“Whoever dies with the most stuff wins.”

— David Mitchell

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English novelist 1969

Vladimer Botsvadze

“Whoever said, "It's not whether you win or lose that counts", probably lost.”

Martina Navrátilová (1956) American-Czech tennis player

Quoted in Newsweek, vol. 109 https://books.google.it/books?id=weYmAQAAIAAJ (1987), p. 47.

“In a revolution one wins or dies, if it is a real one.”

Ernesto Che Guevara (1928–1967) Argentine Marxist revolutionary

In a revolution, one triumphs or dies (if it is a true revolution).
Farewell letter to Fidel Castro (1965)

“Whoever opined "Money can't buy you happiness" obviously had far too much of the stuff.”

David Mitchell book Cloud Atlas

"Letters from Zedelghem", p. 78 (Nook Edition)
Cloud Atlas (2004)

“Whoever wins, whoever gets to lead our country, let us pledge to work together and rally behind him. By working as a team, by going together, it is a certainty that we will go farther.”

Francis Escudero (1969) Filipino politician

2009, Speech: The Socio-Economic Peace Program of Senator Francis Escudero

“Politics does not bother corporate power. Whoever wins, they win. Both parties represent Wall Street over Main Street. Wall Street is embedded in the federal government.”

Ralph Nader (1934) American consumer rights activist and corporate critic

As interviewed by Chris Hedges in "Welcome to 1984," May 14, 2016 http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/welcome_to_1984_20160514

“You know the greatest lesson of history? It's that history is whatever the victors say it is. That's the lesson. Whoever wins, that's who decides the history.”

Anthony Doerr book All the Light We Cannot See

Source: All the Light We Cannot See

“Whoever said money can't buy you happiness… obviously didn't have enough of the stuff. (cf. "Letters from Zedelghem", p. 78”

David Mitchell book Cloud Atlas

Nook Edition)
"Half-Lives: The First Luisa Rey Mystery", p. 342 (Nook edition)
Cloud Atlas (2004)

“It's the most powerful stuff in the universe.”

John Jakes (1932) American historical novelist and fantasy writer

North and South Trilogy (1982-1987), Answer the Drum
Context: "Iron can destroy anything: families, fortunes, governments, whole countries. It's the most powerful stuff in the universe."
"Oh?" Orry's skeptical glance fell down on the Plain below. "You really think it's more powerful than a big army?"
"Without weapons - without this - there are no big armies."

“States have a habit of forming when the rules say “line starts here for free stuff.” Whoever manages the line becomes the “state” after a while.”

Jonah Goldberg (1969) American political writer and pundit

Twitter post https://twitter.com/JonahNRO/status/1049835451903815680 (9 October 2018)
2010s, 2018

“Whoever dies with the most stuff wins.”

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