#wealth

No matter whether you believe in luck or chance, the final decision is from yourself. ↗

— Stephen Richards

#cosmic-ordering #law-of-attraction #mind-body-spirit #mind-power #money

You willed yourself to where you are today, so will yourself out of it. ↗

— Stephen Richards

#cosmic-ordering #law-of-attraction #mind-body-spirit #mind-power #money

Most of us have no sympathy with the rich idler who spends his life in pleasure without ever doing any work. But even he fulfills a function in the life of the social organism. He sets an example of luxury that awakens in the multitude a consciousness of new needs and gives industry the incentive to fulfill them. ↗

— Ludwig von Mises

#economics #leisure #luxury #wealth #life

The idea of luxury, even the word "luxury," was important to Arabella. Luxury meant something that was by definition overpriced, but was so nice, so lovely, in itself that you did not mind, in fact was so lovely that the expensiveness became part of the point, part of the distinction between the people who could not afford a thing and the select few who not only could, but also understood the desirability of paying so much for it. Arabella knew that there were thoughtlessly rich people who could afford everything; she didn't see herself as one of them but instead as one of an elite who both knew what money meant and could afford the things they wanted; and the knowledge of what money meant gave the drama of high prices a special piquancy. She loved expensive things because she knew what their expensiveness meant. She had a complete understanding of the signifiers. ↗

— John Lanchester

#luxury #price #rich #richness #wealth

Fortunately there is more wealth in the world than there was at the time of the global economic crisis of 1929 - Chinese, Indian, Arab and Russian. ↗

— Karl Lagerfeld

#chinese #crisis #economic #economic crisis #fortunately

The Occupy Wall Street protests at last suggest that America's wealth gap is once again becoming an organizing political principle in the country. ↗

— Jon Meacham

#america #becoming #country #gap #last

At the same time, Republicans are pushing a $70 billion tax package that will overwhelmingly benefit the most wealthy Americans and actually increases the deficit by $16 billion. ↗

— Marty Meehan

#benefit #billion #deficit #increases #most

In the world of the celebrity, the hierarchy of publicity has replaced the hierarchy of descent and even of great wealth. ↗

— C. Wright Mills

#descent #even #great #hierarchy #publicity

We need to take command of the solar system to gain that wealth, and to escape the sea of paper our government is becoming, and for some decent chance of stopping a Dinosaur Killer asteroid. ↗

— Larry Niven

#becoming #chance #command #decent #dinosaur

Japan is already a leader in energy efficiency, and it has a wealth of innovative technologies. We must put this expertise to use creating a model for growth and sustainability that we can share with the world. ↗

— Yoshihiko Noda

#creating #efficiency #energy #energy efficiency #expertise