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The successful cannot be unhappy -- it was a contradiction in terms. ↗

— Barry Unsworth

#materialism #money #satirical #success #money

If you look at how the federal government spends our money, it’s an insurance conglomerate protected by a large, standing army. ↗

— Ezra Klein

#insurance #military #money #politics #money

I won’t have you calling me Miss Tuttle. That’s what the doc calls me. And the lady at the bank. One takes my temperature and the other my money. Friends don’t take anything—they give. ↗

— Diane Lynn McGyver

#humour #short-story #money

With the breakdown of money economy the practice of international barter is becoming prevalent. ↗

— John Maynard Keynes

#economy #fail #money

You cherry-pick events that are relevant to the story question and construct a gauntlet of challenge (read: the plot) that will force the protagonist to put his money where his mouth is. Think baptism by ever-escalating fire. ↗

— Lisa Cron

#writing-craft #money

I feel like a child who has found a wonderful trail in the woods. Countless others have gone before and blazed the trail, but to the child it's as new and fresh as if it had never been walked before. The child is invariably anxious for others to join in the great adventure. It's something that can only be understood by actual experience. Those who've begun the journey, and certainly those who've gone further than I, will readily understand what I am saying. ↗

— Randy Alcorn

#discovery #excitement #money #stewardship #experience

It’s been said that love is all there is; that a lack of love causes people to do evil things. I can buy that. Take it a step further: capitalism, by itself, is not a bad thing; but when taken to an extreme, as it has been in America—when Christmas is but a measuring stick for how well the economy is doing, when Wall Street and the banking industry turn nescient heads to morality in pursuit of the Almighty Dollar, when love of money overshadows love of self and others—what then? In the grand scheme of the universe—whatever that scheme may be—when one considers its immensity, that it has existed for billions of years, some of us realize how insignificant our seventy or eighty years is; while others, for whatever reason (selfishness?) pursue materialism to a vulgar degree. In the end, what does all that matter, really? It’s nice to spoil oneself from time to time; but really, life’s true gift to oneself is doing and giving to others. That’s love. ↗

— J. Conrad Guest

#j-conrad-guest #inspirational

Philanthropy is not about money...its about feeling the pain of others and caring enough about their needs to help. ↗

— Timothy Pina

#legend-of-the-peace-panda #money

There is a defined gulf Between credit and character If you doubt this, ask any banker; He will advise that character is nice But it is not collateral. ↗

— Evan Rhys

#banks #credit #loans #money #money

In the midst of prosperity, the challenge for believers is to handle wealth in such a way that it acts as a blessing, not a curse. ↗

— Randy Alcorn

#curse #prosperity #stewardship #wealth #money