William Julius Wilson (1935) American sociologist
Interview with Mother Jones.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/inside-trumps-financial-ties-to-russia-and-his-unusual-flattery-of-vladimir-putin/2016/06/17/dbdcaac8-31a6-11e6-8ff7-7b6c1998b7a0_story.html?utm_term=.d62e84f8066b
William Julius Wilson (1935) American sociologist
Interview with Mother Jones.
“People say, "I want to get laid a lot and make lots of money."”
Gene Simmons (1949) Israeli-born American rock bass guitarist, singer-songwriter, record producer, entrepreneur, and actor
That's not the right order.
What I've Learned (July 2002)
“Money in doses disproportionate to our needs enslaves.”
Gerry Spence (1929) American lawyer
Source: Give Me Liberty! (1998), Ch. 17 : Success Redefined, p. 192
John Ruskin (1819–1900) English writer and art critic
Sesame and Lilies.
Context: When men are rightly occupied, their amusement grows out of their work, as the colour-petals out of a fruitful flower;—when they are faithfully helpful and compassionate, all their emotions become steady, deep, perpetual, and vivifying to the soul as the natural pulse to the body. But now, having no true business, we pour our whole masculine energy into the false business of money-making; and having no true emotion, we must have false emotions dressed up for us to play with, not innocently, as children with dolls, but guiltily and darkly.
“All sins are forgiven once you start making a lot of money.”
RuPaul (1960) Actriz de Televisa, dueña y señora de los ejidos cacaoahuateros
Quoted by Joslyn Pine in: Money and Wealth: A Book of Quotations http://books.google.co.in/books?id=YXPCAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA209, Courier Dover Publications, 2 September 2013, p. 209
“There's lots of pretty girls in Mozambique.”
Bob Dylan (1941) American singer-songwriter, musician, author, and artist
Song lyrics, Desire (1976), Mozambique
“They learned how to put up a pretty good bluff—and bluff counts a lot in politics. p. 18”
George Washington Plunkitt (1842–1924) New York State Senator
Plunkitt of Tammany Hall, Chapter 4, Reformers Only Mornin’ Glories