Conservatives believe the economy functions better if the rich have more money and everyone else has less. But they're wrong. It's just the opposite.
The desire for money may be an indication of greed, but I want to argue that greed is a much more subtle vice than simply the desire to be rich.
We can't afford big symphonies but we commission works that sound rich and symphonic because of the nature of the instrumentation and the people we work with.
Nature never said to me: Do not be poor; still less did she say: Be rich; her cry to me was always: Be independent.
I don't feel that the conductor has real power. The orchestra has the power, and every member of it knows instantaneously if you're just beating time.
For me it's been very exciting to contribute to the public's understanding of how rich and wondrous science is.
If you look in 'The Science of Getting Rich,' you see no reference whatsoever to the 'law of attraction.'
Science in the modern world has many uses; its chief use, however, is to provide long words to cover the errors of the rich.
Britain is rich in radicalism, and anyone who says that our society has drifted into fatalism and apathy should get out more.
I am certain that most composers today would consider today's music to be rich, not to say confusing, in its enormous diversity of styles, technical procedures, and systems of esthetics.
We didn't go for music that sounded like blues, or jazz, or rock, or Led Zeppelin, or Rolling Stones. We didn't want to be like any of the other bands.
Memphis is the place where rock was born and Martin Luther King, Jr., was killed. It's full of contradictions, abject poverty, and riches that only music can provide.
In order to deal with all the medical cost demands and other challenges in the U.S., as we look to raise that revenue, the rich will have to pay slightly more. That's quite clear.
I really detest movies like 'Indecent Proposal' and 'Pretty Woman' because they send a message to women that sleeping with a rich man is the ultimate goal and really that's such a small part of it.
all communities divide themselves into the few and the many. the first are the rich and well-born, the other the mass of the people
The Dark Side of the Moon is a fine album with a textural and conceptual richness that not only invites, but demands involvement. There is a certain grandeur.
But Satan now is wiser than of yore, and tempts by making rich, not making poor.
Satan is wiser now than before, and tempts by making rich instead of poor.
Money wont make you happy but if you insist on being miserable, you may as well be rich...
There is a fascination here that holds rich and poor, strong and weak captive,not with chains and fetters but by an almost touchable solace...
Live rich, die poor; never make the mistake of doing it the other way round.
