#wealthy

Power is not of a man. Wealth does not center in the person of the wealthy. Celebrity is not inherent in any personality. To be celebrated, to be wealthy, to have power requires access to major institutions. ↗

— C. Wright Mills

#any #celebrated #celebrity #center #does

For generations, Americans who aren't rich have been generous and admiring of their wealthy compatriots - want a country where people who work hard can succeed, where the same rules apply to everyone. They expect to have their own shot at getting rich. But increasingly, they are seeing that the game is rigged. ↗

— Dee Dee Myers

#apply #been #compatriots #country #everyone

I think being a wealthy member of the establishment is the antithesis of cool. Being a countercultural revolutionary is cool. So to the extent that you've made a billion dollars, you've probably become uncool. ↗

— Sean Parker

#become #being #billion #cool #dollars

I came from a wealthy family. I made over my share of the estate to various charities. ↗

— Abbe Pierre

#charities #estate #family #i #i came

We can be poor in spirit, and I don't even consider myself wealthy, which is an interesting thing, it can be here today and gone tomorrow. ↗

— Ann Romney

#even #gone #here #i #interesting

Anybody can be going from being broke to being wealthy, as I did. ↗

— Jon Lovitz

#being #being broke #broke #did #going

It was a wealthy family, and they heard me talk about movies, and they told me I should go into movies. That's the benefit of hanging out with rich people; they have no sense of what is or isn't possible. ↗

— Michael Patrick Jann

#benefit #family #go #hanging #heard

Because, I figured that, because I was a successful man, I was wealthy, I was, you know, seemingly intelligent - even that I am not intelligent enough to ask for help. ↗

— Elton John

#ask #because #enough #even #figured

I'm a very wealthy man. ↗

— Elton John

#man #very #wealthy

The real reason to oppose increasing tax rates on the wealthy is that it's a good bet they could do more to help the economy if they keep their money rather than have their earnings confiscated by the government and spent on another round of stimulus. ↗

— Terry Savage

#bet #confiscated #could #earnings #economy