“The idea that money brings power and independence is an illusion. What money usually brings is the need for more money - and there is a shabby and pathetic powerlessness that comes with that need. The inability to risk new lives, new work, new styles of thought and experience, is more often than not tied to the bourgeois fear of reducing one's material standard of living. That is, indeed, to be owned by possessions, to be governed by a sense of property rather than by a sense of self.” NeedsIdeasSelfMoneyRiskStyleMaterialsStandardsIllusionIndependencePropertyPossessionTiedMore MoneyNew LifeInabilityPatheticReducingBourgeoisSense Of SelfStandards Of LivingPowerlessnessShabbyNew Work Author:Vivian Gornick
“We do not mean to count or weigh our contributions by any standard other than that of our abilities.” MeanAbilityMoneyStandardsContribution Author:Thomas Jefferson
“I am a Christian according to my conscience in belief,in purpose and wish;Mnot of course by the orthodox standard. But I am content, and have a feeling of trust and safety. The Machiavellian mind and the merchant mind are at one in their simple faith in the power of segmental division to rule all--in the dichotomy of power and morals and of money and morals.” MindFeelingsChristianPurposeCoursesBeliefWishSimpleMoneyMoralPowerStandardsConscienceSafetyOrthodoxDivisionMerchantsDichotomySimple Faith Author:Marshall McLuhan
“Under the gold standard America had no major financial panics other than in 1873, 1884, 1890, 1893, 1907, 1930, 1931, 1932, and 1933.” AmericaMoneyMajorsStandardsGoldFinancialPanic1930sGold Standard Author:Paul Krugman
“American money was never more sound, or banking more free, than 200 years ago. Since then, it's been a long steady decline from the gold standard and competitive banking to our Fed-run system of inflated paper currency, deposit insurance, and perpetually shaky banks on the dole.” YearsLongRunningSoundMoneyPaperStandardsYears AgoEconomicsGoldFedsSteadyDeclineCurrencyBankingDepositsGold Standard Author:Llewellyn Rockwell
“There's nothing of any importance in life — except how well you do your work. Nothing. Only that. Whatever else you are, will come from that. It's the only measure of human value.” PeopleTryingHumansWellsValuesMoneyVirtueMoralityPaperStandardsEthicsGoldImportanceCodeThroatCompetenceHuman ValuesRamsGold StandardPaper MoneyFleeceSwindlersCode Of Ethics Author:Ayn Rand
“True wealth is not a static thing. It is a living thing made out of the disposition of men to create and distribute the good things of life with rising standards of living.” MenMadeWealthMoneyStandardsGood ThingsRisingDispositionLiving ThingsStaticStandards Of LivingTrue Wealth Author:Franklin D. Roosevelt
“Did you get your money by fraud? By pandering to men's vices or men's stupidity? By catering to fools, in the hope of getting more than your ability deserves? By lowering your standards? By doing work you despise for purchasers you scorn? If so, then your money will not give you a moment's or a penny's worth of joy. Then all the things you buy will become, not a tribute to you, but a reproach; not an achievement, but a reminder of shame.” IfsMenGivingMomentsJoyAbilityMoneyFoolAchievementStandardsDeserveShameGreedInvestingVicesStupidityFraudDespiseRemindersScornPenniesTributeReproachCateringPurchasers Book:Atlas Shrugged Source: Atlas Shrugged
“A community is a group of people who have come together, and they work and they live to try and improve the standard of living and quality of life - and I don't mean money.” PeopleTryingMeanTogetherCommunityMoneyQualityGroupsStandardsImprovementQuality Of LifeStandards Of Living Author:William Baldwin
“We're bankrupting our country and we have an empire that we're trying to defend which costs us $1 trillion a year. And the standard of living is going down today. It's going down and the middle class is hurting because of the monetary policy. When you destroy a currency, the middle class gets wiped out.” TryingYearsCountryTodayHurtMoneyClassMiddlePolicyCostStandardsDown AndOur CountryMiddle ClassEmpiresCurrencyMonetaryStandards Of LivingMonetary Policy Author:Ron Paul