#wealth

We weren't wealthy but we definitely weren't poor. We were incredibly rich because there was a wonderful community in Shepherd's Bush, where I grew up. All my friends were into villainy and crime. ↗

— Roger Daltrey

#bush #community #crime #definitely #friends

Wars are caused by undefended wealth. ↗

— Ernest Hemingway

#wars #wealth

Far less wealthy industrialized countries have committed to end child poverty, while the United States is sliding backwards. We can do better. We must demand that our leaders do better. ↗

— Marian Wright Edelman

#better #child #committed #countries #demand

Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants. ↗

— Epictetus

#consists #few #great #having #possessions

Excellence encourages one about life generally; it shows the spiritual wealth of the world. ↗

— George Eliot

#encourages #excellence #generally #life #shows

Wealth, like happiness, is never attained when sought after directly. It comes as a by-product of providing a useful service. ↗

— Henry Ford

#attained #by-product #comes #directly #happiness

There are about a dozen of these gardens, more or less extensive, according to the business or wealth of the proprietor; but they are generally smaller than the smallest of our London nurseries. ↗

— Robert Fortune

#according #business #dozen #extensive #gardens

There is no road to wealth so easy and respectable as that of matrimony. ↗

— Anthony Trollope

#matrimony #respectable #road #wealth

The British system denied any role for human creativity, and instead argued, that if man merely followed his hedonistic desires, pursuing pleasure and avoiding pain, objective laws would naturally guide society to achieve the best allocation of wealth. ↗

— Robert Trout

#allocation #any #argued #avoiding #best

On balance, after weighing the arguments, I believe that the time has come for Australia to create a new sovereign wealth fund. ↗

— Malcolm Turnbull

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