#ass

Conservatives say if you don't give the rich more money, they will lose their incentive to invest. As for the poor, they tell us they've lost all incentive because we've given them too much money. ↗

— George Carlin

#poor #rich #money

You are in favour of the common people?” said Dragon mildly. The common people?” said Vimes. “They’re nothing special. They’re no different from the rich and powerful except they’ve got no money or power. But the law should be there to balance things up a bit. So I suppose I’ve got to be on their side. ↗

— Terry Pratchett

#law #policing #money

Too often we assume that God has increased our income to increase our standard of living, when his stated purpose is to increase our standard of giving. (Look again at 2 Corinthians 8:14 and 9:11). ↗

— Randy Alcorn

#bonus #christianity #corinthians #excess #giving

Once upon a time there were mass media, and they were wicked, of course, and there was a guilty party. Then there were the virtuous voices that accused the criminals. And Art (ah, what luck!) offered alternatives, for those who were not prisoners to the mass media. Well, it's all over. We have to start again from the beginning, asking one another what's going on. ↗

— Umberto Eco

#culture #mass-media #superficiality #art

Her pleasure went on and on, and so did Ben's. Ben could almost smell the gardenia, could almost see her pinning it on, her hands all thumbs. "You're selling your store?" she said. There was radiance between them now. There were overtones and undertones to everything they said. The talk itself was formal, lifeless. --"Money Talks ↗

— Kurt Vonnegut

#love #passion #radiance #love

She lacked the sheen of money, muscular good health, good skin, good clothes. ↗

— Jean Hanff Korelitz

#money #wealth #money

The embodiment of kindness is often made difficult by our long ingrained patterns of fear & jealousy. ↗

— Sharon Salzberg

#compassion #kindness #change

You touch some of the reasons for my going, not for my staying away. ↗

— Charles Dickens

#motivation #risk #submission #motivational

When somebody wins, the fighting will be over. ↗

— Lelouch Lamperouge

#motivational #motivational

I wish we could go to the movies." I stared at him. "We're in a creepy dungeon. There's a chance I might die in the next few hours. You are going to die in the next few hours. And if you had one wish, it would be to catch a movie? ↗

— Rachel Hawkins

#demonglass #impending-doom #movies #rachel-hawkins #sophie