Cornel West (1953) African-American philosopher and political/civil rights activist
Source: The Rich and the Rest of Us: A Poverty Manifesto
“The poor didn’t have them and so the rich flaunted them, the larger and more conspicuous the better.”
— Alastair Reynolds, book Chasm City
Source: Chasm City (2001), Chapter 25 (p. 406).
Help us to complete the source, original and additional information
Do you have more details about the quote "The poor didn’t have them and so the rich flaunted them, the larger and more conspicuous the better." by Alastair Reynolds?
Alastair Reynolds198
British novelist and astronomer 1966Related quotes
Milton Mayer (1908–1986) American journalist
I Think I'll Sit This One Out (1939)
Context: If I believed that force would ever build a better world, I would be a Marxist revolutionary. But I have no more faith in poor men's animalism than in rich men's. And I want no proletarian revolution until the proletariat has demonstrated devotion to reason which the rich, with larger opportunities to cultivate that virtue, have so universally failed to achieve. I favor the underdog against the upperdog, but I favor something better than a dog above both of them.
““The poor and the middle class work for money.” “The rich have money work for them.””
Robert T. Kiyosaki (1947) American finance author , investor
Rich Dad Poor Dad: What the Rich Teach Their Kids About Money-That the Poor and the Middle Class Do Not!
“Rich men have dreams. Poor men die to make them come true.”
Glen Cook book Water Sleeps
Source: Water Sleeps (1999), Chapter 87 (p. 314)
“The hearts of the rich are hardened. The existence of the poor is a reproach to them.”
Murray Leinster book The Pirates of Zan
Source: The Pirates of Zan (1959), Chapter 7
Albert Camus (1913–1960) French author and journalist
Pauvre et libre plutôt que riche et asservi. Bien entendu les hommes veulent être et riches et libres et c’est ce qui les conduit quelquefois à être pauvres et esclaves.
Notebooks (1942–1951)
“I've been rich and I've been poor. It's better to be rich.”
Gertrude Stein (1874–1946) American art collector and experimental writer of novels, poetry and plays
As quoted in Red Rabbit : A novel (2002) by Tom Clancy, p. 153
“I've been poor and I've been rich. Rich is better!”
Beatrice Kaufman (1895–1945) American writer and playwright
Leonard Lyons' column, The Washington Post, May 12, 1937. Quoted in the Yale Book of Quotations, and The Quote Verifier by Ralph Keyes. https://quoteinvestigator.com/2017/07/01/poor-rich/
“If a poor person envies a rich person, he is no better than the rich person.”
Leo Tolstoy (1828–1910) Russian writer
Source: Path of Life (1909), p. 89