Money Quotes

Wealth, poverty, and everything the ledger can and can't measure.

13074 quotes

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"The great principle of supply and demand is the regulator of all prices."
David Ricardo
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"Value in exchange is determined by the relative quantities of labour necessary for production."
David Ricardo
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"The rise and fall of prices depend on the supply of and demand for commodities."
David Ricardo
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"The reduction of the price of corn necessarily benefits the manufacturer, because it reduces the price of labour."
David Ricardo
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"The price of any commodity rises and falls according as the demand for it increases or diminishes."
David Ricardo
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"The natural rate of interest is the rate which will bring the supply of and demand for capital into equilibrium."
David Ricardo
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"The prices of commodities are determined by the relative quantities of labor required for their production."
David Ricardo
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"Demand and supply are the regulating principles of all commerce."
David Ricardo
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"The value of a commodity is determined not by its utility alone, but by the cost of production."
David Ricardo
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"Money is a tool; the question is what we build with it."
Fei-Fei Li
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"Wealth and the command of the necessaries and luxuries of life constitute the principal distinctions of civilized society."
Thomas Malthus
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"Money follows solutions; don't chase money chasing solutions."
Bob Kahn
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"Money follows value, not the other way around."
Brendan Eich
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"Money is a tool, not a goal."
Brendan Eich
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"Money is a tool, not a measure of success in meaningful work."
Andrew Ng
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"Labour, like all other things which are purchased and sold, has its natural and its market price."
David Ricardo
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"If a commodity were in the same proportions to the demand for it, as labour, wages would never rise above a bare subsistence."
David Ricardo
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"The real price of everything does not vary with the quantity of money which purchases it, but with the quantity of labour which produces it."
David Ricardo
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"Profits are the source of capital accumulation, and capital accumulation is the source of increased production."
David Ricardo
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"The price of labour may be expressed in money or in commodities."
David Ricardo
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"Capital is that part of the wealth of a country which is employed in production."
David Ricardo
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"An increase in the supply of precious metals leads to inflation."
David Ricardo
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"Interest on capital is the reward for forgoing present consumption."
David Ricardo
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"The abundance of capital leads to lower interest rates and more investment."
David Ricardo
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"Monetary expansion without corresponding production increases leads only to higher prices."
David Ricardo
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"Money is a tool, not a goal."
Ryan Dahl
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"Money follows excellence."
Ryan Dahl
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"Money is a tool to do good work. If it becomes the goal, you've lost your way."
Fei-Fei Li
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"Money follows impact; focus on impact first."
Andrew Ng
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"Wages depend on the proportion between the population and capital. Capital is that part of the wealth of a country which is employed in production."
David Ricardo