#billionaire

The main obstacle to further progress on the resource curse is China, and to a lesser extent India. ↗

— George Soros

#control #government #greed #power #age

He was just beautiful. She'd never known a man could be beautiful, but he definitely was. ↗

— Emily Jane Trent

#erotic-romance #erotica #love-story #romance-sexy #romances

Beauty isn’t all about tooth whiteners, hard abs, and hundred-dollar lipstick. Beauty is about growing old together, remembering when together, laughing together. If my picture disgusts you, fine. Go look at the faces of women who named a price you can buy them for. I’m not the kind of woman who will ever be for sale, and shame on you for not expecting more from a woman, or from yourself. ↗

— Virginia Nelson

#contemporary-romance #romance #beauty

It doesn't matter who you vote for. It's still the same billionaires that run the world. ↗

— Geezer Butler

#matter #run #same #still #vote

If I could set a world record, it would be that I have 150 business partners, all with thriving businesses of their own that started with nothing and I made the difference to make them all billionaires. ↗

— Barbara Corcoran

#business #business partners #businesses #could #difference

Spider-Man's probably my favorite. You see, Batman is a billionaire and there's nothing really cool about a billionaire saving the world. But Spider-Man is Peter Parker, a conflicted character who puts on a suit and saves the world. I love that. ↗

— Zac Efron

#batman #billionaire #character #cool #favorite

I would be a billionaire if I was looking to be a selfish boss. That's not me. ↗

— Alfred North Whitehead

#boss #i #looking #me #selfish

I think the latest estimates were that we have about 250,000 millionaires and billionaires. President Obama wants to increase their taxes 13 percent. ↗

— Joe Walsh

#billionaires #estimates #i #i think #increase

During the financial crisis and bailouts of 2008, it probably occurred to very few average people that we were entering a period of hardship for billionaires. ↗

— Thomas Frank

#average people #bailouts #billionaires #crisis #during

'I don't need brains,' says the billionaire contemptuously. 'I'm brainy enough myself!' The broker cries out in desperation, 'What, in heaven's name, do you want?' 'Goodness,' is the answer. ↗

— Konrad Lorenz

#billionaire #brains #brainy #broker #cries