"But avarice and ambition in the rich, in the poor the hatred of labour and the love of present ease and enjoyment, are the passions which prompt to invade property, passions much more steady in their operation, and much more universal in their influence. Wherever there is great property there is great inequality. For one very rich man there must be at least five hundred poor, and the affluence of the few supposes the indigence of the many."
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"Even my failures make money and become classics a year after I make them."
"Schools teach you how to work for money, but don't teach how to make money work for you"
"An enlightened person or business is not concerned primarily with making money, because when you are concerned with making money you want the future more than the present. Whenever you want the future more than you want the present, true intelligence cannot flow into what you do, because it can do so only when you are totally aligned with the present moment."
"Money makes money. And the money that makes money makes more money."
"Making money and making the world a better place are not contrary to one another."
"Everybody makes money when times are good. It's when times are not so good that the groundwork is laid for the next generation."
"Change your focus from making money to serving more people. Serving people makes the money come in."
"If you're planning only to make money and nothing else, you'll be broke."
"I work because I enjoy what I'm doing, and the fact that I make money at it - big money - is a fine-and-dandy side fact."
"Life can be dangerous; just let it be! When we shake off what we perceive as boundaries, that is where the bliss really is."
"It is absurd to think that the general public can ever make money out of market forecasts."
"Corporations are not in business to be social-welfare organizations; they are there to make money."
"Making money is a common sense. It's not rocket science. But unfortunately, when it comes to money, common sense is uncommon."
"We have not known a single person who has consistently or lastingly make money by thus "following the market". We do not hesitate to declare this approach is as fallacious as it is popular."
"I wish I could buy you for what you are really worth and sell you for what you think you're worth. I sure would make money on the deal."
"Sales Cure All. Know how your company will make money and how you will actually make sales."
"Making money is no fun. Contributing to and changing the world is a lot more fun."
"But if I didn't have to make money, I would still play my horn."
"I'm in the music business for one purpose - to make money."
"Make money and the whole nation will conspire to call you a gentleman."