#rich

To get rich is glorious. ↗

Let my soul smile through my heart and my heart smile through my eyes, that I may scatter rich smiles in sad hearts. ↗

I love general history. That's all I read really. I don't read novels, I read history. I love it. I live in an area that's really rich in Civil War history. I live in Kentucky on a farm. A lot of revolution, a lot of military history I love. ↗

— Steve Zahn

#civil #civil war #farm #general #history

Americans have so far put up with inequality because they felt they could change their status. They didn't mind others being rich, as long as they had a path to move up as well. The American Dream is all about social mobility in a sense - the idea that anyone can make it. ↗

— Fareed Zakaria

#american #american dream #anyone #because #being

Who is rich? He that rejoices in his portion. ↗

— Benjamin Franklin

#portion #rejoices #rich #who

I think we simply all like to project ourselves into somebody else - somebody who is better-looking, richer, smarter. It's comforting. It's escapism, and that, of course, is what the movies are supposed to be all about. Ultimately, I think it's just part of human nature to pretend. ↗

— Richard D. Zanuck

#comforting #course #else #escapism #human

Bill Gates is a very rich man today... and do you want to know why? The answer is one word: versions. ↗

— Dave Barry

#answer #bill #bill gates #gates #know

Governments, of course, can - and do - soak the rich. ↗

— Paul Getty

#governments #rich #soak

The rich are not born sceptical or cynical. They are made that way by events, circumstances. ↗

— Paul Getty

#circumstances #cynical #events #made #rich

Conversation enriches the understanding, but solitude is the school of genius. ↗