R Quotes
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“Rich people don't have to have a life-and-death relationship with the truth and its questions; they can ignore the truth and still thrive materially. I am not surprised many of them understand literature only as an ornament. Life is an ornament to them, relationships are ornaments, their “work” is but a flimsy, pretty ornament meant to momentarily thrill and capture attention. Why didn't I reread my F. Scott Fitzgerald sooner? I might have saved myself some time.”
“Rich people don't pay taxes? Of course they pay taxes - they pay tons in taxes. They pay for everyone else who doesn't pay taxes.”
“Rich people entitlement is a hell of a drug. It doesn’t even occur to them that they’ll get busted, because they brown nose all the right assholes at the golf course. Schmooze the right judges. Retain the right attorneys.”
Source: The Last Single Man in Texas
“Rich people expect to succeed.”
“Rich people focus on investing today and the future, while poor people love a pity party”
“Rich people focus on what they want, while poor people focus on what they don't want.”
“Rich people have money. Poor people have faith.”
“Rich people have small TVs and big libraries, and poor people have small libraries and big TVs.”
“Rich people have the potential to reach a point where they see money as the source of their safety and security.”
“Rich people? If only they had a coin for every coin they have!”
Source: The New Land
“Rich people invest money and poor people spend it.”
“Rich people love books.”
Source: The Mermaid, the Witch, and the Sea
“Rich people making their houses bigger in order to make their lives happier wind up hurting their own marriages. There's a deep irony here. Do the couples perceive that irony?”
“Rich people manage their money well. Poor people mismanage their money well.”
“Rich people march on Washington every day.”
“Rich People plan for three generations Poor people plan for Saturday night”
“Rich people play the money game to win. Poor people play the money game to not lose.”
“Rich people put the idea that they have money into their minds. Our brains choose the flow of fortune, depending on what commands you put into them.”
Source: The Having: The Secret Art of Feeling and Growing Rich
“Rich people read their bills. Poor people dread theirs.”
Source: N for Nigger: Aphorisms for Grown Children and Childish Grown-ups
“Rich people see every dollar as a "seed" that can be planted to earn a hundred more dollars, which can then be replanted to earn a thousand more dollars.”
“Rich people see opportunities. Poor people see obstacles. Rich people see potential growth. Poor people see potential loss. Rich people focus on rewards. Poor focus on the risks.”
“Rich people should consider that they are only trustees for what they posses, and should show their wealth to be more in doing good than merely in having it.”
“Rich people should consider that they are only trustees for what they possess, and should show their wealth to be more in doing good than merely in having it. They should not reserve their benevolence for purposes after they are dead, for those who give not of their property till they die show that they would not then if they could keep it any longer.”
“Rich people show their appreciation through favors. When everyone you know has more money than they know what to do with, money stops being a useful transactional tool. So instead you offer favors. Deals. Quid pro quos. Things that involve personal involvement rather than money. Because when you're that rich, your personal time is your limiting factor.”
Source: Lock In
“Rich people take advice from people who are richer than they are. Poor people take advice from their friends, who are just as broke as they are.”
“Rich people tend to have shit taste in sweets, and French macarons aren’t half as tasty as the coconut type, the other one with the extra ‘o.”
Source: In Limbo
“Rich people think BIG. Poor people think small.”
“Rich people think long-term. they balance their spending on enjoyment today with investing for freedom tommorow”
“Rich people think long term. they balance their spending on enjoyment today with investing fore freedom tomorrow.”
Source: Investing Made Easy: 50 Extremely Beneficial Business that are Undeniable Cash Cows
“Rich people think long-term. They balance their spending on enjoyment today with investing for freedom tomorrow.”
“Rich people use debt to leverage investments and grow cash flows. Poor people use debt to buy things that make rich people richer.”
“Rich people value unique practical education more than binge-watching something on Netflix.”
“Rich people were just like me except they had a lot more money, wore fancier clothes, couldn't get good staff, and shouldn't have bought little Amanda that third horse because she could only stable two horses at her private school. Imagine. Where was all that tuition money going?
Rich people also had a place in the Hamptons, a place in Italy, a place in Florida, and thank God "Jim" finally got a private jet. First class is so congested. Shudder. Like me, they found there were simply just enough hours in the day. Unlike me, it was because their days were spent with personal trainers, stylists, therapists, and Reiki practitioners, and their nights were spent at galas, balls, banquets, charity events, operas, symphonies, and fundraisers. Then there was the shopping. Honestly. Jim/Richard/David/John just couldn't understand that it was impossible to wear the same dress twice. Everyone was run ragged. Exhausted. What about me time? Who wanted to fly up to New York to spend a day at the spa? Jim's treat.
Me! Me!”
Source: To Have and to Heist
“Rich people whether kind or atrocious have money which can nearly buy everything. Still every human on this earth is not at peace.”
Source: S
“Rich people who own mansions on the beach shouldn't get federal subsidies. If you want to stay there, take the risk”
“Rich people will travel great distances to look at poor people.”
“Rich people without wisdom and learning are but sheep with golden fleeces.”
“Rich people work hard and believe it's perfectly appropriate to be well rewarded for their efforts and the value they provide for others. Poor people work hard, but due to their feelings of unworthiness, they believe that it is inappropriate for them to be well rewarded for their efforts and the value they provide.”
“Rich people, God bless us. We deserve all the opportunities to make sure our country and our blessings continue to the next generation.”
“Rich people, they stay out of jail not just because they have more money but because they grew up in a culture where they're educated by people to say, "I don't have to talk to the cops. If I get arrested, I'm not going to say a word to them. I'm just going to wait until my family lawyer gets here".”
“Rich people...take responsibility for the results in their lives and act upon the mind-set "It will work because I'll make it work."”
“Rich, poor, high, low -- the one thing common in all human beings is misery. The real cause of their misery is that they have lost touch with their inner self. But if you want to become a leader of a group of human beings, tell them that the other group is the cause of their misery.”
“Rich relationships lead to much more than money. They lead to success, fulfillment, and wealth.”
“Rich Roll said you have to be more afraid of your current situation than you are afraid of change. I am sure we all can relate to events that crept up on us and forced us to make changes. The good news is that you don't have to wait until things creep up on you. You don't have to wait until the negative 1% adds up over time. You can change your state now.”
Source: Consistent, Not Different: Why We Stray from the Path and Reasons to Return
“Rich the treasure, Sweet the pleasure,- Sweet is pleasure after pain.”
“Rich white guys. That's the true minority.”
“Rich white people show up in a poor country to pursue their leisure-time fun, get served by black and brown people, and live in relative - or absolute - comfort. In the water, that situation can get turned on its head, though. Local kids learn to surf, know the breaks, and take most or all of the best waves, fuming turistas be damned.”
“Rich white Protestant men have held on to some measure of power in America almost solely by getting women, blacks, and other disadvantaged groups to wear crippling foot fashions. This keeps them too busy with corns and bunions to compete in the job market.”
Source: Modern Manners: An Etiquette Book for Rude People
“Rich widows are the only secondhand goods that sell at first-class prices.”
Source: The wit and wisdom of Benjamin Franklin: a treasury of more than 900 quotations and anecdotes
“Rich will be my life if I
can keep my memories full
and brimming, and record
them on clear-eyed
mornings while I set
joyously to work setting
pen to holy craft.”
Source: Rooftop Soliloquy