“Cash is cold comfort under these circumstances. But make no mistake about it; It is some comfort.” MoneyMistakeColdCircumstancesComfortCash Author:Georgette Mosbacher
“The obsession with gold, actually and politically, occurs among those who regard economics as a branch of morality. Gold is solid, gold is durable, gold is rare, gold is even (in certain very peculiar circumstances) convertible. To believe in thrift, solidity and soundness is to believe in some way in the properties of gold.” WayBelieveCertainMoneyCircumstancesMoralityEconomicsGoldRegardPropertyObsessionBranchesPeculiarThriftSoliditySoundness Author:Christopher Hitchens
“The determination of the value of an item must not be based on its price, but rather on the utility it yields. The price of the item is dependent only on the thing itself and is equal for everyone; the utility, however, is dependent on the particular circumstances of the person making the estimate. Thus there is no doubt that a gain of one thousand ducats is more significant to a pauper than to a rich man though both gain the same amount.” MenPersonsValuesMoneyRichDoubtParticularAmountCircumstancesThousandEqualGainsDeterminationSignificantNo DoubtDependentYieldItemsUtilityRich Man Author:Daniel Bernoulli
“War involves in its progress such a train of unforeseen circumstances that no human wisdom can calculate the end; it has but one thing certain, and that is to increase taxes.” HumansWarEndsWisdomMotivationCertainMoneyProgressOne ThingCircumstancesTaxesIncreaseTrainUnforeseenHuman Wisdom Author:Thomas Paine
“I had no idea that I would ever get involved with something like lending money to poor people, given the circumstances in which I was working in Bangladesh.” PeopleIdeasGivenPoorMoneyInvolvedCircumstancesNo IdeaPoor PeopleGet InvolvedLendingBangladeshLending Money Author:Muhammad Yunus