limitless economic growth is an indication of our spiritual condition.

— Stanley Hauerwas

Popular religion is a coping mechanism for the anxieties of a dysfunctional social and economic environment.

— Gregory S. Paul

In God's economy, nothing is wasted. Through failure, we learn a lesson in humility which is probably needed, painful though it is.

— Anonymous

Market bashers ... might understand the claim that in some particular field, markets required no intervention--though they'd be skeptical--but the notion that, on general…

— Julian Sanchez

Religion is a way to make order from chaos, and I think economics is not dissimilar. In religion and in economics, you're trying to…

— Stephen J. Dubner

In our days of prosperity it is more difficult to sustain a religious spirit than in times of adversity, because we are apt to…

— Rachel Simon

It is the habit of the unthinking to turn to the illusions of economic magic. These unhappy times call for the building of plans…

— Franklin D. Roosevelt