Money Quotes

"Pecuniary civilization measures all value in terms of what can be bought and sold."

"Financial manipulation has replaced productive effort as the path to wealth accumulation."

"Pecuniary strength becomes confused with actual productive capacity in popular discourse."

"Money is a means, not an end."

"The stock exchange is a poor substitute for the Holy Grail."

"The desire to get rich quick is the downfall of many an honest man."

"Capital is not money; money is merely the representative of capital."

"Debt is a form of slavery that the debtor willingly accepts."

"Inflation silently robs the poor of their meager savings."

"The purchasing power of the dollar is the true measure of economic health."

"A man's fortune is determined not by his salary but by his savings rate."

"The quantity of money matters less than its quality and stability."

"A man's real income is not what he earns but what he can afford."

"The true source of wealth is the power of creating wealth, not the possession of it."

"Money itself has no value; it is only valuable in what it can buy in terms of human happiness."

"Money is a tool, not a measure of worth."

"Money matters less than meaning."

"Don't chase money; chase impact. Money follows naturally."

"Money is the language of value in a commercial world; learn to speak it."

"The accumulation of goods serves primarily as evidence of one's exemption from productive labor."

"Habitually, men of substance seek to demonstrate their exemption from all forms of gainful labor."

"Conspicuous consumption creates demand not for utility but for visibility of one's financial capacity."

"Economic waste functions as a visible proof of pecuniary strength and social superiority."

"The idle rich invest enormous resources in perfecting their exemption from all visible exertion."

"The accumulation of waste becomes a civilizational achievement celebrated by those exempt from necessity."

"Conspicuous consumption serves as the primary mechanism through which pecuniary standing becomes socially visible."

"The rise or fall of profits is the thermometer by which the rise or fall of wages is to be measured."

"The opinion that the quantity of capital determines the amount of industry is most assuredly correct."

"Demand and supply regulate price, as they regulate all other commodities."

"The price of corn regulates the price of labour, and labour regulates the price of all other things."