I distributed my wealth among my children and set aside a portion for endowment to run charity projects. – Sulaiman Abdul Aziz Al Rajhi
If there’s some triumphant end of the story, I guess in a roundabout way I’ve gotten what I wanted, which is the ability to do interesting things and the wealth to be free. – Sean Parker
So when these people sell out, even though they get fabulously rich, they’re gypping themselves out of one of the potentially most rewarding experiences of their unfolding lives. Without it, they may never know their values or how to keep their newfound wealth in perspective. – Steve Jobs
The U.S. is the country that invented progressive taxation of income and of inherited wealth in the 1910s and ’20s. – Thomas Piketty
America was established not to create wealth but to realize a vision, to realize an ideal – to discover and maintain liberty among men. – Woodrow Wilson
Research suggests that large divisions of income and wealth weaken demand and generate economic imbalances that create instability and undermine growth. – Victor Ponta
I think the discussion of, you know, can we put a cap on wealth creation and distribution – it’s something that should be at the heart of every Christian that is a capitalist. Is, what is the purpose I’m doing with this wealth? – Stephen Bannon
This administration and the leadership in Congress appear to be intent on valuing wealth over work, thereby placing working families at a distinct disadvantage. – Tim Bishop
If we have wealth, it will be protected from inflation and possibly even enhanced in value. – William Greider
The labor movement means just this: it is the last noble protest of the American people against the power of incorporated wealth. – Wendell Phillips
The fastest way to get kicked out of a venture capitalist’s office is to say that you want to build a business that grows steadily, focuses on employees, and creates wealth over the long term. Entrepreneurs with such ambitions are considered pariahs. – Vivek Wadhwa
We citizens of the affluent countries tend to discuss our obligations toward the distant needy mainly in terms of donations and transfers, assistance and redistribution: How much of our wealth, if any, should we give away to the hungry abroad? – Thomas Pogge
The rich get richer. Not only because they have surpluses with which to invest, but because of the overriding emotional release they experience from having wealth. – Stuart Wilde
Our surest protection against assault from abroad has been not all our guards, gates and guns, or even our two oceans, but our essential goodness as a people. Our richest asset has been not our material wealth but our values. – Theodore C. Sorensen
The question for Obama is how he can rein in the furies of populism while making us all feel the malefactors of great wealth are being sufficiently punished. – Tina Brown
Capitalism and market forces are very powerful in producing wealth and innovation. But we need to ensure that these forces act in the common interest. – Thomas Piketty
Usually, people in the Islamic world set aside one-third or one-fourth of their wealth for endowment, and that will be effective only after their death. But in my case, I decided to implement this decision in my lifetime itself. – Sulaiman Abdul Aziz Al Rajhi
I’m not a communist – I believe in the free market and that entrepreneurs should be allowed to take risks because it creates wealth and jobs, but I draw the line at people risking other people’s money. That’s deplorable. – Stelios Haji-Ioannou
It is not wealth one asks for, but just enough to preserve one’s dignity, to work unhampered, to be generous, frank and independent. – W. Somerset Maugham
I don’t need fame and I don’t need power and I don’t need wealth. I’m in need of friends, which I have found in abundance. – Utah Phillips
If in a country, most of the wealth is concentrated in the hands of the few, then this country can hardly witness harmony and stability. – Wen Jiabao
The source of wealth is from individuals with little or no history of interest in the game, who have happened upon football as a means of serving some hidden agenda. – Sepp Blatter
Here we are to remember that in consequence of our opinion that labor is the Father and active principle of wealth, as lands are the Mother, that the state by killing, mutilating, or imprisoning their members do withal punish themselves. – William Petty
It is true, indeed, that the national domain is ours. It is true it was acquired by the valor and with the wealth of the whole nation. But we hold, nevertheless, no arbitrary power over it. – William H. Seward
Causes of Civil War are also, that the Wealth of the Nation is in too few mens hands, and that no certain means are provided to keep all men from a necessity either to beg, or steal, or be Souldiers. – William Petty
While, in general, life satisfaction goes up with wealth, beyond the safety net more and more wealth brings very radically diminishing returns on life satisfaction. – Steve Jurvetson
