“Money and electricity are much alike. Both are stored energy. Living amidst electricity, using it constantly, you take its presence and its utility for granted. Treated with respect, it is constructive, tireless. Treated with disrespect, it is destructive, vicious. It will light your way, pull a twelve-car train from Washington to New York in a bit more than four hours, kill you or burn your house alike. Electricity is insulated, though, and children are not permitted to play with it.” WayChildrenPlayLightHouseEnergyBitsHoursMoneyFourCarNew YorkTrainTreatedGrantedDestructiveTwelveElectricityViciousUtilityConstructiveDisrespect Book:Father Struck It Rich Source: Father Struck It Rich
“I'm not heart-broken if I don't have a hit. But I guess a hit would help. It makes the money go up a bit.” IfsHeartHelpingBitsMoneyBroken Author:Sarah Vaughan
“I made a list of people who needed just a little bit of money. And when the list was complete, there were 42 names. The total amount of money they needed was $27. I was shocked.” PeopleLittlesMadeNamesBitsMoneyAmountNeededLittle BitListsShocked Author:Muhammad Yunus
“Lord, the money we do spend on Government and it's not one bit better than the government we got for one-third the money twenty years ago.” YearsGovernmentBitsMoneyLordYears AgoThirdsTwenties Book:The Will Rogers book Source: The Will Rogers book
“My life honestly isn't as weird as people think it is. I work longer hours, maybe I have a bit more money, but fundamentally, I'm not really that different.” PeopleThinkingLifeDifferentBitsHoursMoneyHard WorkHonestlyMore Money Author:Simon Cowell
“Philanthropy is all about making a positive difference in the world by devoting your resources and your time to causes you believe in. In my case, I like to support causes where "a lot of good comes from a little bit of good," or, in other words, where the positive social returns vastly exceed the amount of time and money invested.” WorldBelieveLittlesSocialCausesBitsDifferencesMoneyCasesSupportReturnAmountLittle BitResourcesPhilanthropyExceedBeliveTime And Money Author:Jeffrey Skoll
“We reward people a lot for being rich, for being famous, for being cute, for being thin... one of the values I think we need to instill in our country, in our children, is a sense of 'usefulness', in other words, are we useful, are we making other peoples' lives a little bit better?” PeopleThinkingNeedsChildrenLittlesCountryValuesBitsMoneyRichLittle BitOur ChildrenRewardsOur CountryCuteUsefulnessInstillBeing FamousBeing Rich Author:Barack Obama
“We lose money on signing up the customers where there's some marketing costs associated with giving them a free month. It doesn't much matter whether you make a little bit or lose a little bit.. as you well know, because you lose a ton on every copy of The Washington Post (newspaper).” KnowsGivingWellsLittlesMatterBitsLosesMoneyMonthsCostLittle BitLosingMarketingCustomersNewspapersPostsCopiesSigningSigning Up Author:Steve Case