“Human felicity is produced not as much by great pieces of good fortune that seldom happen as by little advantages that occur every day.” InspirationalHumansLittlesHappensPiecesGratitudeAdvantageFortuneGood FortuneFelicity Author:Benjamin Franklin
“Many things happen between the cup and the upper lip.” HappensFortuneLipsThings HappenCups Author:Aulus Gellius
“New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who also happens to be the 10th richest person in America, with a personal fortune of some $18 billion, likes to pick a fight - especially fights where the line between good and evil is particularly stark.” PersonsHappensAmericaFightingEvilLinesCitiesNew YorkPicksFortuneBillionsLikesGood And EvilNew York CityMayorsStarks Author:Jeff Goodell
“Those who have been indulged by fortune and have always thought of calamity as what happens to others, feel a blind incredulous rage at the reversal of their lot, and half believe that their wild cries will alter the course of the storm.” FeelsBelieveHas BeensHappensCoursesHalfCryBlindFortuneStormRageCalamityReversal Book:Delphi Complete Works of George Eliot (Illustrated) Source: Delphi Complete Works of George Eliot (Illustrated)
“a great deal of the wealth at the top is built on the low-wage labor of the poor. Take Wal-Mart, our largest private employer and premiere exploiter of the working class. ... You think it's a coincidence that this union-busting low-wage retail empire happens to have generated a $65 billion family fortune?” ThinkingHappensWealthPoorDealsClassRichLowsBuiltLaborUnionsFortuneBillionsEmpiresCoincidenceWorking ClassEmployersRich And PoorRetailPremieresBusting Book:Going to Extremes: Notes from a Divided Nation Source: Going to Extremes: Notes from a Divided Nation
“And here I'm struck by an epiphany so monstrous in its scale, so blinding in its effect that I feel my skin has turned inside out under the sun, that my innards possess magnetic qualities able to call vast fortunes together. And it's this: anything can happen if I want it to.” IfsWantFeelsHappensAbleTogetherQualitySunEffectsSkinsFortuneScalesMonstrousEpiphanyMagneticAnything Can Happen Author:D.B.C. Pierre