Fidel Castro (1926–2016) former First Secretary of the Communist Party and President of Cuba
Speech (26 July 1972) http://www.cuba.cu/gobierno/discursos/1972/esp/f260772e.html
“Money is a singular thing. It ranks with love as man's greatest source of joy. And with death as his greatest source of anxiety. Over all history it has oppressed nearly all people in one of two ways: either it has been abundant and very unreliable, or reliable and very scarce.”
Source: The Age of Uncertainty (1977), Chapter 6, p. 161
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Source: The New Industrial State (1967), Chapter IV, Section 2, p. 37
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John Kenneth Galbraith (1908–2006) American economist and diplomat
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“Every man has his folly, but the greatest folly of all … is not to have one.”
Nikos Kazantzakis book Zorba the Greek
Variant: Every man has his folly, but the greatest folly of all, in my view, is not to have one.
Source: Zorba the Greek
Bertrand Russell (1872–1970) logician, one of the first analytic philosophers and political activist
“Money is the source of the greatest vice, & that Nation which is most rich, is most wicked.”
Frances Burney (1752–1840) English writer
The Early Journals and Letters of Fanny Burney, vol. 1, p. 48, journal entry, November 17, 1768.
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Albert Camus (1913–1960) French author and journalist
Between Hell and Reason (1945)
Context: Even before the bomb, one did not breathe too easily in this tortured world. Now we are given a new source of anguish; it has all the promise of being our greatest anguish ever. There can be no doubt that humanity is being offered its last chance. Perhaps this is an occasion for the newspapers to print a special edition. More likely, it should be cause for a certain amount of reflection and a great deal of silence.
Vijay Govindarajan (1949) American academic
Anil Kumar Gupta and Vijay Govindarajan. "Knowledge flows within multinational corporations." Strategic management journal 21.4 (2000). p. 473
Frank Zappa (1940–1993) American musician, songwriter, composer, and record and film producer
Oui interview (1979)
Context: Certification from one source or another seems to be the most important thing to people all over the world. A piece of paper from a school that says you’re smart, a pat on the head from your parents that says you’re good or some reinforcement from your peers that makes you think what you’re doing is worthwhile. People are just waiting around to get certified.