“I think actors are divided into two groups: one that wants to be an actor to become famous and rich, and the other that wants to be an actor because they have to be. I'm more in the second group.” ThinkingWantTwoActorsRichGroupsDivided Author:Franka Potente
“My dad never graduated high school. He was a printing salesman. We lived in a two-bedroom, one-bath house in St. Louis Park, Minnesota. We weren't rich - but we felt secure.” TwoSchoolHouseFeltRichDadHigh SchoolMy DadSecureParksBedroomBathsPrintingSalesmanMinnesota Author:Al Franken
“Landowners and influential men of all kinds, especially members of political councils, ought to set an example to the people. The young members of rich families should offer themselves for military service. If not one of two sons, at least one of three sons should be ready to do so.” PeopleIfsMenShouldKindTwoYoungPoliticalThreeRichMilitaryExampleSonReadyOughtOffersMembersAll KindsCouncilInfluentialMilitary ServiceRich FamilyThree Sons Author:Chiang Kai-shek
“There are two ways to be rich: 1. Acquire great wealth 2. Acquire few needs.” WayNeedsTwoWealthSimpleRichAcquireTwo WaysSimple Living Author:Doris Janzen Longacre
“There are two ways to be rich - one in the abundance of your possessions and the other in the fewness of your wants.” WayWantTwoRichPossessionAbundanceConsumerismTwo WaysOverconsumption Author:E. Stanley Jones
“Two world wars, three monstrous dictatorships-in Soviet Russia, Nazi Germany, Red China-plus every lesser variant of devastating socialist experimentation in a global spread of brutality and despair, have not prompted modern intellectuals to question or revise their dogma. They still think that it is daring, idealistic and unconventional to denounce the rich. They still believe that money is the root of all evil-except government money, which is the solution to all problems.” ThinkingWorldBelieveStillsTwoWarProblemGovernmentThreeEvilRichModernDespairSolutionsRedRootsChinaSpreadRussiaWar Of The WorldsGermanyPlusSovietDaringDogmaDictatorshipSocialistNaziBrutalityMonstrousExperimentationTwo WorldsIdealisticNazi GermanyUnconventionalSoviet RussiaMoney Is The Root Of All Evil Author:Ayn Rand
“A high proportion of the population enjoys many of the 'luxuries' which until recently were considered the prerogative of the rich; and the ordinary worker lives at what even two decades ago would have been considered in Britain a middle-class standard of life.” Has BeensTwoEnjoyClassRichMiddleStandardsOrdinaryWorkersPopulationDecadesLuxuryProportionBritainMiddle ClassPrerogative Author:Anthony Crosland
“Unfortunately, in rich-world health, innovation is both your friend and your enemy. Innovation is inventing organ replacement, joint replacement. We're inventing ways of doing new things that cost $300,000 and take people in their 70s and, on average, give them an extra, say, two or three years of life. And then you have to say, given finite resources, should we fire two or three teachers to do this operation?” PeopleWorldWayGivingShouldYearsTwoThreeGivenEnemyRichFireTeacherCostResourcesInnovationAverageOperationsExtrasThree YearsOrgansNew ThingsFiniteJointsInventingReplacementsYears Of LifeWorld Health Author:Bill Gates