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“One finds fortunes built on slave labor, indentured labor, prison labor, immigrant labor, female labor, child labor, and scab labor - backed by the lethal force of gun thugs and militia. 'Old money' is often little more than dirty money laundered by several generations of possession.”

“Never spend your money before you have earned it.”

“Money is only a tool. It will take you wherever you wish, but it will not replace you as the driver.”

“Too many people spend money they haven't earned to buy things they don't want to impress people they don't like.”

“Money was never a big motivation for me, except as a way to keep score. The real excitement is playing the game.”

“The lack of money is the root of all evil.”

“When I was young I thought that money was the most important thing in life; now that I am old I know that it is.”

“You can only become truly accomplished at something you love. Don’t make money your goal. Instead pursue the things you love doing and then do them so well that people can’t take their eyes off of you.”

“... a bad attitude, that the love of money is the root of all evil and the rich are evil and greedy and all that stuff. It’s basically socialism and communism.”

“Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgastic future that year by year recedes before us. It eluded us then, but that's no matter - to-morrow we will run faster, stretch out our arms farther ... And one fine morning ---”

“They were indeed what was known as 'old money', which meant that it had been made so long ago that the black deeds which had originally filled the coffers were now historically irrelevant. Funny, that: a brigand for a father was something you kept quiet about, but a slave-taking pirate for a great-great-great-grandfather was something to boast of over the port. Time turned the evil bastards into rogues, and rogue was a word with a twinkle in its eye and nothing to be ashamed of.”

“It is good to have money and the things that money can buy, but it's good too, to check up once in a while and make sure you haven't lost the things money can't buy.”

“Lack of money is the root of of all evil.”

“Family is the most important thing in the world.”

“My philosophy has always been, do what you love and the money will follow.”