Quote by John Kenneth Galbraith

The income men derive from producing things of slight consequence is of great consequence. The production reflects the low marginal utility of the goods…

— John Kenneth Galbraith

“Prosperity depends on ferocity.”

— Anthony Doerr

“When you see that in order to produce, you need to obtain permission from men who produce nothing - When you see that money…

— Ayn Rand

“this was a consequence of increasing prosperity, which, curiously enough, just seemed to bring out greed and selfishness.”

— Alexander McCall Smith

“Then you will see the rise of the men of the double standard—the men who live by force, yet count on those who live…

— Ayn Rand

“For when once people have begun to believe that prosperity is the reward of virtue, their next calamity is obvious. If prosperity is regarded…

— G.K. Chesterton

“Contentment makes poor men rich, Discontent makes rich men poor.”

— Benjamin Franklin

“Absolutely speaking, the more money, the less virtue; for money comes between a man and his objects, and obtains them for him; it was…

— Henry David Thoreau

“If little labor, little are our gains; Man's fortunes are according to his pains.”

— George Fillmore Swain

The accumulation of great wealth is, in many instances, the effect of paying too little for the labor that produced it, the consequence of…

— Thomas Paine

“When your livelihood depends on self-imposed productivity, you either get good at it or you find yourself in mounds of debt.”

— Nacie Carson

“Our incomes are like our shoes; if too small, they gall and pinch us, but if too large, they cause us to stumble and…

— Anonymous