"Elizabeth ... had the prerogative of the rich that she could be generous with large sums and niggardly over small ones ..."

-- Sylvia Townsend Warner

#Rich Quotes #Generous Quotes

“I always felt like if you get to a point where you've got enough money to invest in something real, you gotta invest in anything that's related to a natural resource because that's gonna be here forever - so you might as well invest in something that's gonna be here, rather than invest in something that's gonna wear out.”
“Where you stand should not depend on where you sit.”
“The stillest tongue can be the truest friend.”
“People feel that the beauty of the Istanbul is something we used to have in the past or something we will have in the future. But we have that beauty today, too, in the mixture of past and future. We have to save it today and we have to enjoy it today.”
“To lose one's health renders science null, are inglorious, strength unavailing, wealth useless, and eloquence powerless.”
“I saw something even more beautiful than a sense of humor: an appreciation for lifeâ€™s essential absurdity.”
“Behind the abstraction known as 'the markets' lurks a set of institutions designed to maximize the wealth and power of the most privileged group of people in the world, the creditor-rentier class of the First World and their junior partners in the Third.”
“Some of them are wearing skirts that I'm pretty sure are supposed to be belts.”

Source : Adam Selzer (2010). “I Kissed a Zombie, and I Liked It”, p.14, Delacorte Books for Young Readers

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